Are Angels Real?????

[G-man]

Originally Posted by Raven

Absolutely! Maybe even seen one. But I am not sure I would really want to meet one! Totally terrifying!
I fight one on a regular basis. I win alot. The Angel of Death.

Reminds me of the Duino Elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke... "Every angel is terrifying...".

From a very early age, I've often had very vivid dreams of angels, but the angels in my dreams are quite the opposite of most people's idea of angels... these are very dark dreams where angels are at war, fighting and killing.

[AussiePam]

Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel
Ordnungen? und gesetzt selbst, es nähme
einer mich plötzlich ans Herz: ich verginge von seinem
stärkeren Dasein. Denn das Schöne ist nichts
als des Schrecklichen Anfang, den wir noch grade ertragen,
und wir bewundern es so, weil es gelassen verschmäht,
uns zu zerstören. Ein jeder Engel ist schrecklich.


Awesome - G-Man. Thankyou. Forum Garden from time to time - with a kind of random and playful whimsicality - tosses up rare gifts.

[G-man]

Originally Posted by Raven

Absolutely! Maybe even seen one. But I am not sure I would really want to meet one! Totally terrifying!
I fight one on a regular basis. I win alot. The Angel of Death.

Originally Posted by AussiePam

Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel
Ordnungen? und gesetzt selbst, es nähme
einer mich plötzlich ans Herz: ich verginge von seinem
stärkeren Dasein. Denn das Schöne ist nichts
als des Schrecklichen Anfang, den wir noch grade ertragen,
und wir bewundern es so, weil es gelassen verschmäht,
uns zu zerstören. Ein jeder Engel ist schrecklich.


Awesome - G-Man. Thankyou. Forum Garden from time to time - with a kind of random and playful whimsicality - tosses up rare gifts.

Anytime! It's good that you cut and pasted the German version. Rilke isn't known for his use of simple sentences, curt noun phrases or concrete imagery, so... the German doesn't translate well to English, unfortunately, so I highly recommend learning at least enough German to experience his lyrical, dense poetry the way he intended it.

[kazalala]

I have a guardian Angel ,, shes a nun,, dont ask why, im not catholic or even particularly religious but there ye go, thats who i got. I have seen her twice.

[Rapunzel]

Originally Posted by kazalala

I have a guardian Angel ,, shes a nun,, dont ask why, im not catholic or even particularly religious but there ye go, thats who i got. I have seen her twice.

When and how did you see her?

More details needed.

[gmc]

People are strange. If someone says they believe in angels and demons nobody laughs but if I say Scotland are going to win the world cup people fall about laughing

[oscar]

Originally Posted by gmc

People are strange. If someone says they believe in angels and demons nobody laughs but if I say Scotland are going to win the world cup people fall about laughing

That's because the former has realms of possibility and the later is a deluded daydream.

[Kathy Ellen]

Hi Pam

I really wish that I believed in angels, and Heaven and Hell because it would make my life easier, I think.

I'm an agnostic.....on the fence...not sure about any of this stuff but certainly don't worry about it. I do try to keep an open mind, but it's hard at times. I was raised in the Roman Catholic faith but left the Church emotionally at age 16 and physically during college.

I cry and grieve so bitterly when a loved one dies because I just know in my heart that I won't see them again....ever. It would be so nice to believe that I'd see my loved ones again after death.

I love the thoughts of having an angel looking over my shoulder...would also love if that angel was John Travolta's angel in the movie "Michael."

[kazalala]

Originally Posted by Rapunzel

When and how did you see her?

More details needed.

I lost a son 24 years ago. She sat by my bed a while when no one else was there. Just sat didnt speak,, at the time i thought she was real and was annoyed about her being there,, i gave her an angry look shut my eyes and turned away. Later the nurses assured me they would not let a stranger in to my room without my permission let a lone a nun, and they definatley didnt have nuns going round visiting people. Alos it was only a matter of hours since my son had died. Still it took me a lot of years to realise who she was,, ( with the help of some strange dreams, along the way). Then a few months ago,, she woke me up by poking me in the neck,, i still dont know why i needed to be woken yet, but it felt important that i was.

[AussiePam]

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