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    Peace & Blessings to All:

    I am new to this Beliefnet.com community, although I am not new to Beliefnet.com, the website. I see ads for all
    sorts of things on this site, granted most are probably paid advertising, but they are there nonetheless.

    I haven't ever been to the Discount Home Shopper's Club site to know whether there is anything "spiritual" there or
    not. But what if there is something there even; what if they have some cutesy crafts that have inspirational sayings
    on them or inspirational items? Wouldn't we want people who have been turned off from "organized religious
    institutions" and are seeking something other than traditional religion to find their way to the Beauty of God
    somehow?

    I have on my profile, a link to a book of Poetry, called <u><i>Rain of Grace New & Selected Poems</i></u> by
    S<b>IAM</b>. It's not classically religious, but I experienced an elevation that is hard for me to articulate into
    words, just by reading the experiences of this mystic as he tells them through poetry. Some of the poems are full of
    tragic abuse and war atrocities; some are beautiful odes, some are new-age or metaphysical like the funny one on
    flatulency. Does that mean that I am advertising some non-spiritual, non-religious, non-Beliefnet.com type business
    or product? I don’t think so.

    Let’s suppose something: if I buy a tool set [assuming that’s a product sold there] from DHSC and I can lend or give
    them to someone who may use them to repair a widow’s door locks so that she isn’t mugged, raped, or killed, then I
    have saved a life. I find preservation of life very religious and definitely very spiritual; because it fulfills the second
    greatest commandment as spoken by Jesus, the Christ, “And the second [is] like, [namely] this, Thou shalt love thy
    neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.” (Mark 12:31) – and “…The first of all
    the commandments [is], Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with
    all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the first commandment..”
    (Mark 12:29-30)

    I don’t think that things have to be inscribed with the words ‘God’, ‘religious’, ‘spiritual’, and the like or display
    iconographic images of some one’s interpretation of “God”, “angels”, etc. to be spiritual in either nature or intended
    use. In order to negate this possible scenario, DSG and cohorts would have to be able to see into the advertiser’s
    heart(s) or have been told directly the intention behind promoting the DHSC. This next statement may be
    considered an unsolicited promotion, but I would prescribe a healthy dose of <i>The Sultan And The Saint</i> and
    <i>Metaphysical Poets’ Flatulenting Association</i> from the book, <u><i>Rain of Grace New & Selected
    Poems</i></u> by S<b>IAM</b> to relieve this kind of spiritual constipation.

    Peace

    "The spirit of fear is agitation;


    The action of fear is repulsion;
    The spirit of Love is peace;
    The action of Love is captivation.
    Fear fear, not Love!"

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