Odin27

@Odin27 (63)

Australia • Age 45

Joined myLot 18 years ago

To be a mirror of compassion,wisdom and virtue, reflecting all sentient beings.

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How can I make friends with the native speaker?

vickyjun @vickyjun (35) • China 22 Jul 07

I have been an English learner for more than 10 years,but my English is still very poor,especially pronunciation.My teacher told me that it is because there is not an English environment around me.So I want to find a native...

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Odin27 I don't know if it would help but have you thought of chatting to english speakers over the internet? English is my native tongue but I've spoken to people overseas and shared language exchanges, usually only a few phrases though. Reading through an oxford...

22 Jul 07

"That's not really how it happened..."

Leca @lecanis (16647) • Murfreesboro, Tennessee 19 May 07

Do you correct liars or people who seem to live in their own little worlds? If a relative or friend were telling a story involving you, and got it all wrong, would you correct them in front of others? Or would you wait and talk to...

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Odin27 I get that from family and friends sometimes, I don't usually correct them. I feel why should I? I shouldn't have to defend myself or the timeline of events with people who should know better, While it can be more awkward if someone who doesn't know me listens...

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For you, what happens when you die?

ESKARENA1 @ESKARENA1 (18261) 19 Apr 07

Do you go to heaven, to hell,do you have something else in mind?

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Odin27 Depending on the circumstances of my death and what karma is more familiar in life, positive or negative, I will end up migrating to one of 6 rebirths. Upon death I will enter the bardo intermediate death state as a subtle mental continuum, Then I will be...

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Brand new to Anime

WeenitsMom @WeenitsMom (492) • United States 15 Apr 07

Okay, I am new to anime and I have fallen in love with it. I want to know more. Can anyone tell me where I can learn more? I love Samurai Deeper Kyo so I have one oinline to learn more about the history there and also Mirage of...

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Odin27 I can recommend Sayuki, Inuyasha Trigun and Martian successor Nadesico as good series, theres alot of good movies too like vampire hunter D, Ghost in the shell. It really depends on your tastes what you'll like most.

18 Apr 07

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Who is the Sphinx?

Riptide @Riptide (2756) • United States 23 Mar 07

Have you ever asked yourself who the Sphinx represents and who built it and when? It seems scientist are not even certain. I think the Sphinx is one of the greatest mysteries in the world. There are suppose to be secret chambers...

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Odin27 I've read a number of books discussing the sphinx, some interesting things to note are the rain weathering on its body, and the proportion of its head to its body, it hasn't rained regularly on the sphinx for 10k+ years and the head may be a later addition...

18 Apr 07

God & Parents

stacyv81 @stacyv81 (5903) • United States 3 Apr 07

So, last night when explaining to someone about God, they asked me, why God made us when he knew we would suffer. Well, I compared God to parents. I said, "Why did you have children, if you knew that one day they would suffer and...

religion

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Odin27 Would you send your kids to hell if they didn't do what you told them to? It is difficult comparing an ultimate being to a parent. If you have a perfect being who creates all the rules, is also the cause for teaching and defining a persons path in life,...

3 Apr 07

Is Satan really evil?

misstree @misstree (241) • United States 2 Apr 07

How many things are done in the name of God like the holy war, guys that kill themselves with bomb bags attached to their bodies? So as it seems alot of blood has been spilled in the name of God. But I never heard anything in the...

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Odin27 'I form the light and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.' Isiah 45:7 Satan acts within his nature, and God controls him, so ultimatly any responsibility should reside with God.

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Life after Death?

peuselhappie @peuselhappie (76) • South Africa 17 Mar 07

Do you believe you have a soul or spirit that survives after death? I tend to believe that your "soul" is energy and when you die your energy gets released back into the universe and you become part of the universe until it is...

life

reincarnation

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Odin27 I believe I have a subtle mental continuum that survives death and rebirth. What part of the universe do you become? If you become diffused with it, what part retains your individual uniqueness? Why do you believe in only 12 rebirths? The zodiac is limited...

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Reincarnated as what??

cetamol @cetamol (15) 8 Mar 07

If we do get to come back again and be reincarnated, and you got to choose next time around what you would come back as, assuming its any living thing, what would you come back as and why?

afterlife

death

reincarnated

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Odin27 A human with all things most beneficial for a long spiritual life. Why?, any other form would be less helpful for spiritual practice.

17 Mar 07

Thoughts on God

monica1981 @monica1981 (466) • United States 11 Mar 07

I've considered myself an agnostic for a while now, but I'm questioning if that's what I really am. The reason I'm questioning this is because I have fears pertaining to if there is a God. Lately I've been thinking what if there...

god

heaven

philosophy

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Odin27 Any being with compassion that truly considers the human experience would do so with patience and understanding. If any God exists that requires a rigid belief system, such as a specific religions interpretation of them, then they have condemned most of...

17 Mar 07

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Do you believe we have free will, or is everything determined?

dravenwriter @dravenwriter (232) 17 Mar 07

How would we know either way? http://www.helium.com/tm/157126

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Odin27 I believe we have free will but that it is heavily influenced by different factors making many of our choices fairly fixed. What do you consider free will to be? If everything was completely determined then life would simply be a machine, each...

17 Mar 07

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Are there any Buddhists out there?

babykay @babykay (2131) • Ireland 16 Mar 07

Any Buddhists out there? If so, were you born into a Buddhist family or did you "convert" later in life? What are your reason? I admire Buddhism and the Buddhist lifestyle greatly. From a logical point of view it is the...

buddhism

buddhist

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Odin27 I changed my beliefs from Christianity to Buddhism in my late teens after experiencing double standards and contradictions within the church. The more I questioned Christianity, the more it was lacking and the more I looked into Buddhism, the more at home I...

17 Mar 07

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The Noble Lie

MadOvid @MadOvid (67) • Canada 5 Mar 07

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Odin27 There are different types of truth, subjective and ultimate. A subjective truth such as your opinion of your wifes dress may not actually reflect wether she looks ugly in it or not, only your view of it. If you develop empathy for anothers feelings or wisdom...

11 Mar 07

What do you think of Idol worshiping?

vkbllm @vkbllm (474) • India 9 Mar 07

Well I dont persnally think Idol worshiping is wrong at all! I have my STRONG reasons for that as well! But what you people think abt idol worship? is it right according to you???

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Odin27 I am Buddhist and we have altar statues of Buddhas, Protectors and Saints. We don't worship the statues but give respect to them as being physical manifestations of the deities to help us practice and emulate them. I don't see anything beneficial in idol...

9 Mar 07

If we did not have the...

mjsdls @mjsdls (1840) • United States 1 Mar 07

laws of the 10 commandments, do you think we would know what is right and moral? Did the people before Moses brought down the laws know they did wrong? I know that Adams and Eve eyes were open to sin when they disobeyed God....

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Odin27 Adam and eve apparently ate of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, so the 10 commandments arn't the only source of ethical understanding from the Christian point of view.

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people say it was demons....

desimanero @desimanero (419) • United States 1 Mar 07

Me and my b/f of 7 yrs broke up and one night i was laying on the couch trying to go to sleep and something real strange happened to me.....I felt 100 % awake.I was laying down and i seen a black shadow above my head.I couldnt...

demons

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Odin27 I've heard of sleep paralysis before, feeling like someone is sitting on your chest or holding you down, it could have been a partial out of body experience where you where aware within the body and couldn't move and saw some astral being. The fix for that I...

1 Mar 07

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Without preaching, what are some of your spiritual beliefs? Keep it brief pleas

nebula7693 @nebula7693 (15) • United States 1 Mar 07

I personally am Buddhist. I believe in the doctrine of Buddhism because it fits most closely with what I personally believe to be Truth. I would like to know what others believe and why. Please keep it brief and don't quote...

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Odin27 I am Tibetan Buddhist, I believe in practicing compassion, cultivating virtue, religious practice to help focus the mind and study of texts. My experiences have been profound and continue to develop, I feel a closeness to the teachings and teachers and...

1 Mar 07

i have a sad story in singapore...

baby88 @baby88 (696) • Singapore 28 Feb 07

ok guys, a few years ago there's a young girl at the age of 5 or 6 have been raped n killed here. she's from china n her mum was working here. they came to know this guy(killer) and was very close to him. the young girl treated...

people

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Odin27 I think the role of punishment in society should be to stop the effect of criminals to the public, not to be the ultimate judge of their actions and certainly not to become sadistic in the approach. I prefer jail terms to capital punishment due to the law...

1 Mar 07