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The kingdom of God is inside you and the truth will make you free.

You will do the things that I do, only greater things than these shall you do.

Jesus was telling us that we are all sons and daughters of God. It was not until the power elite came in and changed the message to:

You are all worthless sinners who must worship Jesus in our churches according to customs that we determine or you will burn in hell for ever. This is the man made doctrine that is responsible for most of the suffering on our planet. This is what Jesus talked about when he said the blind follow the blind and they are headed for the ditch.

Jesus message was simple, follow Christ, who is inside you, keep seeking until you find the truth that will make you free. Let the carnal mind (ego) die, and you will be reborn as the living Christ.

Timothy Leary?

Why doesn't she just change her name to Hubbard? Another false religion that will eventually be shown up for what it is....Of course what will be even scarier is if she starts wearing a naval costume and starts here own org!!!!!

Peace is resting in the heart of all~
Oprah has inspired me and watching her show puts me in good spirits!

O OPRAH WHO HAS BE WITCHED YOU AND TOLD YOU THEIR IS NO GOD? TRULEY JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY AND THERE IS NO OTHER.AND TO SERVE NOTICE ON YOU GOD IS NOT JELOUS OF YOU ,THE EARTH BELONGS TO HIM.

I hate Oprah and her mega-ego. Her up and down dieting tell all that she is depressed and unhappy person. She never loved anyone besides herself and her dogs, because of her wonded ego. you see she didn't like that God is jelous of her so she traded ,,unsecure GOd,, for ,,Oh Holy Me!,, How many theorys and ,,secrets,, she has been through God only knows and she always manages to find dumb housewifes to cheer them up to the point of pissing their pants every time they see her. You Americans were never hungry enough to trully apreciate life and GOd.

Oprah or no Oprah. Nothing will change human. No new thinking will ever change you. THere were thinkers and physophers and phylantropist before with new ideas and revelations and theories. The matter of the fact is Compare yourself to early human tribes and you are not one inch farther in your way of thinking. The ritual of human sacrifice continues. It is in America that woman was starved to death by the order of the supreme court. Murderers!!!!!!!!!! you are the same saviges the way you were 6000 years ago.

I just want to say that no matter what anyone says, thinks,or comes up with, there is only One God and the only way to Him is through his son Jesus Christ. I am just amazed at all of the things that people are coming up with these days and we wonder why the world is in the shape that it is in. Satan is slick and crafty and will fool the very elite. As a matter of fact, he is. People need to wake up and realize that we need to stop depending on the words and works of people and keep our eyes fixed on God who is the creator and stop looking to the creations to tell us how to live our lives. In this society we want a Burger King type of existence. We want to have it our way and still reap eternal rewards for living and doing however we want to on Earth. This is one reason that I believe that Christianity is under so much attack because there are standards. Jesus was witout sin and He is calling for a people that will walk in righteousness and holiness and in order to do that, you have to give up some of the things that you desire to do. This life is not about living it the way that you want to. It is about seeking GOD's will for your life and living it out. Yes Jesus was loving and kind, that is why He was able to take our sins away. He is more than just a do-gooder. He is the son of the true and living God who came to take away the sin of the world. You cannot rely on your own intellect and that of a man because the bible states that the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God and He taketh the wise in their own craftiness(1Corinthians 3:19) The fact that all of these man-made doctrines and beliefs are up and coming and people are running to them in mass amounts further confirms what the bible says in 2Timothy 4:3-4;"For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine;but after their own lusts shall they reap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables." I believe that Toll and the others are sincere, but sincerety is not enough. The truth has been told and the way has been made. There is no need to turn to all of these others for what you need to sustain you. People, who are born evil are not capable, apart from God, to tell you how to keep yourself pure. It is like trying to clean dishes in dirty dishwater. It can't be done. I for one will not be tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine. My mind and heart are fixed on Jesus. I know who He is and I know who I am in Him. I just want to encourage all of the true believers to stay rooted and grounded no matter what people say or do because we know that the persecution is going to come and intensify, but we have the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit to lead, guide and protect us. KEEP BELIEVING, PROCLAIMING, AND CONFESSING THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD!!!!! KEEP OUR NATION IN YOUR PRAYERS!!! WE NEED IT!!!!

My salvation is what matters to me, and trying to convince people to stay on Gods side because once you take your last breath it is to late. There are no do overs. Oprahs money is what people are so drawn to and they are just lost sheep following to wolf. We as christians need to pray for Oprah but stay away from her and her cult. God Bless us all.

I am forever amazed, when I read the many comments from people about whatever issue may be at the time.the different opinions and judgements. I love Oprah, but wont say Im in agreement with everything on her show, but I understand also that she is not be judged by the different guest she has on a show. but the diversity is the blessing. If people would learn to not be so objective and negative about everything, and seek true wisdom and understanding, we really could experience a new earth, Im in agreement with many things I've read in the book "The New Earth".besides Jesus said if they are not against me , then they are with me. and for thoes who seem to think its robbery for us as the human race to think of ourselves as God, your minds really need to be enlighten...This was constantly spoken also by Jesus to thoes who opposed him and said he was a basphemer because he said "My Father and I are One". or "When you see me you see the Father" God exist in everything, and everyone in this universe, in the trees, flowers, birds, bees, you's and me's...leave Oprah alone, and if u dont like her show's dont watch.

Criticizing Oprah is kind of its own cottage industry. The woman is human and therefore imperfect. However, on the whole, she is bringing a lot of positive ideas to people in a world that seems, by all appearances, to be in desperate need of them.

While I think "The Secret" overstates its case, I know many people who have derived real benefit from it. Tolle's book is accomplishing the same thing.

The two books do not conflict. They simply illuminate to different paths to pursue happiness. We are not all here for precisely the same reasons. The Secret focuses on material and spiritual success, while A New Earth focuses on bringing about a better life in the outer world through reflection on the inner world.

Each has its value to the groups of people it speaks to. As for Oprah, I wish more people would follow her example and use their reach to bring more positive into the world.

Ray Davis
Founder, The Affirmation Spot

For all of you who believe that we may only come to the Father through the Son, I agree with you.
But we have to ask ourselves who Jesus really is before we can know him. This is not something we will find in the Bible, or in Church (though it may help), but in ourselves.
I believe Jesus is pure love. That in order to come to God, we must, like jesus, live our lives in pure love. This is the first Christian principle, isn't it? It may sometimes be worded differently, but it is the basis of everything that is good on this earth. And well, I believe that we can all watch Oprah, and read Tolle's book without fearing Hell or damnation, for we can find the truth in ourselves. We should question everything, with a real desire of making the world better, as Christ did. Writing threats and negatively rejecting any point of view that is not explicitly Christian would not be what Jesus would have done, I think. We can find love in everything, as small as it may be. We should actively seek and spread that love. I can find a lot of positive ideas in spiritual movements that are not Christian. Some of their principles, if they genuinely flow from love and peace, may not have been rejected by Jesus after all.

I don't know how anybody with any religious affiliation could object to a movement that seeks to increase human conciousness and in doing so increase our capacity to love one another. This "New Earth" movement does not seek to become a religious doctrine in and of itself, it is simply suggesting that higher awareness is spiritual in nature. New age spirituality has changed for the better the lives of people who had no faith at all. We have to start somewhere, it's not possible that the journey is the same for all of us. If this "New Earth" movement has increased the capactity for joy for some - Why get so upset about it, if you don't like it....don't read it - focus on something that makes you happy. And if you don't like Oprah, change the station for goodness sake.

Peace.

This is nothing new my brothers an sister's of CHRIST. JESUS said that many will be deceived. It is written in the book of Ecclesiasties 1:9 THERE'S NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN. My bros an sis, of CHRIST we must take a stand against this false doctrine.This is an attack on the body of CHRIST. We must pray for oprah that GOD will convict her heart in accept CHRIST as her lord an savior in those who are miss lead in this false doctrine. CHRIST is the only way to GOD the farther it is written in the book of John 14:6 I'AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AN THE LIFE . NO ONE COMES TO THE FARTHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME.

I think this is a wonderful book and Oprah is doing a good job bringing this to our awareness. Talking about haven or hell, right now there are 6 billion people on the face of the world. In the next 100 hundred years, they will be replaced with another 6 billion humans. Projected to the next 5,000 years, what is going to contain this entire people if they don't recycle back to their original atoms or molecules.

Billions and billions of humans have lived on this earth and each one wanted to live.All sorts of belief systems have popped up-all for the same reason- we are here therefore we must have a purpose.Humans sure have a high opinion of themselves or are so afraid of death that various beliefs are concocted to lessen that fear. Why cant we just accept that when we die, our atoms return to the earth, which inturn are incorporated into the soil and plants, which we eventually ingest and form the bodies of future plants and animals-us included.Humans die- atoms are recycled.It may well be that the carbon atom in your tibia was once the same atom in Galileo's skull.It was certainly somewhere 500 years ago

Instead of letting Oprah be our leader, let's pray that God will raise up someone else with a more powerful message for people to hear to counteract the her mistaken teaching, so they can understand themselves and the world around them better - oh wait! - He already did!

Oprah appears to be a good woman with a good heart, but she is woefully ignorant in her understanding of the scripture and has some very incorrect interpretations (God jealous of Her?) running around in her head. If I didn't know these interpretations were false I would reject Christianity too. And, let's face it, there are enough "Christians" running around living life with their Judgement robes on, attending church every week, doing "good works" yet showing no love and not caring about a hurting world, who know even less than Oprah. Attacking Oprah is not the answer - praying for her in love (not judgement) - now there is an idea!

There is nothing "new" about Tolle's "New Earth". Like every other humanist-based philosophy it puts man as the judge of the universe, deciding what is right and wrong. This hasn't changed since the garden of Eden.

Men will come up with all kinds of nonsense to avoid the one inescapable truth of the universe.

"There is a God - and you are not Him."

Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord...Acts 3:19

These are tough times with unemployment and food shortages in smaller counteries. We all want to feel good about ourselves and if we perhaps can not handle the problem or the questions that arise from a problem, such as "If there is a God, why are people starving?", than we can easily dismiss God, rather than take time from our schedules adn study the Bible. I am no saint, I an honestly a sinner. A sinner whose salvation depends on the kindness and graciousness of Jesus Christ. Humbly speaking just for me I believe the Bible when it says that salvation is through Jesus Christ and only Jesus Christ. There is really no other way.

JKFORREST: I loved your blog, especially coming from a Christian. You are an amazing and very strong human being! (Your MS may try to argue against that, but I think otherwise).

JEANNIE: I liked your blog. I guess I view Oprah's work as a journey together versus her preaching at us. (Of course, as JKFORREST pointed out, we don't know her true motives, but that's my take). I've not learned everything yet, and I consider it a lifelong journey (which I love!). She's not perfect; neither are we. We are all on equal footing as human beings.

From what I have read among many blogs on the subject, I must ask: How does a loving God produce such angry followers? One blog even opposed the idea of a PEACE alliance--huh? Sounds like Christians are out for war and those whose ideas do not align are destined for persecution by Christians--not love. If you've READ Tolle's book or others, you'll see that judgment is missing from their way of thinking..why, because when you release selfishness, you treat others better.

Christians are actively looking for the next anti-christ or the next threat. I even heard one church pegged the last pope (who is now dead) as the next anti-christ. Human religion is just another form of discrimination.

I grew up as a very devout Baptist. I loved the people in the church and still do. Most were wonderful people. I loved a lot of the concepts of Christ's teachings, Psalms, Proverbs...a lot of wisdom that made sense. (After all, we are missing parts of the original manuscripts of the Bible!). Then I matured mentally and started to realize a lot of things didn't make sense.

What man has done has set up religion as a means to control other humans and determine how they think you believe. God never said it was a SIN not to go to church, as some Catholics proclaim. Just a way to keep the attendance up and the tithes coming in. The key concepts I see are fear, control, power and paranoia. Exposure to anything outside your faith should not be a threat unless your religion is that fragile and weak (which it is, because I've walked away)...think about that. Take the chance and look outside your small world...visit other churches, countries, cultures. If, in the end, Christianity is your decision, I will still value and respect you. I have some amazing Christian friends. (Some would shun me if they knew my beliefs had changed)

As for Ms. Hoffman. Yes, Oprah has drawn from yet another source to continue her journey in understanding the mysteries of life. Christians just draw over and over and over from one book. Just as we have those awakening moments when we hear a different preacher's viewpoint on the same passage, she is looking for those awakening moments from a different author's perspective on the same subject. We draw what we want from what we learn in either case (hence the multitudes of ways people interpret the Bible.)

Enough for now..I am long-winded! :)

What about those poor fools that were born in areas of the world that do not embrace christianity? I guess you guys would be thinking they will go straight to hell...
This book teaches ways to become closer to the god that you believe in. If you learn to change your behaviors and are more aware of surroundings, more appreciative of nature and loved ones, then how could you not have a clearer connection with your God.
I don't really think that God minds if you pay a little closer attention to his gifts and I'm pretty sure that Jesus didn't give his life for you to go through the motions...
Which part is evil? Is it the appretiation of God, love for others, or MAYBE it's getting us all to use our minds and reading that will get Satan's rocks off? That's right! The mind is a dangerous thing!

Tolle's concept of an egoless existance is false. Regardless how it is dressed up it is a New-Age concept based on ancient self-annihilatory philosophies. The ego is not the issue. The issue is errors within the conceptual foundation the ego is built upon as well as the self-sabataging behaviors and nature in which the ego has invested itself.

Matthew 10:34-39

34 "Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. 35 For I have come to 'set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law'; 36 and 'a man's enemies will be those of his own household.' 37 He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. 38 And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. 39 He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.
NKJV

i gave up on hopes and dreams years ago and i have never been happier.

Not fully acknowledging and accepting God's existence and His importance to our lives, is unfortunately the work of the devil himself.

Letting us think that we have all the time in the world, and that we can be happy without Him, is wrong.
It's so wrong, I believe it's already a SIN.

You'll feel it in your heart.

MAY GOD HELP US ALL.

2 Timothy 4:2-4

2Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. 3For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

2 Timothy 4:2-4

2Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. 3For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

The Bible isn't broken and neither is Jesus. If we would take "religion" out and just look to the cross. Look to what Jesus said and what He did as the final sacrifice. Just believing in Him gives us the gift of Grace. I like Oprah and have enjoyed her show for years. I don't hate Oprah at all. I love seekers and pray that she will return to her Christian roots. Our faith isn't broken but people who claim to be Christians are really missing the point. Please stop making it harder than it is. Faith is simple - you either believer or you don't. I believe Jesus is who He said He was and I believe the Bible is God's way of speaking to us for all our "issues". My walk with the Lord is awesome and I pray that everyone can enjoy the peace, love and joy that I experience every day. Amazing Grace - I once was lost but now am found was blind but now I see. God Bless you and God Bless America!

II Timothy 4:3 & 4
For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts; and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.

Fable: An allegorical story with a moral point at the end.(not neccessarily the truth.)

Matthew 4:17 From that time began Jesus to preach, and to say, Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. (Repent:To turn from your OWN ways and get God's mind on the matter Jesus said,"HE was the only way to the Father.)

Luke 17:3
Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.(WE love like Jesus, by speaking the truth...which requires addressing falsehood.)

II Corinthians 11:14 & 15
And no marvel; for even Satan fashioneth himself into an angel of light. It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also fashion themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works.

Satan tempted Eve by CHanging the "word of God" just a little bit and giving it a different meaning. She in fact did not puke but said the fruit was GOOD and able to make one wise...it is a false enlightenment...)

Genesis 3:4-6
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise;.....

again the woman is....deceived!lol
I will not eat, ....this time, sorry!;)

I just hope that through all the mind awareness you are gaining that when you are in Hell, you realize what a big mistake it was to rely on a man's view on
what happens to us. There is a Hell and there is only one way to avoid it. JESUS. Get off the bandwagon and research the word of God yourself. This book isn't on Oprah's best seller list. I pray for you Oprah, that God saves you or stops you. Let God's will be done. Amen.

I just hope that through all the mind awareness you are gaining that when you are in Hell, you realize what a big mistake it was to rely on a man's view on
what happens to us. There is a Hell and there is only one way to avoid it. JESUS. Get off the bandwagon and research the word of God yourself. This book isn't on Oprah's best seller list. I pray for you Oprah, that God saves you or stops you. Let God's will be done. Amen.

About "A New Earth" message as I observe it:

"I am [the "I am" that is] the Way, THE T R U T H, and the Life. NO ONE comes to the Father, but through ME [--who am the "I am" and nothing less glorious]", Jesus said.

However, notice how much courage and commitment and love Jesus obviously lived --and, technically, lives-- as the "I am". This is certainly not a tame type of living that is being discussed!

This is all about money and power
People are running to anything so they dont have
face the truth and repent.
The one true God as we all know is the truth
Jesus is the only way to heaven and the only way
to salvation yes, through him Jesus Christ
This has been for thousands of years.. this is
just another book written to sell because preaching
The true word of God might maen giving up self
power and the love of money

All this new age teaching and false teachings are all warned about in the bible.. look in revelations..
If we caould see Jesus right now what would we be doing?

This is all about money and power
People are running to anything so they dont have
face the truth and repent.
The one true God as we all know is the truth
Jesus is the only way to heaven and the only way
to salvation yes, through him Jesus Christ
This has been for thousands of years.. this is
just another book written to sell because preaching
The true word of God might maen giving up self
power and the love of money

All this new age teaching and false teachings are all warned about in the bible.. look in revelations..
If we caould see Jesus right now what would we be doing?

This is all about money and power
People are running to anything so they dont have
face the truth and repent.
The one true God as we all know is the truth
Jesus is the only way to heaven and the only way
to salvation yes, through him Jesus Christ
This has been for thousands of years.. this is
just another book written to sell because preaching
The true word of God might maen giving up self
power and the love of money

All this new age teaching and false teachings are all warned about in the bible.. look in revelations..
If we caould see Jesus right now what would we be doing?

I think it is amazing what oprah and mr. tolle are doing. working toward the inevitable shift in conscience that is happening all around us. To the many awakening people the book club web classes are a natural extension of this shift.

I hear a lot of ego in the previous posts. The ego can not understand this shift, because it is a shift away from the world ego. I will do everything in my power to help this movement.

for each of you reading this, the most important thing you can do is to be aware and in the NOW always. The more you practice this the easier it will become.

Thank you Mr.Tolle

Life is about learning every day. It's ok for Oprah to learn and develop as a person, she is human after all, and have different opinions about life from one month to the next. She is where she is because of us, the general public. Don't knock her for that. She's a great inspirational woman, who's had a pretty tough childhood, transcended that and got rich in the process - more power to her! She is in a position to be able to share with us what she has learnt and god bless her for that. Why not try to educate everyone and not just the middle classes, elighten them and help them to realize there is a better life for everyone and anyone. The book is powerful, I love it, but you need to be at "the right stage in your life" to appreciate it.

THIS IS TO ANN
IF YOU DON'T LIKE OPRAH,STOP WATCHING

I have nothing against the Bible, in fact, I love the Bible. But using it to beat your brothers about the head and face is a gross misuse of the intent of the written Word. Did not Jesus say to "Love your brother as yourself"? I love Jesus too and I believe there was a real man named Jesus who said that we must become one with him, the very heart of Love, otherwise we cannot approach the "Father" the consciousness and origin of all Love. "Having eyes see ye not, and having ears hear ye not?" Why do you pick and choose out of Jesus words what you prefer and ignore the rest? Did he not say as to how we must treat others, "Judge not, lest ye be judged." Did he not say, "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you" and "Whosoever is without sin, let him cast the first stone"?

When Moses asked "who shall I say sent me" he was told to say "I AM that I AM sent you." Jesus said "I AM the way, the truth, the life. No one can come unto the Father but by me (the Son, the expression of God/Love)." To paraphrase, "No one can come unto the Father, the origin of Love, the internal "I AM" without going through the experience of being the expression, the Son, of God/Love." Who is the "I AM" but the Son, the expression of Love? Do you ever say when talking to others, "I am ...."? Where does this "I AM" dwell but in you? Where is the kingdom of heaven, but in you as Jesus said it is? Jesus was the expression of Love in human form and we are, despite what we all think, as much the expression as he. Not our human forms, but our inner "knowing", the Son inside, speaking to us whenever we are silent, sometimes called the Holy Spirit. We are all the Son, the expression of Love, and we all have the "I AM" within. Jesus said, "I will never leave you." His mind is in us forever, it cannot leave us for it is our divine origin, our existence itself. Without the "I AM" and the expression of the "I AM" as us, there would be no us at all.

I believe Oprah is like every one of us, feeling her way along the path to enlightenment, and as she feels her way, she chooses to share her path to the ultimate realization of her "I AM" with her viewers. No need to judge her. Judgement by "eating the fruit" (allowing into consciousness the concept) of the "tree of good and evil" is what landed humankind in the situation it appears to be in. Allow whatever you perceive to simply be, without judgement. We do not know anything at all really in the great scheme of things, we only think we know. But as Jesus said, "The first shall be last and the last shall be first." Everything we think we know will be turned upside down once we see life from the right perspective, the perspective of Love.

Truth is true and does not need to be shouted or defended. Truth simply stands throughout eternity and waits patiently on us to discover it. There are steps along the way, and one person's steps may not be those of another's. Do not make the mistake of assuming you know what is right or good for another. Unless your name is Holy Spirit, you do not know what is best for others. Remember, we know nothing, and when we finally admit to that, we will at last be ready to open ourselves to the mind of Jesus, the Christ. Dogma is what the pharisees practiced. Avoid the mistake of dogma.

I honestly think that Oprah is a VERY big influence to everyone.
Also. That our society has gotten so far away from the real true GOD and Jesus that they don't know deception when they see it. I pray that everyone will atleast question what is thrown in their faces. If everyone would truly seek God, you would find that, that IS the "secret" to living a great life. "you have a peace that passes all understanding" thats in the Bible ....God help all of us.

Anonymous,
What have I done for the betterment of humanity?
Well, I worked for Girls Inc. for seven years helping to empower girls to be self-sufficient, confident individuals. I helped quite a few get scholarships to college, avoid teen pregnancy and the use of harmful substances. I also helped to overcome abusive situations and go on to lead better lives and break the cycles of violenc.

That some of what I've done for the betterment of humanity? How about you?

Bashing people-I'm only speaking the truth and you can see it clearly if you read some of the comments coming from others. Peace-

What have you done for the betterment of humanity?
At least Oprah isn't wasting her time on bashing people.

What have you done for the betterment of humanity?

What have you done for the betterment of this earth?

Ah, whatever...
I love you Oprah!!

PLEASE NOTE: THAT WAS NOT MY SIGNATURE!! I was referring to those who claim Oprah is being led by evil.

THIS time....it is the Truth and the ONLY humans who will resist - are all* fundamentalists - Catholics, Evangelicals, etc.

OPEN your mind and reason for ONE wee moment.....

ALL top UNIVERSITIES are truly being balanced in this new peer-reviewed evidence of what is out there! It is a wonderful life - and it will take your death to believe it!

man-made "religion" is just that - man-made.

For further reading: see work by Ervin Laszlo

Sabina Calais Watts, PhD

THIS time....it is the Truth and the ONLY humans who will resist - are all* fundamentalists - Catholics, Evangelicals, etc.

OPEN your mind and reason for ONE wee moment.....

ALL top UNIVERSITIES are truly being balanced in this new peer-reviewed evidence of what is out there! It is a wonderful life - and it will take your death to believe it!

man-made "religion" is just that - man-made.

Satan.....wow - you are real yahoos!!!

So Help Me, Oprah reminds me nothing so much as another charactor frmm the early years of Television, FatherDevine. The main difference of course is that Father Devine preached that if you sent him money he would help you reach your Devine self. While Oprah for her part preaches a new more secular path to devinity but she calls it 'Self-Help'and asks that her belivers send her money in exchange for a self-help book that has been blessed by her through her Oprah Book Club.

Oprah just like Father Devine, looks down from her place next to the diety(but we today know it as daytime television) and provides her followers with grave pronouncments of everything from their love lives to how to acquire money to who to give their support to in the next election...

For myself I perfer the somehow more pure and straight forward averice of the old time hucksters of TV and radio like Father Devine to the new and more underhanded (but modern)exhortions for your money and affection that the likes of Oprah offer....Amen or should I say
"Stay Tuned"......

Birddog

I read the first ten or so comments and now understand why it is important for Oprah and others to teach this world how to be positive. Just because most of your dreams didn't come true, don't knock what others are doing to help humanity. We need more Oprahs and positive thinkers to try to clean up the messes that the , narcissist, bigots, and toxic people have wreaked on their children, friends and community because of their negative mind set. Give me a break. Someone is doing something good and here people are being paranoid, negative and ridiculously extreme.

So it's not just me: Oprah HAS become one of the most sanctimonious know it alls on planet earth.

Well, at least Dr. Phil, Tweety Matthews, Joe Scumballs, Tim Gasbag and their are not alone in their smug, egocentric universes.

If only all their hot air would float them out of the real world where most people live into the nether regions of the universe where they could preach to each other with all their smug sanctimony.

Enough is enough. I just don't watch them anymore. Turn off the TV, turn on NPR.

I wonder if these comments would be made if Oprah was white better yet, a white conservative man. It seems to just annoy people that this little "old black girl from TN" have folks jumping. Well, Congratulations, Oprah! It is about time we have some power. I wonder what the comments woudll be if this came form Ann Couler. By the way, I can't stand the heffer.

Dear racist Bible thumpers: you deify authors that reinforce your medieval superstitions and express nothing but loathing for people whose skin color and spirituality differ from yours.

May I suggest you break out that Bible you've been waving around frantically and actually open it up and read it for a refreshing change.

Like the KKK, you talk a good Jesus line but you wouldn't recognize him if he looked you straight in the face.

B-MON
is an Admitted HOMOSEXUAL here! Do not Ask Do Not Say.., why did you violate this very Rule F.A.G.i.T.T.!?

Please go to a GAY-Spiritul Buddhist Place/Blog not Here! Or a Gay Bar...

This blog is for Strights! If ye are a WAPO surfing HOMOSEXUL or PEDAPHILE, then do not admitt. Now you are a PUNC! No matter how 'Spiritul or Buddhitic ye are, you are always a Penis Sucker and an Anis Penetrator. You are a Sick Pup!!

REmember: Ye cometh here & It is you who opened your Mouth First!

So Wanna 'B-aMAN', please go away to other Gay Bloggs.

Can someone show him/her afew links.

Thanks Cyber Friends!

what is the oldest book that is still being read by so many. what book has survived the centuries of wars. kingdoms falling,floods, earthquakes etc,etc. The BIBLE. WHY? Could it be that this book is just meant to be read? BY who? Why would a single book be so important that was even sent to this generation. I wonder if Opra has ever read it from cover to cover. What writer could be more a compelling writer
Then those included in this age old book. Maybe it is too hard for Opra to understand. Maybe she is afraid of the TRUTH and what she will find out about her self? Could her heart be hardened so she actually does not have the power to read the WORD. I challenge every bible believing Christian to en courage Opra to pubicly announce her views on Christianity, her Bible reading achivements and a public review of the Word Of God. She mentions God every once-in-awhile. Lets us know of her Faith in Jesus.

I am totally amazed at some of the information or perhaps I should say opinions stated on this site.
I came to it by accident or perhaps as some say there ARE NO accidents! A few thoughts (suggested to avoid these in order to be enlighted by stillness according to the book A New Earth). I personally have experienced many of the Life issued faced according to one blogger:child abuse,tortured,car wrecks while carrying both of my children,left to raise two children alone,approximately 20 surgeries lastest in Jan. 2008,have a chronic disease of Multiple Sclerosis.Therefore I belief I can speak as a person that knows something about living life as it comes to us. As a Christian, I can't judge anyone of you or Oprah. I would encourage those of you unhappy with her program not to watch,don't buy her magazine or any other thing you think her ego or finances would benefit from if that makes you satisified.
However, saying this I certainly would hope that all of you would consider that each of you have a center of intelligence in your brain and use it to benefit your self or others as you choose. We are each in charge of how we choose to act or react to life situations. Just for myself, I find the term live and let live appropriate. Don't each one of us have plenty in our own lives to tend to without trying to "throw stones" at someone else? We all can agree to disagree right?

None of you mentioned that you personally know Oprah and would be privy to her thoughts,intents,motives or personal challenges and therefore, her goals to help or harm the world. So I find your taking her inventory interesting.
Also, I find to meet each challange
with the best possible knowledge, positive outlook that I can muster, and willingness to change things if I can always helps me. Even in times of great difficulty I always try to find something positive in that space and time and I admit sometimes it is more difficult than others.
Positive thought has in fact helped me deal with my life however, I haven't tried to attract a man, car, home, business etc. but being negative certainly won't help myself or anyone else and most people don't want to be around you if you exhibit that mind set as I know an individual just like that.
Finally, we all know none of us will get out of this world ALIVE and life is never a sure fact past this moment. Can't we all agree that none of us are perfect? Those of us that want to try to do better for ourselves or others will do so according to what works for each of us and those out there that don't want to change themselves can stay as they are without us trying to TELL or
MAKE them do or believe something they are obviously not willing or ready to hear. I truly believe I can't change anyone's behavior but my own and thus lead by example and with care and compassion for others. Sometimes this works and sometimes it just doesn't. That's why it's called LIFE!!!!!! and each of us are truly one of a kind. I hope each of you finds at least just one thing to be happy about later in the day if you happen to read this to the end.