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Category Archives: spirit
PENTECOST: ECSTATIC UTTERANCES IN A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
Today is Pentecost. Pentecost is more meaningful to me than either Christmas or Easter. To me, the meaning of the Pentecost story universalizes the experience of the divine world intersecting with the material world. In the story, at a gathering … Continue reading
Posted in Christ, individualism, Pentecost, Religion, spirit, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged Christianity, Mysticism, opening, religion, wisdom
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WORSHIP AS A WAY OF LIFE (but do I have to get down on my knees?)
I know some folks resist the idea of “worshipping” a “higher power” because it suggests subservience or a hierarchical view of the cosmos – God is “above” and we are but mere mindless minions “below.” But “worship” in its simplest … Continue reading
Posted in faith, MYSTICISM, nature, Religion, Science, spirit, Spirituality, Uncategorized, worship
Tagged God, Mysticism, opening, religion, spiritual practice
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PENTECOST: ECSTATIC UTTERANCES IN A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
Today is Pentecost. Pentecost is more meaningful to me than either Christmas or Easter. To me, the meaning of the Pentecost story universalizes the experience of the divine world intersecting with the material world. In the story, at a gathering … Continue reading
Posted in Christ, individualism, Pentecost, Religion, spirit, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged Christianity, opening, religion
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RELIGION FOR THE RELUCTANT, CH. 6: WHEN RELIGIOSITY BECOMES IDOLATRY
Let me begin with a quote from one of my favorite poems by W.B. Yeats: “Turning and turning in the widening gyre; the falcon cannot hear the falconer; things fall apart; the center cannot hold.” So many of us can’t … Continue reading
Posted in idolatry, MYSTICISM, nature, Religion, spirit, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged Mysticism, religion
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AN EXPERIENCE OF CLARITY
AN EXPERIENCE OF CLARITY In January of 1990, when my late husband and I were in Kyoto visiting the Golden Pavilion gardens, I had an extraordinary experience that I now understand might qualify as “mystical.” Below is an excerpt … Continue reading
Agape
Agape is regarded as a kind of love that’s transpersonal, self-sacrificing, and genuine. My understanding of the Cosmic Christ is that which serves as the doorway to the Divine realm with which each human psyche is graced. Given this understanding, … Continue reading
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