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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, Mysticism, opening, religion, wisdom
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EARTH DAY 2016: BREAKING THE GREAT CHAIN OF BEING (starting with anthropocentrism)
(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
Posted in anthropocentrism, belief, body, Earth Day, nature, Uncategorized
Tagged religion, wisdom
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Easter Message from Obi-Wan Kenobi: “The Force will be with you, always.”
Several years ago during Easter dinner, a young friend asked, “What’s up with Easter?” This particular Easter celebration was a secular one and my friend was unschooled in religious stories and symbols. I think her curiosity was sincere and that … Continue reading
CAN THERE BE EASTER WITHOUT GOOD FRIDAY?
A wise Rabbi (thanks Zari Weiss) once asked: “Can you reach the promised land without slavery? Can there be Easter without Good Friday?” Can there? “The impossibility of religious faith has been a theme in the work of Edward Hirsch … Continue reading
Posted in belief, Easter, faith, Good Friday, hope, MYSTICISM, nature, paradox, Passover, Religion, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged Christianity, passover, religion, symbol
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ASH WEDNESDAY AND THE THIRD EYE
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
Posted in Ash Wednesday, body, intellience, mind, MYSTICISM, nature, pagan, paradox, Religion, Spirituality, Taoism, Third eye chakra, Uncategorized
Tagged Mysticism, opening, religion, spiritual practice, symbol, synergy, wisdom
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Christopher Hitchens: R.I.P.?
If you haven’t yet heard, Christopher Hitchens died at the young age of 62. He’s the guy who wrote God is Not Great and was a celebrated essayist railing against religion and for rationalism. He really knew how to piss … Continue reading
Posted in atheism, belief, Hitchens, intellience, mind, Religion, Science, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged opening, religion, science
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‘TIS THE SEASON…
’tis the season to be quiet. It’s advent. It’s dark and still. That is, it’s dark and still except for all the holiday lights and non-stop Christmas music, the mad pace of consumerism, the stress of high expectations. For those … Continue reading
Posted in advent, faith, hope, Jesus, Kenosis, Love, Religion, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged love, opening, spiritual practice
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