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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-29-07 01:07 AM
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What? No 'prayer circle'? Not enough faith? What?
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-29-07 01:10 AM
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1. My dear bridgit!
It already happened:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x6978118

And I think it's going to happen again tomorrow night too...

:hi:
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-29-07 01:27 AM
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4. my husband & i participated in a scientific sample conducted by no less than...
the California University system, and others regarding alternative medicine & thearapies...the validity of any, if any, it should be noted; the contribution, the over-all 'effects' of such alternative therapies as: prayer, and prayer circles...or: karmic waves, these are matters of faith it would seem

there was a significant percentile of participants that responded in the affirmative, but that event; that strata of believers reported a level of 'success' that was not per se negligible beyond the holistic impart, the 'feel good' component of the activity itself...

having been blessed by The Bishop of California himself, in the cathedral here in town down on K St...i AM a believer, i DO believe in the healing capacity of gathered thoughts, there can be in my mind no down side to the accumulated good will of human beings...it is a facet of my liberal/progressive point of view

others, reported no change in what was known to them as a condition of stasis...or trailing so, while others reported miraculous interventions by such means so that who am i to suggest what is truly in the hands of the lord to determine but for the fact that i believe in miracles as well :)
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FloridaJudy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-29-07 01:12 AM
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2. Are you referring to Stacey?
We've had a "Karmic wave" - if people used it to pray to Saint Francis, those of us who prayed to something else were fine with it. I'll join in a "prayer circle" as well, if they don't mind including a non-Christian.

I've lit a candle online, and a real one on my Quan Yin alter. I just wish there was something concrete I could be to help the situation.
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-29-07 01:29 AM
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6. agreed...
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Suich Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-29-07 02:16 AM
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15. I've done the same things.
The Karmic wave, virtual candle and a real candle. I don't know that there is anything else that can be done...pretty frustrating.



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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-29-07 01:12 AM
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3. Not enough liquor.
Drink up!! :P
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-29-07 01:27 AM
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5. you ass...
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-29-07 01:41 AM
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7. It's not too late to add good energy!
thanks bridgit


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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-29-07 01:44 AM
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8. agreed as well, Joani...never too late...
:hi: :hug: :loveya:
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-29-07 01:52 AM
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9. may she be resting peacefully while all of our healing love washes over her

may our love remove layers of pain and suffering from Stacy and her family



:hi:
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-29-07 02:05 AM
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11. that just sounds right to me...
Edited on Sat Sep-29-07 02:09 AM by bridgit


still, i lost me sainted brother some two years ago now, Willy, my 52yr old, wavy strawberry blond, green eyed lady killer Willy to prostate cancer...for some reason i only recall CalPeggy responding to the thread

he went into remission, the cancer returned...he resolved, then i watched him go...he was so tired, Joan :cry:

pray yes, sing to the heaven the stars yes the starry vault above yes cast with diamonds and star twinkle yes, pull our every glorious energy forward and onto these maladies of us all we humans...ply them to Stacy yes

to then understand the wonder of life

edited...for the "star twinkle"
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-29-07 02:11 AM
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13. I'm so sorry for your loss, bridgit.

may his his next passage be filled with sweetness and white light









:loveya:
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-29-07 02:14 AM
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14. you would have got a kick out of Willy...
:loveya:
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-29-07 02:25 AM
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16. Darn! So many of the good ones are gone.

I'm sure he would have made me smile.







sometimes it's difficult to stay on this side of the vail when you've felt the love waiting to embrace us until we are strong enough, brave enough, for another turn on terra firma to let our spirit grow
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-29-07 02:01 AM
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10. I'm right there with you, bridgit.
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-29-07 02:06 AM
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12. Heidi...
:hug:
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-29-07 02:37 AM
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17. As agonizing as it can be some things are in God's hands.
I'm sorry for your brother bridgit, and I pray that Stacey makes a full recovery.
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-29-07 02:39 AM
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18. most agreed on all & both counts...
:) :(
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