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		<title>By: thefountainblog</title>
		<link>http://graceforgrace.com/2009/06/26/spiritual-lessons-i-learned-from-michael-jackson/#comment-2384</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[thefountainblog]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 23:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#039;s an interesting observation. 

I&#039;m not religious, but I found that there are some spiritual truths embedded deeply in Michael&#039;s songs. When you first hear them, they might strike you as naiive. But in fact, they are pretty much the same things as what spiritual teachers like the Buddha teach... or like today&#039;s Eckhart Tolle or Byron Katie.

I&#039;ve put together some examples in my blog from Michael&#039;s song &quot;Heal the World&quot;.

Here&#039;s one example:

There are ways to get there
If you care enough for the living
Make a little space
Make a better place…

Tolle differenciates “space” from “content”: Every content in the real world — things, relationships, the weather — arises within space. Most people only see the content. And, what’s worse, they tie their happiness to specific content. This inevitably leads to a sense of unfulfillment, because content is bound to dissolve. Content always comes and goes — and the only thing static in the entire universe is the space in which content arises. Becoming aware of space, according to Tolle, is therefore the only path to fulfillment.

Michael might not have been a &quot;spiritual teacher&quot;, but deep inside he must have been very evolved and enlightened.

Maybe that is why so many people saw him as &quot;strange&quot; or &quot;childish&quot;...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s an interesting observation. </p>
<p>I&#8217;m not religious, but I found that there are some spiritual truths embedded deeply in Michael&#8217;s songs. When you first hear them, they might strike you as naiive. But in fact, they are pretty much the same things as what spiritual teachers like the Buddha teach&#8230; or like today&#8217;s Eckhart Tolle or Byron Katie.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve put together some examples in my blog from Michael&#8217;s song &#8220;Heal the World&#8221;.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s one example:</p>
<p>There are ways to get there<br />
If you care enough for the living<br />
Make a little space<br />
Make a better place…</p>
<p>Tolle differenciates “space” from “content”: Every content in the real world — things, relationships, the weather — arises within space. Most people only see the content. And, what’s worse, they tie their happiness to specific content. This inevitably leads to a sense of unfulfillment, because content is bound to dissolve. Content always comes and goes — and the only thing static in the entire universe is the space in which content arises. Becoming aware of space, according to Tolle, is therefore the only path to fulfillment.</p>
<p>Michael might not have been a &#8220;spiritual teacher&#8221;, but deep inside he must have been very evolved and enlightened.</p>
<p>Maybe that is why so many people saw him as &#8220;strange&#8221; or &#8220;childish&#8221;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: reza</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[reza]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey....
Have you all ever heard this nice parable about God....?

The story start from that everyone of us is born Blind....
and one day, someone want to know about the color, since he also blind since he was born, he doesn&#039;t know what green color is like...
so he ask to &quot;one man&quot; that is already regain his vision....
&quot;Sir, can you describe me about Green Color?&quot;
and the man reply &quot;Oh, Green is like beautiful sound of music...&quot;
So the blind man feels happy cause finally he knows what green is like. He go to his hometown of blind people to tell the whole town about what he knows....

The next day, another blind man ask to this &quot;one man&quot; who can see.... &quot;Sir, can you explain to me about green color?&quot;
this time the man reply &quot;Green is like the morning wind blows softly to your skin...&quot;
the second blind man feels great cause now he has knowledge about the green color and he goes home telling his family about this.

one day their blind children is fighting, both side is defending their believe about Green Color and they both accused that the other side have it all wrong....

they fight to the death and kill many people along the way to spread their believe because they think they can save humanity and many lives by telling other what they thought is the truth...

heh heh..... funny isn&#039;t it...?

Nobody can tell you what Green Color (truth) is.... 
You must see it for yourself.... cause there are no human words can contain it.....]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey&#8230;.<br />
Have you all ever heard this nice parable about God&#8230;.?</p>
<p>The story start from that everyone of us is born Blind&#8230;.<br />
and one day, someone want to know about the color, since he also blind since he was born, he doesn&#8217;t know what green color is like&#8230;<br />
so he ask to &#8220;one man&#8221; that is already regain his vision&#8230;.<br />
&#8220;Sir, can you describe me about Green Color?&#8221;<br />
and the man reply &#8220;Oh, Green is like beautiful sound of music&#8230;&#8221;<br />
So the blind man feels happy cause finally he knows what green is like. He go to his hometown of blind people to tell the whole town about what he knows&#8230;.</p>
<p>The next day, another blind man ask to this &#8220;one man&#8221; who can see&#8230;. &#8220;Sir, can you explain to me about green color?&#8221;<br />
this time the man reply &#8220;Green is like the morning wind blows softly to your skin&#8230;&#8221;<br />
the second blind man feels great cause now he has knowledge about the green color and he goes home telling his family about this.</p>
<p>one day their blind children is fighting, both side is defending their believe about Green Color and they both accused that the other side have it all wrong&#8230;.</p>
<p>they fight to the death and kill many people along the way to spread their believe because they think they can save humanity and many lives by telling other what they thought is the truth&#8230;</p>
<p>heh heh&#8230;.. funny isn&#8217;t it&#8230;?</p>
<p>Nobody can tell you what Green Color (truth) is&#8230;.<br />
You must see it for yourself&#8230;. cause there are no human words can contain it&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>By: Doodie</title>
		<link>http://graceforgrace.com/2009/06/26/spiritual-lessons-i-learned-from-michael-jackson/#comment-1842</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doodie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I still don&#039;t understand why we spend so much time even talking about MJ.  Someone dies every second.  He wasn&#039;t any more special than any other human.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I still don&#8217;t understand why we spend so much time even talking about MJ.  Someone dies every second.  He wasn&#8217;t any more special than any other human.</p>
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		<title>By: aleks</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[aleks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey, let be mercifull like Jesus was. I have no dubt that Michael Jackson will join heaven. There is only one God, and God see our intentions, how we loved one another, how we helped one another, how we loved God. We will be surrised to see who will be there..]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey, let be mercifull like Jesus was. I have no dubt that Michael Jackson will join heaven. There is only one God, and God see our intentions, how we loved one another, how we helped one another, how we loved God. We will be surrised to see who will be there..</p>
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		<title>By: Leslie</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leslie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been doing a great deal of research about Michael Jackson and I came across this forum. I noticed the debate about what religion Michael was, etc...
I am not religious, but I thought you might like to hear Michael&#039;s own words on the issue. He was deeply spiritual, but not particularly religious. Hope this clears some things up.

&quot;It&#039;s strange that God doesn&#039;t mind expressing Himself/Herself in all the religions of the world, while people still cling to the notion that their way is the only right way. Whatever you try to say about God, someone will take offense, even if you say everyone&#039;s love of God is right for them.
For me the form God takes is not the most important thing. What&#039;s most important is the essence.  My songs and dances are outlines for Him to come and fill.  I hold out the form. She puts in the sweetness.
I&#039;ve looked up at the night sky and beheld the stars so intimately close, it was as if my grandmother had made them for me. &quot;How rich, how sumptuous,&quot; I thought.
In that moment I saw God in His creation.  I could as easily have seen Her in the beauty of a rainbow, the grace of a deer bounding through a meadow, the truth of a father&#039;s kiss. But for me the sweetest contact with God has no form. I close my eyes, look within, and enter a deep soft silence.  The infinity of God&#039;s creation embraces me. We are one.&quot;
-Michael Jackson, Dancing the Dream]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been doing a great deal of research about Michael Jackson and I came across this forum. I noticed the debate about what religion Michael was, etc&#8230;<br />
I am not religious, but I thought you might like to hear Michael&#8217;s own words on the issue. He was deeply spiritual, but not particularly religious. Hope this clears some things up.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s strange that God doesn&#8217;t mind expressing Himself/Herself in all the religions of the world, while people still cling to the notion that their way is the only right way. Whatever you try to say about God, someone will take offense, even if you say everyone&#8217;s love of God is right for them.<br />
For me the form God takes is not the most important thing. What&#8217;s most important is the essence.  My songs and dances are outlines for Him to come and fill.  I hold out the form. She puts in the sweetness.<br />
I&#8217;ve looked up at the night sky and beheld the stars so intimately close, it was as if my grandmother had made them for me. &#8220;How rich, how sumptuous,&#8221; I thought.<br />
In that moment I saw God in His creation.  I could as easily have seen Her in the beauty of a rainbow, the grace of a deer bounding through a meadow, the truth of a father&#8217;s kiss. But for me the sweetest contact with God has no form. I close my eyes, look within, and enter a deep soft silence.  The infinity of God&#8217;s creation embraces me. We are one.&#8221;<br />
-Michael Jackson, Dancing the Dream</p>
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		<title>By: Dawit</title>
		<link>http://graceforgrace.com/2009/06/26/spiritual-lessons-i-learned-from-michael-jackson/#comment-1731</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dawit]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey everyone;  the story that says michael got converted to islam was not confermed so why do we believe it in the first place just because it got reported?  Michael jackson always believed in chirst and loved christ.  He actually wanted to be like christ.  Michael will never betray chirst for anything or anyone.  What michael jackson loves the most in life is love, and he felt it through christ.  Michael jackson said to ebony megazine interview that he believes in the bible and he always tries to follow the instruction of the bible.  He also said in another interview that he loves children because jesus said so.  I believe that child molestation and plastic surgery was an excuse for the world to justify hating michael jackson.  However, the real reason that the world hated michael jackson is because he personified christ.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey everyone;  the story that says michael got converted to islam was not confermed so why do we believe it in the first place just because it got reported?  Michael jackson always believed in chirst and loved christ.  He actually wanted to be like christ.  Michael will never betray chirst for anything or anyone.  What michael jackson loves the most in life is love, and he felt it through christ.  Michael jackson said to ebony megazine interview that he believes in the bible and he always tries to follow the instruction of the bible.  He also said in another interview that he loves children because jesus said so.  I believe that child molestation and plastic surgery was an excuse for the world to justify hating michael jackson.  However, the real reason that the world hated michael jackson is because he personified christ.</p>
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		<title>By: doodie</title>
		<link>http://graceforgrace.com/2009/06/26/spiritual-lessons-i-learned-from-michael-jackson/#comment-1672</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[doodie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No no, he is alive.  They found him in the woods.  Then the video taper got it!!!!

http://doodiepants.com/2009/08/27/michael-jackson-is-alive-and-well/]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No no, he is alive.  They found him in the woods.  Then the video taper got it!!!!</p>
<p><a href="http://doodiepants.com/2009/08/27/michael-jackson-is-alive-and-well/" rel="nofollow">http://doodiepants.com/2009/08/27/michael-jackson-is-alive-and-well/</a></p>
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		<title>By: ama49</title>
		<link>http://graceforgrace.com/2009/06/26/spiritual-lessons-i-learned-from-michael-jackson/#comment-1595</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ama49]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Elidet,

Thanks for stopping by.  From your comments it appears you haven&#039;t read all the comments in this thread.  There is one that has a link that goes to a description of MJ accepting Jesus.

Furthermore, I personally don&#039;t believe MJ is going to hell or anything like that.  You&#039;re right.  I don&#039;t have a clue exactly what happened with him and I&#039;m pretty sure you don&#039;t either.  You are also right.  We&#039;re not supposed to judge others...including you judging me.

Personally I feel everyone will get a fair chance to accept God in this life or the next so I&#039;m not condemning MJ at all.  We&#039;ll all get rewarded for our good works and MJ definitely had a lot of good works as you mention.

Before you bristle up and get defensive, read through all the comments on the post and see the point I was really trying to make.  Then come back and I&#039;ll be happy to talk.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Elidet,</p>
<p>Thanks for stopping by.  From your comments it appears you haven&#8217;t read all the comments in this thread.  There is one that has a link that goes to a description of MJ accepting Jesus.</p>
<p>Furthermore, I personally don&#8217;t believe MJ is going to hell or anything like that.  You&#8217;re right.  I don&#8217;t have a clue exactly what happened with him and I&#8217;m pretty sure you don&#8217;t either.  You are also right.  We&#8217;re not supposed to judge others&#8230;including you judging me.</p>
<p>Personally I feel everyone will get a fair chance to accept God in this life or the next so I&#8217;m not condemning MJ at all.  We&#8217;ll all get rewarded for our good works and MJ definitely had a lot of good works as you mention.</p>
<p>Before you bristle up and get defensive, read through all the comments on the post and see the point I was really trying to make.  Then come back and I&#8217;ll be happy to talk.</p>
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		<title>By: Elidet</title>
		<link>http://graceforgrace.com/2009/06/26/spiritual-lessons-i-learned-from-michael-jackson/#comment-1593</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elidet]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is sad that you are judging a man by what you &quot;think&quot; you know about him rather than his actions.

Michael was not a person who judged, but everyone judged him.

He did all he could to help the children, and people lied and said he molested them. (Which turned out to be false.)

His actions are very Jesus like, and you are no one to be saying who is saved and who is not and what you think the &quot;right&quot; religion is.

For the record, there is NO MENTION of religion in the Bible. (How convenient that you skipped over that.)

MJ had a personal relationship with God, which is his business and only his, not yours to answer to.

And he died $500 million in debt, but his assets are worth close to a billion.

Regardless, you shouldn&#039;t be judging people based on what you read in tabloids.  I&#039;m surprised that you read gossip, isn&#039;t that against the Bible?

Hmmmmm......]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is sad that you are judging a man by what you &#8220;think&#8221; you know about him rather than his actions.</p>
<p>Michael was not a person who judged, but everyone judged him.</p>
<p>He did all he could to help the children, and people lied and said he molested them. (Which turned out to be false.)</p>
<p>His actions are very Jesus like, and you are no one to be saying who is saved and who is not and what you think the &#8220;right&#8221; religion is.</p>
<p>For the record, there is NO MENTION of religion in the Bible. (How convenient that you skipped over that.)</p>
<p>MJ had a personal relationship with God, which is his business and only his, not yours to answer to.</p>
<p>And he died $500 million in debt, but his assets are worth close to a billion.</p>
<p>Regardless, you shouldn&#8217;t be judging people based on what you read in tabloids.  I&#8217;m surprised that you read gossip, isn&#8217;t that against the Bible?</p>
<p>Hmmmmm&#8230;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: ama49</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ama49]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Michael,

Thanks for stopping by and I completly agree with your comment about how God loves us as we sincerley approach Him.  You&#039;re absolutely right in that there shouldn&#039;t be tones of aggression from anyone regarding anothers&#039; beliefs...especially when they are about love, peace, and truth, all of which come from one source: God.

Thank you for stopping by and feel free to comment anytime.

To Tina: you would do well to read and digest what Michael (a non-Mormon) just wrote.  The purpose of this site is to promote one-ness in faith and love and one can do this regardless of religious differences.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Michael,</p>
<p>Thanks for stopping by and I completly agree with your comment about how God loves us as we sincerley approach Him.  You&#8217;re absolutely right in that there shouldn&#8217;t be tones of aggression from anyone regarding anothers&#8217; beliefs&#8230;especially when they are about love, peace, and truth, all of which come from one source: God.</p>
<p>Thank you for stopping by and feel free to comment anytime.</p>
<p>To Tina: you would do well to read and digest what Michael (a non-Mormon) just wrote.  The purpose of this site is to promote one-ness in faith and love and one can do this regardless of religious differences.</p>
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