Category Archives: body

EARTH DAY 2016: BREAKING THE GREAT CHAIN OF BEING (starting with anthropocentrism)

Posted on April 21, 2012 by nancyjfinleysd

(For the last few years, I’ve published most of the blog below on Earth Day.  I’m newly inspired after seeing “The Jungle Book” a few days ago.  It touched me and  it was lots of fun!  So I’m posting it … Continue reading →

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ASH WEDNESDAY AND THE THIRD EYE

Posted on February 21, 2012 by nancyjfinleysd

On Ash Wednesday many of us will have ashes put on our forehead, on our “third eye,” if you will.  Why do we engage in this pagan-like behavior?  (Yes, this ceremony, like others practiced by many Christians, has pagan roots.)  Why … Continue reading →

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PARADOX IS THE THUMBPRINT OF GOD

Posted on September 17, 2011 by nancyjfinleysd

Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry. Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death. Whoever is soft and yielding … Continue reading →

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HAVE FUN IN THE BELOVED’S DIVINE GAME

Posted on August 17, 2011 by nancyjfinleysd

It’s summer!  So let’s follow the advice of Hafiz below to live worshipfully and have fun! A Suspended Blue Ocean The sky Is a suspended blue ocean. The stars are the fish That swim. The planets are the white whales … Continue reading →

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HUMILITY AND AGING

Posted on August 6, 2011 by nancyjfinleysd

When I am older, I hope my facial expression looks sort of like hers (on the left).  As I think more about the joy of feeling “ordinary” and “humble,” I realize that it’s one of the perks of aging.  It’s … Continue reading →

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A BRIEF DIGRESSION FOR HOLY WEEK, PART I

Posted on April 18, 2011 by nancyjfinleysd

This quote by Joseph Campbell offers an interesting way to think about the Good Friday/Easter message: “[T]he universal doctrine teaches that all the visible structures of the world … are the effects of a ubiquitous power out of which they … Continue reading →

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