Mystic Journey 2.0

Our society demands that we stay busy. School, work, and family all make great demands on us that take huge amounts of time. Just travel to and from work can take over 2 hours out of our 24. To make better use of our time, we learn to multi-task. We [...]

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The following quotation is from Richard Rohr:
The foundation of fundamentalism is fear. When people feel distance from the Father, they may feel they can’t trust him because he is hard and out to get them. When they believe they can’t please the Father, they get into what the Church has so often gotten into, in [...]

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We all know from 4th grade biology that caterpillars become butterflies through metamorphisis. And, some become moths, which is functionally just another type of butterfly.
Araboth’s comment to my post “Left-brain; right-brain shift” inspired me to contemplate an analogy concerning this creature:
If Creator wants to fill a field with beautiful butterflies, He first creates a [...]

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We’ve all heard or voiced the complaint, ‘Too busy making a living to enjoy it.’
I wonder if Adam had this problem in Eden? Could he have been so busy taking care of the garden that he rarely had time to enjoy it’s beauty and splendor? I doubt that. Remember that Adam didn’t [...]

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We often hear stories about people who have done great things - sometimes small things, but great nonetheless. Typically, it is an achievement, but sometimes it may be something done to help or encourage others. Our society tends to honor and applaud these achievers. And, we should.
But, what about the rest of us? [...]

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