Tag: spirituality
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you thought it was someone else
I went to the grocery store with my children, being 4 and 2 it is always a fun experience. The battle of everything they want and should not have, acquiescing here and there. My daughter especially of late is feeling a sense of pride of what she picked out from the store. One of the…
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the peaceful journey
The ebb and flow of lifeYou crash against the shore, you get carried away in peaceSuch is lifeSuch is the wayBeyond lies the stillness we all seekJust close enough to be able to touch it brieflyThe last glowing atom from a magnificent sunsetInfinite warmth on your delicate handYou have found your Self, if but for…
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the path
Paths are meant to be taken. The Path you were meant to take, the one that was defined for you, by you, is always there. You have a free will and are free to choose that path, or any one of an infinite number of paths available to you. You have done this your whole…
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it is for you
Recently, I read a bit of a rant on Facebook from someone who seemingly is a leader in the “spiritual community.” Maybe they are, maybe they aren’t, I don’t follow them or know who they are. It had a lot of engagement. Essentially the sentiment was there are far too many people sharing spiritual points…
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the intellectual pursuit
Matters of the Spirit, matters of the heart are not an intellectual exercise. It is a delicate balance between what is out there to be read and what is put into practice and felt. Inevitably the pendulum swings in both directions, never quite settled in the middle. I read a lot, you may also read…
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the unbearable heaviness of “if only”
The game we play, “if only.” The game with no gains, only losses. The game your ego has mastered. -“If only I had more money, I could stop working and then I could work on myself.” -“If only I had more money, I would be free and I could help others.” -“If only I had…
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grate the carrots
One of the many reasons I love my wife is she is always trying to better herself. Could be spiritually, physically, emotionally, whatever way you can think of. For this reason, we are generally on the same page as I continue to work on myself. She gets it. Her “way” is certainly not my “way”,…
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the center
The center of All That Is, is you. As you are sitting there, reading this, in this moment. You. That is not arrogance, it is the purest form of humility. Objects hurtling through space at incomprehensible speeds, violent forces, celestial bodies that are inhospitable to life as we know it, underlying all of that is…
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the way
“The Way is The Way is The Way” Think for a moment about all the steps you have taken on your spiritual journey. I would imagine for most of you there have been many “ways.” For some, you may be on your first “way.” For me, it was as an adult and the Catholic Church.…
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by invitation only
What is it you are choosing to invite into your life? Not by of our own ultimate choosing, but of our continued active choice we continue to see a world split into two; the world we have always known (what was given to us by God) and the world we have always seen (what we…