Makes you think eh?

bluerose
bluerose Member Posts: 1,104
edited August 2011 in Spirituality, Prayer, and Meditation #1
My cousin sent me this by email and I immediately thought of this site to share it with. Sure is a thought provoking picture. It was taken by the Hubble Space Camera. Yikes. They call it 'the Eye of God' because it looks like a big eye in the sky looking down into the Universe - cloud formations I guess.


Blessings,

Bluerose

P.S. Okay this is strange. I tried to paste the picture on this blog and it won't show up plus I tried to put it on my screen name but it wouldn't show there either. Then I looked at the date on my subission here and for some weird reason it said December 31st, 1969. I didn't type that - I was 19 on that date. What the heck? Then when I clicked to submit this to the board the December date disappeared and the date was today's date as it should be. Where did that 1969 date go? Looks like there is something mystical about this picture. I will keep trying to post the picture. Yikes is right. Gulp. lol

P.P.S. I just came back to try to put the pic up again and there it was before I tried again. Oh this is spooky. What do you all think of the picture?
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  • z
    z Member Posts: 1,414 Member
    #2
    Eye
    Bluerose, whats the blue thing in the middle. I like the picture, thank you for posting it. I will go research it now. Lori
  • Buckwirth
    Buckwirth Member Posts: 1,258 Member
    #3
    It is the Helix Nebula
    Though it has taken on the unofficial name of Eye of God.

    Very pretty, though the colors are not natural (all Hubble shots are b&w, the color is added here based on something like radiation signatures).

    Thank you for sharing this Bluerose
  • Marcia527
    Marcia527 Member Posts: 2,729
    #4
    Hey bluerose, nothing spooky
    Hey bluerose, nothing spooky about it. When I try to start a thread I get that date too until I post it and then get the current date. I think it is a bug in programming. Also sometimes a new picture for our avatar dosesn't show until we 'refresh' view or wait till the computer does it. CSN won't let us post a picture with our post. Not a mystery. As for 1969 it's in the past unless we get on that folded time line. heehee.
  • soccerfreaks
    soccerfreaks Member Posts: 2,788 Member
    #5
    Marcia527 said:

    Hey bluerose, nothing spooky
    Hey bluerose, nothing spooky about it. When I try to start a thread I get that date too until I post it and then get the current date. I think it is a bug in programming. Also sometimes a new picture for our avatar dosesn't show until we 'refresh' view or wait till the computer does it. CSN won't let us post a picture with our post. Not a mystery. As for 1969 it's in the past unless we get on that folded time line. heehee.

    Buckwirth, Marcia
    Thank you: people see what they want to see.

    Take care,

    Joe
  • z
    z Member Posts: 1,414 Member
    #6
    soccerfreaks said:

    Buckwirth, Marcia
    Thank you: people see what they want to see.

    Take care,

    Joe

    Bluerose
    Yes, as Joe says people see what they want to see, and I rather like seeing it as an eye of god. Lori
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #7
    z said:

    Bluerose
    Yes, as Joe says people see what they want to see, and I rather like seeing it as an eye of god. Lori

    opinion

    It is only an opinion and everyone has one that is why we all see things different. But you must admit it is truly and inspiration to look at a picture like this. And in my mind to believe God is watching from a distance.

    Hondo
  • Buckwirth
    Buckwirth Member Posts: 1,258 Member
    #8
    Hondo said:

    opinion

    It is only an opinion and everyone has one that is why we all see things different. But you must admit it is truly and inspiration to look at a picture like this. And in my mind to believe God is watching from a distance.

    Hondo

    Imagination
    There are things and places that touch us and spark our better places (imagination).

    A grove of redwoods, the Grand Canyon, and many of the amazing images from the Hubble can touch us in this way.

    The redwood is not just a tree, and the Grand Canyon is not just a hole in the ground.
  • bluerose
    bluerose Member Posts: 1,104
    #9
    Buckwirth said:

    Imagination
    There are things and places that touch us and spark our better places (imagination).

    A grove of redwoods, the Grand Canyon, and many of the amazing images from the Hubble can touch us in this way.

    The redwood is not just a tree, and the Grand Canyon is not just a hole in the ground.

    The Eye of God is on my profile now
    People have asked about where the picture went and so I put it on my Blog part of my profile, in that blog section. If you google 'Eye of God' it will come up too and tell you it's story. The picture itself as I said is now on my blog part of my profile.

    Have a great day all.

    Blessings,

    Bluerose
  • ms.sunshine
    ms.sunshine Member Posts: 707 Member
    #10
    bluerose said:

    The Eye of God is on my profile now
    People have asked about where the picture went and so I put it on my Blog part of my profile, in that blog section. If you google 'Eye of God' it will come up too and tell you it's story. The picture itself as I said is now on my blog part of my profile.

    Have a great day all.

    Blessings,

    Bluerose

    Sweet
    I looked at the Eye of God. First thought, "I didn't know God had blue eyes, who would have thought." hahaha.. Call it what you will, it is pretty.
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #11
    ms.sunshine said:

    Sweet
    I looked at the Eye of God. First thought, "I didn't know God had blue eyes, who would have thought." hahaha.. Call it what you will, it is pretty.

    Blue
    Is the color of forgiveness that were worn on the robe of the Hi priest, so when God looks at man he is looking with love and forgiveness.

    Hondo
  • soccerfreaks
    soccerfreaks Member Posts: 2,788 Member
    #12
    Hondo said:

    Blue
    Is the color of forgiveness that were worn on the robe of the Hi priest, so when God looks at man he is looking with love and forgiveness.

    Hondo

    ?
    This should be the example of non sequitur in the dictionary.

    Take care,

    Joe
  • z
    z Member Posts: 1,414 Member
    #13
    soccerfreaks said:

    ?
    This should be the example of non sequitur in the dictionary.

    Take care,

    Joe

    Non Sequitur
    Joe, No it shouldn't. Its to each his own and to his own interpretation.

    Definition of NON SEQUITUR
    1: an inference that does not follow from the premises; specifically : a fallacy resulting from a simple conversion of a universal affirmative proposition or from the transposition of a condition and its consequent
    2: a statement (as a response) that does not follow logically from or is not clearly related to anything previously said
  • AnneBehymer
    AnneBehymer Member Posts: 738 Member
    #14
    bluerose said:

    The Eye of God is on my profile now
    People have asked about where the picture went and so I put it on my Blog part of my profile, in that blog section. If you google 'Eye of God' it will come up too and tell you it's story. The picture itself as I said is now on my blog part of my profile.

    Have a great day all.

    Blessings,

    Bluerose

    Bluerose,
    that is a great
    Bluerose,

    that is a great pic and I like the thought of god watching us and looking out for us. I need to believe this since I am stage four ovarian cancer but after my first three treatments my number have dropped from 2,000 to 14 normal is 0-21 so I know it is god looking after me thanks for the pic

    Anne
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #15
    soccerfreaks said:

    ?
    This should be the example of non sequitur in the dictionary.

    Take care,

    Joe

    Hi Joe

    Sometimes Faith could also be called non sequitur if you look at it only from a mans point of view. But to me Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things I have not yet seen. Without hope what would be the purpose of life, to live just to die without a reason, humm. I rather believe my God is there watching me from above.

    Thanks
    Hondo
  • AnneBehymer
    AnneBehymer Member Posts: 738 Member
    #16
    Hondo said:

    Hi Joe

    Sometimes Faith could also be called non sequitur if you look at it only from a mans point of view. But to me Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things I have not yet seen. Without hope what would be the purpose of life, to live just to die without a reason, humm. I rather believe my God is there watching me from above.

    Thanks
    Hondo

    Hondo
    Amen to that brother I feel the same way

    Anne
  • soccerfreaks
    soccerfreaks Member Posts: 2,788 Member
    #17
    z said:

    Non Sequitur
    Joe, No it shouldn't. Its to each his own and to his own interpretation.

    Definition of NON SEQUITUR
    1: an inference that does not follow from the premises; specifically : a fallacy resulting from a simple conversion of a universal affirmative proposition or from the transposition of a condition and its consequent
    2: a statement (as a response) that does not follow logically from or is not clearly related to anything previously said

    hi z
    I didn't need a definition of the phrase, friend, but thanks anyway. The point is, what does the color blue have to do with forgiveness?

    I stand by my statement.

    Take care,

    Joe
  • z
    z Member Posts: 1,414 Member
    #18
    soccerfreaks said:

    hi z
    I didn't need a definition of the phrase, friend, but thanks anyway. The point is, what does the color blue have to do with forgiveness?

    I stand by my statement.

    Take care,

    Joe

    Joe
    Of course you didn't but others might have liked to know what the word meant. Why would you post any comment about how a person posts in this discussion board. The blue is from the eye color, and history of the color and you are more astute than that. Why would you give any one a hard time with such a snide remark, not nice.
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #19
    soccerfreaks said:

    hi z
    I didn't need a definition of the phrase, friend, but thanks anyway. The point is, what does the color blue have to do with forgiveness?

    I stand by my statement.

    Take care,

    Joe

    Hi Joe
    To understand the color blue and forgiveness you need to know about the Leviticus law in the Bible. The robe of the Hi-Priest had many different colors and each color was symbolic to the aspect of God love to mankind.

    I know you do not like a lot of posting of Bible stuff here on CSN so I am not going to do that. But if you like I can share some of this with you to give you a better understanding of the symbolism in many of the text from the book of Leviticus. I am not trying to convert you just help you to understand some of the things we believe as Christians.

    Wishing you the best
    Hondo
  • mariam_11_09
    mariam_11_09 Member Posts: 691
    #20
    bluerose said:

    The Eye of God is on my profile now
    People have asked about where the picture went and so I put it on my Blog part of my profile, in that blog section. If you google 'Eye of God' it will come up too and tell you it's story. The picture itself as I said is now on my blog part of my profile.

    Have a great day all.

    Blessings,

    Bluerose

    For God to be watching us

    For God to be watching us implies that God is outside of us, ie separate from us. What if that is not the case, God is not separate from us and knows us from the inside out so there is nothing for God to watch. I do ask why is it we feel a need to give God human attributes?
  • bluerose
    bluerose Member Posts: 1,104
    #21
    z said:

    Joe
    Of course you didn't but others might have liked to know what the word meant. Why would you post any comment about how a person posts in this discussion board. The blue is from the eye color, and history of the color and you are more astute than that. Why would you give any one a hard time with such a snide remark, not nice.

    Hey Z
    I agree. People take comfort and find meaning in all kinds of things that others do not see and if it works for them and gives them peace then far be it for me or anyone else, I believe, to take that away from them. I know of that color's special meaning as Hondo does and I think that comment is appropriate to wonder about in that picture of God's Eye'. Obviously others have seen the same thing since someone entitled the picture as they did.

    I think it's cool and gives people of faith a certain warmth. And that's a good thing.

    Hope this post finds you well.

    Blessings,

    Bluerose

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