Tag: spirit
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The Liminal Space – The Art of Transition
“The very vulnerability and openness of liminal space allows room for something genuinely new to happen.” Richard Rohr Good Morning on this beautiful… um… what day is it today..? No idea, but it doesn’t matter. We are here and now. Over the course of the last week or so I have come across many conversations…
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Death and Resurrection
Greetings from quarantine. I hope everyone is using this time to fully embrace all of the personal elements of your life which go un-nurtured due to busy schedules and distractions. I wanted to take some time today to think about the main theme of Easter; Death and Resurrection. I understand that the story of Jesus…
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Our Field of Being – Conscious Participation
“In other words, you decide to act as if existence might be justified by its goodness—if only you behaved properly. And it is that decision, that declaration of existential faith, that allows you to overcome nihilism, and resentment, and arrogance. It is that declaration of faith that keeps hatred of Being, with all its attendant…
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Embracing Mystery
“The great beauty of life is its mystery, the inability to know what course our life will take, and diligently work to transmute into our final form based upon a lifetime of constant discovery and enterprising effort. Accepting the unknown and unknowable eliminates regret.”― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls In no small way, my life over…
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Embracing Metanoia
Metanoia is a Greek word that translates to “Change of Mind”, used many times in the New Testament. Thought to translate as “repentance”, though not as a practice fueled by guilt or shame, but literally to “change our direction”. As many of you who follow my blog know, I have been transitioning through a very…
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Gratitude and Reality
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero Richest Blessings to all of my readers. If you are Canadian, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and that the long weekend was a fruitful one. Obviously, the theme of thankfulness and gratitude have been present…
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On Being a Healing Presence
I receive newsletters from Unity every so often, and today I received a letter reminding me of the upcoming 25th anniversary of World Day of Prayer. I have always appreciated the altitude of thinking of the Unity faith, built on the teachings of Charles and Myrtle Fillmore, Unity presents a much more forward-thinking, progressive stance on…