What do they have who give themselves up to material pleasures, gratifying the material cravings of the physical body and feeding themselves with all the grosser substances, gained?

What do they have who give themselves up to material pleasures, gratifying the material cravings of the physical body and feeding themselves with all the grosser substances, gained? Nothing but disadvantages deleterious to the spirit and soul. Failure after failure of the spirit is produced in this wise.

—B. H. In Spirit

What is the spiritual over material?

What do they have who give themselves up to material pleasures, gratifying the material cravings of the physical body and feeding themselves with all the grosser substances, gained? Nothing but disadvantages deleterious to the spirit and soul. Failure after failure of the spirit is produced in this wise.

—B. H. In Spirit

All people are neighbours?

What does it mean to be a global citizen?

Why is it that with the certainty of the continued existence of your loved ones, you feel as disconsolate and forlorn, as if there were no other world and as if Christ had never triumphed over death and the grave?

What do you mean by mourning as one who has no hope? Is it then all mere talk that Christ brought life and immortality to light? Why is it that with the certainty of the continued existence of your loved ones, you feel as disconsolate and forlorn, as if there were no other world, and as if Christ had never triumphed over death and the grave? Why do you grieve as those who have no hope?

Hope that you will be able to give to all the whole world an example, not of Christian resignation, which is often only another word for despairing acquiescence, but the gladness and joy unspeakable that is the natural right of those who live in God's love.

You in your life may reflect His love to all who see you, as a mirror reflects the sun's rays.

What can I say to convince you? You stretch out your hands in the darkness for your dear one who stands close to you, and you feel nothing, and you are disconsolate and your heart rebels, and you are unbelieving.

All sorrow is the register of the spiritual thermometer of unbelief. 

So far as you disbelieve, so far you lose your power to be the conductor of the love of God to your fellow human.

The secret of all power to help them is for you to be just the passive instrument in God's hands to teach, to show, to prove what He says. 

When self, or unbelief comes in, there is weakness and loss of power, and the darkness of material things, which shuts you out from God and His Truth.

What can I say to convince you?

What do you mean by mourning as one who has no hope? Is it then all mere talk that Christ brought life and immortality to light? Why is it that with the certainty of the continued existence of your loved ones, you feel as disconsolate and forlorn, as if there were no other world, and as if Christ had never triumphed over death and the grave? Why do you grieve as those who have no hope?

Hope that you will be able to give to all the whole world an example, not of Christian resignation, which is often only another word for despairing acquiescence, but the gladness and joy unspeakable that is the natural right of those who live in God's love.

You in your life may reflect His love to all who see you, as a mirror reflects the sun's rays.

What can I say to convince you? You stretch out your hands in the darkness for your dear one who stands close to you, and you feel nothing, and you are disconsolate and your heart rebels, and you are unbelieving.

All sorrow is the register of the spiritual thermometer of unbelief. 

So far as you disbelieve, so far you lose your power to be the conductor of the love of God to your fellow human.

The secret of all power to help them is for you to be just the passive instrument in God's hands to teach, to show, to prove what He says. 

When self, or unbelief comes in, there is weakness and loss of power, and the darkness of material things, which shuts you out from God and His Truth.

Is it then all mere talk that Christ brought life and immortality to light?

What do you mean by mourning as one who has no hope? Is it then all mere talk that Christ brought life and immortality to light? Why is it that with the certainty of the continued existence of your loved ones, you feel as disconsolate and forlorn, as if there were no other world, and as if Christ had never triumphed over death and the grave? Why do you grieve as those who have no hope?

Hope that you will be able to give to all the whole world an example, not of Christian resignation, which is often only another word for despairing acquiescence, but the gladness and joy unspeakable that is the natural right of those who live in God's love.

You in your life may reflect His love to all who see you, as a mirror reflects the sun's rays.

What can I say to convince you? You stretch out your hands in the darkness for your dear one who stands close to you, and you feel nothing, and you are disconsolate and your heart rebels, and you are unbelieving.

All sorrow is the register of the spiritual thermometer of unbelief. 

So far as you disbelieve, so far you lose your power to be the conductor of the love of God to your fellow human.

The secret of all power to help them is for you to be just the passive instrument in God's hands to teach, to show, to prove what He says. 

When self, or unbelief comes in, there is weakness and loss of power, and the darkness of material things, which shuts you out from God and His Truth.

Why do you grieve as those who have no hope?

What do you mean by mourning as one who has no hope? Is it then all mere talk that Christ brought life and immortality to light? Why is it that with the certainty of the continued existence of your loved ones, you feel as disconsolate and forlorn, as if there were no other world, and as if Christ had never triumphed over death and the grave? Why do you grieve as those who have no hope?

Hope that you will be able to give to all the whole world an example, not of Christian resignation, which is often only another word for despairing acquiescence, but the gladness and joy unspeakable that is the natural right of those who live in God's love.

You in your life may reflect His love to all who see you, as a mirror reflects the sun's rays.

What can I say to convince you? You stretch out your hands in the darkness for your dear one who stands close to you, and you feel nothing, and you are disconsolate and your heart rebels, and you are unbelieving.

All sorrow is the register of the spiritual thermometer of unbelief. 

So far as you disbelieve, so far you lose your power to be the conductor of the love of God to your fellow human.

The secret of all power to help them is for you to be just the passive instrument in God's hands to teach, to show, to prove what He says. 

When self, or unbelief comes in, there is weakness and loss of power, and the darkness of material things, which shuts you out from God and His Truth.

How are grief and hope related?

What do you mean by mourning as one who has no hope? Is it then all mere talk that Christ brought life and immortality to light? Why is it that with the certainty of the continued existence of your loved ones, you feel as disconsolate and forlorn, as if there were no other world and as if Christ had never triumphed over death and the grave? Why do you grieve as those who have no hope?

Hope that you will be able to give to all the whole world an example, not of Christian resignation, which is often only another word for despairing acquiescence, but the gladness and joy unspeakable that is the natural right of those who live in God's love.

You in your life may reflect His love to all who see you, as a mirror reflects the sun's rays.

What can I say to convince you? You stretch out your hands in the darkness for your dear one who stands close to you, and you feel nothing, and you are disconsolate and your heart rebels, and you are unbelieving.

All sorrow is the register of the spiritual thermometer of unbelief. So far as you disbelieve, so far you lose your power to be the conductor of the love of God to your fellow human.

The secret of all power to help them is for you to be just the passive instrument in God's hands to teach, to show, to prove what He says. When self―or unbelief comes in, there is weakness and loss of power and the darkness of material things, which shuts you out from God and His Truth.

Do not mourn as if you have no hope?

Why do you grieve as those who have no hope?

Why do artists love nature?

Godly Humor Series

the funny side of life

Why do artists love Nature?

Art and Nature are one. The acorn is planted. The earth loves it and it grows. It stretches to the heavens. Then it is called Nature. It is cut down. It becomes the mast of a great ship. Then it is called art. But it is still Nature.

—Edgar Allan Poe

The Twentieth Plane—A Psychic Revelation

INTERVIEWER—Tell us a joke.

WHEDON—Your life has meaning.

INTERVIEWER—Tell us a secret.

WHEDON—Your life has meaning.

—Joss Whedon (27 April 2012) in Rosanna Greenstreet, Q & A—Joss Whedon, The Guardian

Grim—If you know everything, then what's the meaning of life?

Master Control—Life has no meaning—only machine intelligence is truly significant on a cosmic scale.

Grim—Hmm, I didn't think he'd get that one right.

The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, The Bad News Ghouls / The House of No Tomorrow [4.12]

Chairman—Item six on the agenda is the Meaning of Life. Now, Harry, you’ve had some thoughts on this.

Harry—That’s right—yeah. I’ve had a team working on this over the past few weeks and what we’ve come up with can be reduced to two fundamental concepts. One, people are not wearing enough hats. Two, matter is energy. In the Universe, there are many energy fields, which we cannot normally perceive. Some energies have a spiritual source, which acts upon a person’s soul. However, this soul does not exist ab initio as orthodox Christianity teaches—it has to be brought into existence by a process of guided self-observation. However, this is rarely achieved, owing to man’s unique ability to be distracted from spiritual matters by everyday trivia.

[Pause]

Max—What was that about hats?