Is there a path to a true island of HOPE in a world infected by God, greed, and religious fanaticism?

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.Is there a path to a true island of HOPE in a world infected by God, greed, and religious fanaticism?
Yesterday you posted a link to Sarah M's ';Angel.'; Music, art, creative expression and the lives that find usefulness to ones fellow humans or the universe in which we find ourselves are all tributaries to a path that will take us to an island of true hope. That music - the line about the arms of an angel - never fail to bring me to a peaceful place. I sought comfort in the arms of an angel some 30 years ago, and that relationship has helped give me the strength to remain hopeful when bad things happened, and hopeful that bad things that had happened before would not be the totality of my existence.





As Paul says in the song, lead me to your door. The hope is in our friendships, our relationships, no matter whether tenuous and electronic, or real and solid and personal. We provide the hope to one another, individually and collectively. Through art and artistic expression like literature and music, we provide that hope over time and distance, as well..Is there a path to a true island of HOPE in a world infected by God, greed, and religious fanaticism?
GREAT answer as always, Karen!





Thank you all.

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The path starts here, and goes into the future. It is for those who live in the ';before-death';, not those who believe in the ';after-life';. Since they are legion, we have to live in their world, while not being of it. We are each an island of hope in their world. The best we can do for now is keep an eye out for others like us and try not to scare them away if they are still under the influence of superstition.
The path begins as an individual one and continues on until we meet in love and peace. As such, the island of hope is the image the is within us and it is self evident that it begins with self.





Hope is something that we can manifest on earth. A true of hope leads us back to the beginning.
You can find it only within. It is the journey to self-actualization which brings peace within. I long for the true island of HOPE where there is no pain, anger, rage, greed, self-righteousness, hate, chaos or confusion and sadness.





We are all ONE connected to each other. I feel others emotions and then this erupts on down to others. We came here into a world of ';sin'; and we will leave this world without ';sin';.





The dark side cannot go into the true island of Hope. The darkness is already here among us.





This is not ';religion';





Peace.


Amanda
Yes, sorry I don't have time to check out the link, I will save it for later. Here's my belief and my fervent hope: Superstition is on its way to be marginalized. Greed I'm not so sure about. We are all so selfish, even Mother Theresa had some creep self issues -- embracing (others') pain for the furtherance of burnt offerings to her delusions. Anyway, I think there is an island of hope. And such a paradise, a TRUE paradise, that would be.





Kindest regards,


Karl
Well, I think there is a path to HOPE in this crazy world. Mine seems to be the path of taking out the trash, washing the dishes and vacuuming the carpets. I have never complained about these chores and do them automatically. I'm not trying to brag, but my dance card is full. There are many attractive female admirers who appreciate a good man who is already sufficiently whipped into shape.





Sure, there is plenty of crazy stuff happening outside my door (nuclear threats, pandemics, religious fanatics), but that isn't the stuff that I pay attention to most of the time.





Another path to HOPE seems to be through a large, black Labrador Retriever. I was in my date's home for the first time for about 15 seconds when her dog curled up in my lap and went right to sleep. When my date placed her hand on my knee her dog actually growled at her. That must have been the test because my lady friend became a totally committed admirer (second only to her dog) after that encounter.





Oh gee, is the world getting even CRAZIER??? I guess it is, but we are all responsible for creating our own ISLANDS OF HOPE. On my ISLAND there is time to smell the roses, there's a beautiful sunset on the Pacific almost daily, and the dogs never bite me. There is too little time to enjoy much more in the way of good fortune.
there is no hope without belief.u believe in hope don't u? hope in what? the island of hope in what? 4 what?love,peace and endless happiness


search 4 and u will find, u just have 2 find the right beacon,and this beacon has to be lighted with life. Life has to spring from life not death.


Now from where does life come from? all life!


without belief,ones search will never end.Belief in what,u have to choose and find and decide.


ps: u forgot something in ur q? that the world is mostly infected by man,and man only,and it is man who infected religion if we think deeply.Stop blaming whom we do not understand,we do not even know and start looking around who is doing the killing and destroying most man,man only
Yes there is! You can make a decision to follow the Lord.
All you need is love across the universe.
Praise be to Paul McCartney