October 23, 2023 – A

Around Bass Lake 10/16/2016 — Blue Ridge Parkway, Blowing Rock, North Carolina
All true religion is grounded
on knowing what to do when, where and how.

Those who know,
know the same things 
over time and space.

Here is a link to the way that happens:
https://ts2.shop/en/posts/your-consciousness-can-connect-with-the-whole-universe-scientists-say

Resonance, vibes, in-sync-ness, etc.
really is a matter of "being on the same wave-length"!
And the path to doing that 
seems to be spending time 
in the right kind of emptiness/stillness/silence
and waiting for realization/knowing 
to occur to us
"out of nowhere."

The right kind of emptiness/stillness/silence
is the adamantine foundation of all true religion.

Call it "prayer" if you want to.
Or "meditation."
Just know it has nothing to do with "faith"
or "believing,"
just knowing how to be empty, still, and silent
in the right way.

And we do that through practice, practice, practice.

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Published by jimwdollar

I'm retired, and still finding my way--but now, I don't have to pretend that I know what I'm doing. I retired after 40.5 years as a minister in the Presbyterian Church USA, serving churches in Louisiana, Mississippi and North Carolina. I graduated from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, in Austin, Texas, and Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. My wife, Judy, and I have three daughters, five granddaughters, one great granddaughter, and a great grandson on the way, within about ten minutes from where we live--and are enjoying our retirement as much as we have ever enjoyed anything.

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