Comments on: Start the New Year by Afflicting Your Soul http://nourishthedream.com/2009/01/02/start-the-new-year-by-afflicting-your-soul/ Unleashing the Entrepreneurial Spirit in You! Thu, 10 May 2012 15:05:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: David G. Johnson http://nourishthedream.com/2009/01/02/start-the-new-year-by-afflicting-your-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-20751 David G. Johnson Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:57:05 +0000 http://nourishthedream.com/?p=83#comment-20751 Hi Natasha, Thanks for sharing! I'm glad you found this post useful... and we appreciate the tip for banishing unwanted thoughts so we can stay focused on the thinking that produces Godly fruit in our lives! Blessings... Hi Natasha,

Thanks for sharing! I’m glad you found this post useful… and we appreciate the tip for banishing unwanted thoughts so we can stay focused on the thinking that produces Godly fruit in our lives!

Blessings…

]]> By: Natasha http://nourishthedream.com/2009/01/02/start-the-new-year-by-afflicting-your-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-20384 Natasha Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:11:42 +0000 http://nourishthedream.com/?p=83#comment-20384 A fantastic post, thanks for sharing, I got some clarity for myself reading it. Just a thought I would like to share with you... I have been striving for the right path this last year, and the more I trust in and think about God, the better I am feeling. I have recently learned however that the mind can often get in the way of a true connection with God. My mind is constantly throwing up problems, worries and fears that get in the way. The more I am able to meditate, the more I realise that it is my soul that is linked with God, and that when I finally manage to still my mind I am blessed with a very positive, calming feeling and an understanding of my true purpose. If we can fast, afflict our mind and ban any thoughts from taking over, then I think we can afflict our mind and body, leaving the soul open to connect with the divine. Someone gave me a tip on successful meditation and how to stop my mind from intervening with constant thoughts..... Imagine your mind is the sky, beautiful and blue and clear. When a thought creeps into your head, imagine it as a cloud. The cloud can take a hold of your blue sky, it can be right above you waiting to burst...maybe it will burst and rain down on you. Just wait until the cloud is done...observe it, watch it, then move it on, letting it drift away out of your blue sky. Observe your thoughts, then let them go. If we let our problems, worried and fears go the mind is not in control, our soul is. Much love to anyone that cared to read this, I hope you find some use in this concept, as I have. A fantastic post, thanks for sharing, I got some clarity for myself reading it.

Just a thought I would like to share with you… I have been striving for the right path this last year, and the more I trust in and think about God, the better I am feeling. I have recently learned however that the mind can often get in the way of a true connection with God. My mind is constantly throwing up problems, worries and fears that get in the way. The more I am able to meditate, the more I realise that it is my soul that is linked with God, and that when I finally manage to still my mind I am blessed with a very positive, calming feeling and an understanding of my true purpose. If we can fast, afflict our mind and ban any thoughts from taking over, then I think we can afflict our mind and body, leaving the soul open to connect with the divine.

Someone gave me a tip on successful meditation and how to stop my mind from intervening with constant thoughts….. Imagine your mind is the sky, beautiful and blue and clear. When a thought creeps into your head, imagine it as a cloud. The cloud can take a hold of your blue sky, it can be right above you waiting to burst…maybe it will burst and rain down on you. Just wait until the cloud is done…observe it, watch it, then move it on, letting it drift away out of your blue sky. Observe your thoughts, then let them go. If we let our problems, worried and fears go the mind is not in control, our soul is.

Much love to anyone that cared to read this, I hope you find some use in this concept, as I have.

]]> By: How to Have an Extraordinary 2011 | Nourish The Dream http://nourishthedream.com/2009/01/02/start-the-new-year-by-afflicting-your-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-10777 How to Have an Extraordinary 2011 | Nourish The Dream Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:55:38 +0000 http://nourishthedream.com/?p=83#comment-10777 [...] be extremely painful (this one included caffeine for me… youch!), it’s so valuable to quiet the soul and to break some of the habits that we don’t even know are holding us back in life. Whether [...] [...] be extremely painful (this one included caffeine for me… youch!), it’s so valuable to quiet the soul and to break some of the habits that we don’t even know are holding us back in life. Whether [...]

]]> By: Shel Haas http://nourishthedream.com/2009/01/02/start-the-new-year-by-afflicting-your-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-5614 Shel Haas Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:22:58 +0000 http://nourishthedream.com/?p=83#comment-5614 There is a vast distinction between the soul and the body. The mind affects the body both negatively and positively. The body reacts to the mind. Religion is based on belief. Belief is a function of the mind. God knew that man had a conscience and to bear sin on one's conscience was of more import that ridding the body of food! Man cannot evaluate the conscience but can fathom the physical fasting. Conveniently, as in many other religious changes by man of God's commandments, fasting has come to the fore. It is much easier to fast one day than to bear sin in one's conscience. There is a vast distinction between the soul and the body. The mind affects the body both negatively and positively. The body reacts to the mind. Religion is based on belief. Belief is a function of the mind. God knew that man had a conscience and to bear sin on one’s conscience was of more import that ridding the body of food! Man cannot evaluate the conscience but can fathom the physical fasting. Conveniently, as in many other religious changes by man of God’s commandments, fasting has come to the fore. It is much easier to fast one day than to bear sin in one’s conscience.

]]> By: Janna http://nourishthedream.com/2009/01/02/start-the-new-year-by-afflicting-your-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-2453 Janna Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:42:23 +0000 http://nourishthedream.com/?p=83#comment-2453 how do you go about afficting your soul? and for how long does it have to last to be affective? how do you go about afficting your soul? and for how long does it have to last to be affective?

]]> By: Janna http://nourishthedream.com/2009/01/02/start-the-new-year-by-afflicting-your-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-2452 Janna Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:39:14 +0000 http://nourishthedream.com/?p=83#comment-2452 Is this something that has to be done,sitting with your head bowed or lying down. Is this something that has to be done,sitting with your head bowed or lying down.

]]> By: David G. Johnson http://nourishthedream.com/2009/01/02/start-the-new-year-by-afflicting-your-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-1834 David G. Johnson Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:13:15 +0000 http://nourishthedream.com/?p=83#comment-1834 Marcus, I've never gone 40 days -- even on a Daniel fast. My more typical thing to do is 7 days with no food. I tend to stick to water and... (I know, I know) coffee. What can I say? Anyway my tradition is to end the 7 days with a steak. It's brutally expensive... but man is it sweet! This fast was good. Not everything went exactly as planned, but the bottom line is that I feel like we have some much-needed, solid direction moving into 2009. And I'm hungrier than ever to see the Kingdom come. (Pun fully intended) Thanks for asking! Marcus,

I’ve never gone 40 days — even on a Daniel fast. My more typical thing to do is 7 days with no food. I tend to stick to water and… (I know, I know) coffee. What can I say?

Anyway my tradition is to end the 7 days with a steak. It’s brutally expensive… but man is it sweet!

This fast was good. Not everything went exactly as planned, but the bottom line is that I feel like we have some much-needed, solid direction moving into 2009. And I’m hungrier than ever to see the Kingdom come. (Pun fully intended)

Thanks for asking!

]]> By: Marcus Goodyear http://nourishthedream.com/2009/01/02/start-the-new-year-by-afflicting-your-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-1830 Marcus Goodyear Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:26:52 +0000 http://nourishthedream.com/?p=83#comment-1830 I've done a 40 day Daniel fast before. It was intense. And I've never enjoyed a burger as much as I did at the end of that fast. Also it was expensive. So, I assume you are on the other side of the fast now? How did it go? I’ve done a 40 day Daniel fast before. It was intense. And I’ve never enjoyed a burger as much as I did at the end of that fast. Also it was expensive.

So, I assume you are on the other side of the fast now? How did it go?

]]> By: David G. Johnson http://nourishthedream.com/2009/01/02/start-the-new-year-by-afflicting-your-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-1793 David G. Johnson Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:47:13 +0000 http://nourishthedream.com/?p=83#comment-1793 Oh boy. You're right on there. All kinds of discipline connected to this... Oh boy. You’re right on there. All kinds of discipline connected to this…

]]> By: Rich Carey http://nourishthedream.com/2009/01/02/start-the-new-year-by-afflicting-your-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-1792 Rich Carey Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:20:50 +0000 http://nourishthedream.com/?p=83#comment-1792 Great word, bro. The other part about "not doing any work at all" is just as important, because if there's one thing that can take my mind of my hunger, it's work. Take away food AND work... I think that's God's point. We are definitely in a time where it is vital that we re-focus, re-new, and hear clearly. Thanks for sharing! R< Great word, bro. The other part about “not doing any work at all” is just as important, because if there’s one thing that can take my mind of my hunger, it’s work. Take away food AND work…

I think that’s God’s point. We are definitely in a time where it is vital that we re-focus, re-new, and hear clearly.

Thanks for sharing!
R<

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