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12 Days of Christmas – Day 8
Introduction to the symbology of the 12 Days of Christmas starts HERE. Matthew 5:3-10 describes Jesus’ famous Sermon on the Mount, which contained what are known as the Beatitudes. Jesus said: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is … Continue reading
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12 Days of Christmas – Day 7
Introduction to the symbology of the 12 Days of Christmas starts HERE. The Seven Swans A-Swimming The Seven Swans A-Swimming Represent The Sevenfold Gifts Of The Spirit The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit is one of several works in … Continue reading
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12 Days of Christmas – Day 6
Introduction to the symbology of the 12 Days of Christmas starts HERE. Six geese a laying Going back to Neolithic times, the goose is one of the oldest domesticated birds. It’s also been the topic of a lot of folklore. … Continue reading
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12 Days of Christmas – Day 5
Introduction to the symbology of the 12 Days of Christmas starts HERE. The five golden ringsThis is what I have found on the ‘five golden rings’: If you’re a jewelry fan, you’re going to be disappointed to learn that it’s … Continue reading
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12 Days of Christmas – Day 4
Introduction to the symbology of the 12 Days of Christmas starts HERE. The symbols of four calling birds Result of my research: “… All these years you’ve been singing “calling birds” when the reality is, it’s colly birds. So what … Continue reading
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12 Days of Christmas – Day 3
Introduction to the symbology of the 12 Days of Christmas starts HERE. The third symbol is Three french hens According to my research, The Three French Hens Stand For Faith, Hope And Love source French Hens = Faith, Hope & Charity … Continue reading
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The Twelfth Night
The Twelfth Night is what we labour towards during the nights and days of the 12-Days-Christmas. Below is the result of some of my research: “It all goes back to the early 4th century Christian church, which believed that January … Continue reading
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12 Days of Christmas – Day 2
Introduction to the symbology of the 12 Days of Christmas starts HERE. Second symbol is two turtle doves “The dove is not at all associated with a turtle, but rather a slurring of the Latin which is based on the … Continue reading
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12 Days of Christmas – Day 1
Introduction to the symbology of the 12 Days of Christmas starts HERE. The first symbol is a partridge in a pear tree I found that “according to Greek legend, the first partridge appeared when Daedalus threw his nephew, Perdix, off … Continue reading
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12 Days of Christmas – Symbology and messages
The 12 days of Christmas last from Christmas Day (25 Dec) to the 6th of January. On the 6th of January Roman Catholics celebrate Epiphany. “By ancient reckoning, days and nights were counted separately, and the important night was often … Continue reading
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Another kind of love
WOW! Such an angry man. He says Brexit will lead the way and allow other EU member countries to leave. He seemed particularly angry with the French and the German. He says The Brits will stop buying French and German … Continue reading
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Lessons for ENG8 in God-ing :)
I am an ENG8w7. There is a little bit too much sin, condemnation and judgement in the text for me but the description is spot on. I also like the Bible examples. Steve Job was an ENG1 not an Eng8. … Continue reading
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Advent Week 4 – LOVE
Loving who I am I am a failure in every sense of the world. I have a brilliant mind. I am intelligent. I creative. I used to be beautiful. I am well travelled. I am self- and environment aware. It … Continue reading
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Advent Week 3 – Joy
I have struggled with writing about ‘joy’. I have not experienced much of it lately, neither do I – I realized – understand the word itself. I understand what ‘hope’ and ‘peace’ means to me. I know how I feel … Continue reading
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Advent W3 – JOY (to the world)
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Shred of Thought
We are doomed. Looking at her, the way she retreats in fear, I understand how much we do not stand a chance in life. We were robbed as children of all our abilities by imbeciles. Neither can I blame them, … Continue reading
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My Journey from Bondage to Freedom
The essay below is part of Unity Urban Ministerial School – Foundation Course – Week 5 Assignment. Task: In your paper, document what you learned and how you are applying what you have learned in this class that is applicable … Continue reading
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Blessings at Hannukah
Blessing for lighting the candles בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה’, אֱ-לֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו, וְצִוָּנוּ לְהַדְלִיק נֵר חֲנֻכָּה. Transliteration: Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu, melekh ha’olam, asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu l’hadlik ner shel Hanukkah. Translation: “Blessed are You, LORD our God, … Continue reading
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Hanukkah – The Jewish Festival of Lights
In 2018, Hanukkah is from the evening of Sunday, 2nd December until the evening of Monday, 10th December. We are soon approaching the end of the Festival of Lights in the Jewish tradition and I thought it is time to … Continue reading
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Coptic Christianity in a Nutshell
The Coptic Orthodox Church split away from the broader Christian community in 451 A.D. The Coptic Church diverged from other Christians during the 5th century in part due to differing beliefs about the nature of Christ. Coptic Christians believe that … Continue reading
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The story of the Two Christmases
Coptic Christmas is observed on what the Julian Calendar labels 25 December, a date that currently corresponds with 7 January on the more widely used Gregorian Calendar (which is also when Christmas is observed in Eastern Orthodox countries such as … Continue reading
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Advent Week 2 – Peace
I am at Peace, I have no more demands. God does not live in the Heavens. He does not guide us, neither does S/He give instructions on how to live our lives. That God only exists in our distorted imagination. … Continue reading
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Advent Week 1 – HOPE
The first week of Advent starts today. HOPE is the theme. This morning in my meditation I was contemplating on what to ‘hope’ for this coming week? Looking at the state of affairs the world is in and the way … Continue reading
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Baha’i Faith
“Wert thou to attain to but a dewdrop of the crystal waters of divine knowledge, thou wouldst readily realize that true life is not the life of the flesh but the life of the spirit…”— Bahá’u’lláh Baha’u’llah’s Revelation affirms that … Continue reading
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To serve or not to serve
The boy killed himself in the church yard. The pastor talks about the society we, adults, have created for our children. A society that compares and judges. A society that must have ‘the best’ and everything else is mediocre or … Continue reading
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A time for rejuvenation
This morning I was reading an article on Ramadan. Ramadan started on 15 May 2018. Interestingly Christians observed Pentecost or Whit Sunday (Monday) on 20-21 May finishing the 50 day observation period since Easter, and Jews celebrated a week of … Continue reading
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Wisdom and Freedom
Some background info on Pentecost & Passover here For the next two days we are asked to review the past 50 days and see how far we have come since Easter. At Easter, Jesus was revealed to be one of … Continue reading
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Acts 2
The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost 1 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where … Continue reading
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The Road to Freedom
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Pentecost & Passover
History + Traditions of Pentecost/Whit Sunday & Passover The word Pentecost is Greek and it means “50th day.” Fifty days after Easter Sunday, we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and their followers, and the beginning … Continue reading
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Abandonment
I though then I demanded, finally, I hoped that it was somebody else’s job. I spent the Holy week contemplating on my life, how my life developed into its present shape. I looked for signs where I might have taken … Continue reading
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The Promise of Easter
This week the Christian Church observes the Via Dolorosa, Jesus’ last days and hours that are depicted in the 14 Stations. During this week, we walk the sorrowful way towards Resurrection in Easter. The origin of the stations are a … Continue reading
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Via Dolorosa
The Stations of the Cross, also known as the Way of the Cross, or Via Dolorosa (Sorrowful Way), is a popular Lenten devotion. This time we are asked to call to mind the Passion of Christ, that is, the journey … Continue reading
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Psalm Sunday – Letting go of the not-letting-go
The priest was talking about the Stations of the Cross and asked us to be vigilant, during the Holy Week, of the manner we walk the stations with Jesus every step of the way. The past month has been tumultuous … Continue reading
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Fractions
God could have arranged something by now. You know, like Echart Tolle, who one day found himself enlightened. Out of the blue. The Holy Spirit could have intervened. I could have reached a relevant state of peace, I could have … Continue reading
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Peace of mind by non-participation
What to fast on this Lenten Season? Lent stared early this year. I just made my new year’s resolutions then, suddenly, it is the day of Epiphany asking me to meditate on what spiritual focus I want to hold for … Continue reading
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Lent 2018
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Fate
I have recently noticed that I just want time to pass. I constantly count down the minutes and the days. Each morning I wake up, I just cannot wait for the day to end. For a few decades I hoped … Continue reading
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St. Valentine, the true story
… He was a Roman Priest at a time when there was an emperor called Claudias who persecuted the church at that particular time,” Father O’Gara explains. ” He also had an edict that prohibited the marriage of young people. … Continue reading
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From Ashes to Ashes, from Dust to Dust
Ash Wednesday, which falls forty-six days before Easter, marks the beginning of the Lenten season. The churches of the Anglican Communion, as well as some other Protestant churches observe Ash Wednesday. Eastern Rite churches, however, do not observe Ash Wednesday, … Continue reading
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Preparing for Lent, Ash Wednesday
A couple of days ago a friend suggested that my main karma is that I feel obliged. The Hungarian word ‘köteles’ when translated literally means ‘by rope’. I think it is rather interesting that I constantly feel that I am … Continue reading
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Beyond right and wrong
As often, I did the intro to our morning meditation. In my prayer, I asked God to come and meet me in the garden where no right and wrong exists. I sound such a committed devotee, at the same time … Continue reading
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Meditation for beginners
How I Started my Meditation Practice By Christine Kane
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So, how do you measure your lovable-ness?
This morning, in my meditation I found myself upset with the world for not appreciating me. I remembered how I was told off as a child when I asked too many questions and the way my teachers reacted when I … Continue reading
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Forgiveness
Acts 10:39-43 We are witnesses of everything he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a cross, but God raised him from the dead on the third day and caused … Continue reading
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The greatest SIN
The greatest sin is that we take on the image the world shows us of ourselves and lose touch with our true nature and the gifts we arrived here with. This is how we are separated from God. We allow … Continue reading
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Morning awareness
This morning as I was contemplating in the conservatory looking out into the morning darkness and observing how the faint light becomes stronger and stronger with each minute, I noticed how unsatisfied I was with my life. I consider myself … Continue reading
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Philippians 4:8
Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honourable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things. Source
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Dissatisfied
As I am heading back to the UK to work, I sadly noticed how dissatisfied I was with my life. It is not that I am not grateful for what I am given. Neither is it about not being expecting … Continue reading
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Epiphany in disguise
Yesterday, I was observing the epiphanies in my life. In the morning I had a lovely chat with my best friends discussing our New Year’s resolutions and how we envisage our life the next year. Life was good and I … Continue reading
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Blinded By Your Grace, Pt. 2
(Stormzy) I’m blinded by your grace I’m blinded by your grace, by your grace I’m blinded by your grace I’m blinded by your Lord, I’ve been broken Although I’m not worthy You fixed me, I’m blinded By your grace You … Continue reading
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Observing the 12 days of Christmas
As I am observing the days of this Christmas season am becoming more and more aware of the excruciating effects of my narcissistic expectations. I expect the world to roll up its sleeves and fight for the good, the noble, … Continue reading
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Hafiz
“ Beloved, I am waiting for you to free me into your mind And infinite being. I am pleading in absolute helplessness To her, finally, your word of Grace: Fly! Fly into ME! Hafiz, Who can understand Your sublime nearness … Continue reading
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I heard God sharing (Sept 2017)
God often talks to me. I used to ignore Him because I did not understand what He said. He was persistent. He never gave up trying to find the way to share with me. So, eventually, I bowed at His … Continue reading
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12 days of Xmas + NY resolutions
Today I was contemplating on the significance of the 12 days of Christmas. I have read various articles and watched videos on how different cultures celebrate Christmas, New Year and the time between the 25th of December and the 6th … Continue reading
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Advent W4
The fourth week of Advent: LOVE When I wrote about the week of joy, I somehow secretly expected it to be fun. But the week, though it was easy going with some laughter it was not very enjoyable at all. … Continue reading
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The joy of being me
I am happy. I experience joy, suddenly. I realize that I carry the energy of the court jester. Someone who can be laughed at and made fun of because nobody actually understands what she is saying. It is always, however, … Continue reading
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Advent W3
The third week of Advent: JOY This week we reclaim our sense of joy. After having become aware of a layer of our personality that does not serve us any more and having made peace with it, we can rejoice. … Continue reading
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My word for the year 2018 is …
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When your nemesis is your saviour
She is just a trigger. One of the unaware ones. In a sense, I am grateful to her. Not only for myself but for the other two girls, too. She is our nemesis. She drives us off the wall. Each … Continue reading
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Your DIVINE WORD for the YEAR 2018
Focus creates experiences. Have you ever noticed that when focusing on a type of car, they start appearing everywhere? Or when you focus on a certain colour it seems to be all around you? No surprise! These experiences are due to … Continue reading
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Advent W2
The second week of Advent: PEACE Last week I was contemplating on HOPE and how hope can change my focus from the negative and depressive to the light-hearted and joyous. The theme of the second week of Advent is PEACE. … Continue reading
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Answers to questions, Advent W1
This week I needed some self support in overcoming my challenges. During the week of HOPE I decided to remind myself of the good things, particularly in areas where I feel the most challenged by negative thoughts. I created a … Continue reading
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Advent W1
The first week of Advent: HOPE According to the Christian Church Advent means “coming” and in this season we prepare for the coming of Christ. One of the ways we prepare for the coming is by making the Advent wreath … Continue reading
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Dia de los Muertos
A beautiful celebration of remembering. The Day of the Dead reminds us to embrace the wonderful memories of our loved ones who are not with us any more but whom we can connect with in spirit, particularly, during this fun-filled … Continue reading
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Heartfelt Connection
The Heart’s Intuitive Intelligence: A path to personal, social and global coherence The Spiritual Heart — is in a way a little like a smart phone, invisibly connecting us to a large network of information. It is through an unseen … Continue reading
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Forgiveness
After a life-changing head injury, Kimberly Yates realized that the path to forgiveness was not what it seemed to be. In describing what she learned after stepping outside of her comfort zone, Kimberly teaches us to take a long, hard … Continue reading
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Personal Storytelling – HOLOS 1
(Extracts) … During these years of self-discovery, I found healing through art, meditation, and by attending personal development seminars and such. I soon understood that I am not only interested in finding my own answers but I wish to support … Continue reading
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Upclose and personal
Good God! A 4-hour chatting marathon. It helped me understand that I was hanging in the void for quite some time thinking that I was with God but I actually wasn’t. When I realized this I felt cheated and very lost. I … Continue reading
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FRANCIS DUNNERY – WOUNDING AND HEALING OF MAN
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mlof5Vw7Mfg[/youtube] I don’t know if I’m getting old I don’t know if I’m getting tired I don’t know if I want to go to work today ‘Cause I spent last night with my old friend He said its make or … Continue reading
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A child’s world …
Worried that their son was too optimistic, the parents of a little boy took him to a psychiatrist. In an attempt to dampen the boy’s spirits, the psychiatrist showed him into a room piled high with nothing but horse manure. … Continue reading
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Shreds of Thought
The wounded are the best healers. I would like to give the kids in my care the opportunity to know God, or rather I’d like to prevent them from loosing God’s Love. I don’t seem to be able to heal … Continue reading
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My Easter Resurrection
Over the past few days, I have been wondering what to do to ‘overcome death’. Christians believe that “the meaning of Easter is Jesus Christ’s victory over death. His resurrection symbolizes the eternal life that is granted to all who … Continue reading
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Servant of Love
This morning I asked God why He gives me this amazing ability, this heightened level of perception to see beyond the surface, that I call intelligence? I questioned why he allowed me to have access to such great depths of … Continue reading
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The Season of Lent
Lent in 2017 begins on Wednesday, March 1 and ends on Thursday, April 13 Today we are starting the season of Lent. Lent is a season for ‘giving up’ something. Have you ever considered what for? Then Jesus was led … Continue reading
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1 Corinthians 13:12
I have contemplated a lot on this verse over the years. I still am. I have always loved it. I read it at my Grandmother’s funeral. I did not understand it then. I saw through a glass, darkly, then. Now that I know … Continue reading
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Contemplation
Every single moment when life gets challenging or we are in reaction to a situation what is actually happening is Life asking us to let go of something that does not serve us anymore. How about that? IK
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Man in the mirror <3
I’m gonna make a change, for once in my life It’s gonna feel real good, gonna make a difference Gonna make it right… As I turn up the collar on my favorite winter coat This wind is blowin’ my mind … Continue reading
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The Wicked
At the beginning of January we started a journey, the journey of the Season of Epiphany where are being revealed to ourselves. We ask and we are shown who we truly are. As we learn about different aspects of ourselves … Continue reading
Control vs. Faith in grace
Control vs. faith in grace ” … But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been … Continue reading
Surrender
What is surrender? In the dictionary, the meaning of surrender is to give up. This meaning can be misleading. We all usually go about life trying to control what should or should not happen to us, what we should or … Continue reading
Miss sassy
As I was dusting off those long forgotten parts of me, I discovered my little hidden treasures. I realized that it is not only that I am passionate about drawing and cartoons but I am one of them! I am actually full of … Continue reading
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The season of Epiphany – an invitation
Epiphany (Greek: επιφάνεια, “the appearance; miraculous phenomenon”) is a Christian feast intended to celebrate the ‘shining forth’ or revelation of God to mankind in human form, in the person of Jesus. The observance had its origins in the eastern Christian … Continue reading
On meditation
“If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.” (John 7:37) With reference to “If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.” Beas mentions the Nectar and the cup that could hold the Nectar if … Continue reading
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Love
“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; … Continue reading
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Amazing Grace
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Harmony and unison
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LAF workbook exercises
Through meditation, journaling and LAF, you will begin to open to the Loving that is inside of you; the fears and judgments will slip away and you will begin to live, more and more, the Loving that you truly are. … Continue reading
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Mary did you know?
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPsgIhlYQmM[/youtube] “Mary Did You Know” (originally by Mark Lowry (lyrics) and Buddy Greene (melody)) Mary, did you know that your Baby Boy would one day walk on water? Mary, did you know that your Baby Boy would save our sons … Continue reading
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Walk in or without God
Faith Without Works Is Dead “What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, … Continue reading
Experiencing God’s Loving
You’ve got to go in and find the Love of your own soul and merge into that Loving of your own soul. Then open and allow God’s Loving in so that you and God experience the union, the Loving once … Continue reading
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Letting go and accepting
I have been pushing this for a long time. I have been trying to make FW my home. I have gone extensive length with zero result. ‘It is obvious now that our relationship is based on false pretenses. I pretended … Continue reading
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Note to self
“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” ― C.G. Jung
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Assignment No.I – Conclusion
Conclusion On a practical note I wish to mention that reading St. John is inconclusive because the book Light on St. John did not follow all the chapters of the original text from the Bible all the way through. Beas’s … Continue reading
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Assignment No.I – Chapter 17
Chapter 17 In this Chapter Jesus talks to God asking Him to take care of his disciples after he is gone. He is praying that God would glorify him aka taking him back to Him and glorify his disciples, too. … Continue reading
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Assignment No.I – Chapter 16
Chapter 16 In this chapter Jesus continues on explaining what is happening after his departure with the disciples. “They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God … Continue reading
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Assignment No.I – Chapter 15
Chapter 15 This chapter continues on from the previous chapter. In this chapter Jesus clearly states what the commandment is, what it is that he asks of his disciples. He also clarifies the meaning of discipleship. He also warns the … Continue reading
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