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REPORT ABUSIVE REPLY
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The Kingdom of Heaven
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Anonymous Coward |
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What does that look like to you? What are your hopes? What are your expectations ?
There are many different perspectives on exactly what the Kingdom is. Is it future for you? Why?
Can it be achieved now? Why or why not ?
Quoting: Satya Revelations Luke 17: 20-22 20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: 21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. 22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it. So what are you expecting to experience ? A good source material, Christian source material, is a classic monastic text called "The Cloud of Unknowing". Which is basically christian "zen". So, here's a Zen quote that is pretty straightfoward, saying essentially the same thing as that Christian text:
Withdraw now from
the invisible pounding and weaving
of your ingrained ideas.
Attain fulfillment and illuminate thoroughly.
Light and shadow altogether forgotten.
Drop off your own skin,
and the sense-dusts will be fully purified.
The eye then readily discerns the Brightness. - Zen master Hongzhi Zhengjue (1091–1157) 
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