Why do we need Jesus Christ in our lives today?

We need Jesus Christ in our lives today because the world is experiencing a growing sense of emptiness, insecurity, and restlessness, signs that humanity deeply needs Christ's salvation and merciful love.

 

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 Sin has separated humanity from God, creating a fundamental need for reconciliation and salvation. According to Christian belief, every person has sinned and fallen short of God's perfect standard, resulting in spiritual death and separation from God, which leads to eternal consequences. This separation is the core reason why Jesus is necessary.

Jesus Christ is our solution.

Jesus Christ is seen as the only solution to this problem. He is believed to be God's perfect sacrifice, who lived a sinless life, died on the cross to take upon Himself the punishment for human sin, and rose again, defeating death.
 

Through His atonement, Jesus provides forgiveness, cleansing, and the possibility of a restored relationship with God. Without Him, there is no reconciliation with God.
Beyond salvation, Jesus is needed for abundant life here and now. He offers guidance, wisdom, comfort, and hope during difficult times, strength to resist temptation, and the power to live according to God's will.
 

His presence brings peace, purpose, and fulfillment that cannot be found in worldly pursuits. He is described as the source of true freedom from the guilt and power of sin, replacing fear and hopelessness with faith and hope.
 

Furthermore, Jesus is considered the only way to eternal life and a place prepared by God for believers.


His sacrifice and resurrection provide the foundation for a personal relationship with God, which is essential for navigating life's challenges and finding lasting meaning. As such, embracing Jesus is seen as essential for both present life and eternal destiny.

Smiling into Happiness

Smiling and laughing can provide multiple benefits to overall health. When you smile, your body releases hormones such as dopamine, endorphins, and serotonin, which can trick your brain into feeling happier.

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Smiling can trick your brain into happiness!

Smiling can also lower stress levels, boost your immune system, and potentially prolong your life. Smiling physically activates pathways in the brain that influence your emotional state, and it can trick your mind into feeling happy, regardless of whether it's real or not. Additionally, smiling triggers a chemical reaction in your brain that releases small proteins called neuropeptides, which maintain immune tolerance and may help fight potentially serious illnesses.

Smile at others!

Smiling is a form of nonverbal communication that can communicate positive feelings and intentions towards others, leading to a stronger relationship. A natural smile shared with another person can make someone else smile, feel better about themselves, and feel better about their situation, even if the smile is just for a moment! 


Are you ready to smile more often now? Put on your happy face - gray skies are gonna clear up! 

Have a happy, sunny, warm, cheerful, cheery, bright, grinning, smiley, genial, beaming day!

Tenrikyo - Joyous Life

Tenrikyo (Tenrikyō or Tenriism) is the name of a Japanese religion which is neither strictly monotheistic nor pantheistic. It is founded on the teachings of a 19th-century woman named Nakayama Miki, also known as Oyasama.

Reaching a Joyous Life 

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This is the central principle as it is believed to be the original and intended state of mankind. The Joyous Life refers to living with a bright and spirited mind, and harmonious relationships with one another.


Tenrikyo is one of the fatest growing religious faiths in Japan, and in the world as a whole, with 1.75 mill. followers in Japan and over 2 mill. worldwide.


Nakayama Miki was the wife of a poor peasant farmer, at the age of 40 the deity Tenri-o-no-mikoto spoke through her and endowed her with healing and prophetic powers. 


“Whoever comes to this house shall never leave without being filled with joy. To Me, the Parent, all human beings in the world are My children.” Nakayama Miki


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Reincarnation - a Magic Journey to the World Beyond.


If you ask what is reincarnation, it´s a magic journey to the world beyond! 

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Also known as rebirth or transmigration, in other words, the philosophical or religious concept that the non-physical essence of a living being begins a new life in a different physical form or body after biological death. Meaning, the soul of a human being is immortal and does not disperse after the physical body has perished. 

 

Depending on the individual religion or philosophy, the soul can appear incarnate in humans, animals, or even plants as it works its way toward an eventual escape from the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. 

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Dr. Brian Weiss, who is a psychiatrist and hypnotherapist, tells the true tale of one of his patients. In order to find the root of the patients problem in the past, he used hypnosis. He was shocked to hear about the patients past lives.


For most religions that believe in reincarnation, it is the path to purity and salvation. Reincarnation has old, ancient roots and is vital to classical Buddhism and Hinduism. While the noun reincarnation comes from the Latin roots re, meaning again, and incarnare, meaning to make flesh.


Mysterious Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who lived 1809 – 1849. He is best known for his poems and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the gothic macabre. Edgar Allan Poe led a life filled with sorrow and pain and understandably his works tend to reflect his lifestyle by incorporating dark mysterious and melancholic elements.

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Edgar Allan Poe is maybe best remembered for his mysterious poem ‘The Raven.’, which was published just 4years before the poet’s mysterious death at the early age of 40. 

Named after a talking raven, the main character of the poem is a distraught lover, torn between the desire to forget and the desire to remember.

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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.  Albert Einstein

Mysterious Dark Academia

Dark Academia describes a sub-cultural aesthetic that has established itself primarily in social media. Dark Academia started as a top trend in 2020 and it shows no signs of slowing down in 2022 and the following years.

In addition to reading classical literature and a soft spot for Gothic decor and ancient Greek architecture, it revolves around classical literature, higher education, as well as the pursuit of knowledge. 

 

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It is greatly inspired by the upper-class European culture and the romanticism of the 19th century.
 

Mysterious Dark Academia Room Decor

Need some dark academia decorating tips? Imagine vintage Victorian mixed with Oxford or Cambridge! Think of old universities, sprawling libraries with unending bookshelves, and vast museums. Dimly lit offices with rich textures and vintage furniture, and deep dark colors.


Stick to dark, earthy tones combined with creams, browns, greys, and blacks.
Wall decor and wall art plays an important role in achieving your dark academia room aesthetic feel. 

Get some artsy vibes, surrounded by an air of mystery, fantasy and melancholy.
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is seen by some as the archetypal Dark Academia novels. 

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Yoga At Home - Workout Step By Step

Learn Yoga at home - step by step workout.


The benefits of Yoga are well know to everyone who has ever tried the discipline but if you are new to Yoga let me recap.  Yoga is a fantastically popular and effective way of strengthening you physically as well as mentally and spiritually. This last 'spiritual' aspect may turn some people off, but it's not something that needs to be associated with religion.  

Yoga essentially means: “that which brings you to reality.”

Really the best alternate word for the spiritual strength of Yoga is contentment or happiness.  It allows you to be a calmer person and more happy with yourself.  Put like that it sounds pretty great doesn't it
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So you've probably heard a little about Yoga and wondered what it's all about. you probably have a few preconceptions and maybe an image of an old man with a long beard sitting in the lotus position springs into your head in automatic association with the word.  Let's go through step by step what you can expect in a typical Yoga session.

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Step 1:  Introduction and Preparation.

Most Yoga classes begin in a standing position and so can do you at home too.There are both mental and physical reasons for this and they are closely connected.  The standing position is the most natural Human position there is.

Leonardo Da Vinci produced a famous scientific picture of the symmetry of the human body when it is in it's natural standing position.  The outstretched arms and legs can have a perfect circle drawn around them and this is true of everyone regardless of their height or weight.  What this means is that a standing pose comes naturally to us - we are not worried about getting it wrong and we can concentrate of the state of the body.  Breathing exercises will be a key part of the warm up stage for your routine.  This is the only time in your life you will be 'taught' to breath and it's a skill which allows people to restore calm to their bodies and thoughts.

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Step 2:  The Main Routine

This is the art of your Yoga session which will vary the greatest depending on what forms of Yoga you are learning.  While the individual exercises you will be doing are going to be quite different, the nature of them will be very similar.

This will mean moving into certain poses and positions and holding those poses to allow the body to stretch out muscles and muscle groups that in many cases haven't been given much attention during the week.  Some Yoga teachers will talk to you about energy points of chakra's.  These are important junctions in your body where congestion occurs and stretching them out allows energy to flow freely around your body.

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Step 3:  Ending the Session

While the main session is about releasing pent up energies, this stage of your Yoga workout is all about allowing that energy to flow around your body.  Many people have trouble with thinking about some strange mystic force that is flowing through you and driving it to certain parts of your body.  If you are one of them just mentally substitute the word 'energy' with the word 'blood'.

We know that the job of blood is to carry nutrients and oxygen around our body, and we know that if any part of our body is lacking in this supply that we will become ill, so it's not a huge stretch to think of blood as the mystic energy force that brings health around our body, and exercises such as Yoga as being the method of ensuring the smooth and successful flow of that blood.

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