Meister Eckhart (1260-1328) said, “The last leave-takingis leaving God for God.” Eckhart was a German Catholic who was found guilty of heresy and died (perhaps murdered) before his sentence was served. It takes a heretic to see/speak the truth, it seems.The leave-taking I have in mind is leaving the God of the Bible and theologyContinue reading “May 16, 2025 – B”
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May 10, 2025
Sustaining, maintaining, regaining our balance and harmonyis the key to a well-lived life.Art, music and nature, trance states, babies and petshelp to center and focus us in order to do what is called for”on the heaving waves of the wine-dark sea.”And, That Which Has Always Been Called “God.”I say “That Which Has Always Been CalledContinue reading “May 10, 2025”
April 26, 2025
We live to learn to know and trust ourselvesin order to find the way and know it when we do.We are looking for enlightenment/realization/recognition/knowing.And we live lost and adrift,awash in uncertainty, fear, lethargy, addiction, without direction or purpose”on the heaving waves of the wine-dark sea.”Sex, money, drugs and alcohol are the best we can do.WeContinue reading “April 26, 2025”
April 17, 2025
I want to address the matter of Godbut it is difficult to do because words get in the way.The word, God, is so “loaded” as to be meaningless as a wordbecause there is no way of knowing what its reference is. To what is it referring?We have to spend all our time saying what weContinue reading “April 17, 2025”
April 13, 2025
Next Sunday will be Easter Sunday.For forty years and six monthsI stood before some congregationand talked about the resurrection of Jesus.What I said changed considerably over that time.I am proud to be able to say that,because the overriding trend is for it not to change at all over the spanof 2,025 years.Do you believe JesusContinue reading “April 13, 2025”
April 11, 2025
I’m into helping people establish and maintain their balance and harmony. It’s like this: The frequency of the planet we call earth is 430 Hz, or Hertz for long. And that is about the frequency of Baroque music. And of our bodies at rest. And of the meditative AUM (Or OM). And the closer weContinue reading “April 11, 2025”
March 17, 2025 – B
Reading through my old writings, I came across this gem of a dollarism:”One of the 10,000 Spiritual Laws states, ‘Our idea of God is not God.’ the Bible can be seen as the history of the evolution of the idea of God. If we read the Bible carefully, noting inconsistencies, contradictions, incompatibilities discrepancies and divergentContinue reading “March 17, 2025 – B”
December 14, 2024
Jesus saying, “The Father and I are one,”and “In as much as you have done it to the least of these,you have done it unto me.”And Paul saying, “It is no longer I who live,but Christ who lives in me.” Sets the table for us to realizewe are one with Paul, one with Jesus, oneContinue reading “December 14, 2024”
October 12, 2024 – A
Joseph Campbell said (In “Pathways to Bliss”)that myths and symbols (If they are alive for us)guide us in aligning ourselves with our lifeand with our own inner nature (And I would add here, with our innate virtues [The things we do bestand enjoy doing most], and with our intrinsic intuition, and, in so doing, serveContinue reading “October 12, 2024 – A”
October 10, 2024 – A
This text is found in Deuteronomy: It is not in heaven, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will ascend into heaven to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’ And it is not beyond the sea, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea to getContinue reading “October 10, 2024 – A”
September 12, 2020
02 When people ask me if I believe in God, I ask them if they believe in Grace. Most say something on the order of “Of course!” I follow up with, “Why do you believe in Grace?” Most say something on the order of “I have experienced it in my own life!” And I say,Continue reading “September 12, 2020”
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