The line between “Reformer” and “Heretic” is too fine to be seen. It doesn’t exist. It all depends on how we see what we look at. Jesus was a reformer who was executed as a heretic by the Romans at the request of Caiphas, the High Priest of the Temple in Jerusalem. And the doctrinesContinue reading “October 24, 2025”
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October 22, 2025
When we toss theology and doctrine, all of which was invented by the Church of Rome during the 400 years between Jesus’ crucifixion and the closing of the Canon, with the Church coming up with the catchy slogan, “This is what Jesus did for you and you are going straight to hell if you don’tContinue reading “October 22, 2025”
December 04, 2023 – B
Art is religion without the theology,creeds,dogmas,doctrines…without the presumptionthat it is explaining,defining,elucidatingspiritual truthin a logical, rational, reasonable kind of way.Art says with images and metaphors”That Which Cannot Be Said,”as the old Taoists might say.Art communes with,and communicates as well as can be communicatedits encounter with the Numen,the Numinous,the Ineffable…Art is “transparent to transcendence,”and expresses,exhibits,displays,reveals,Transcendent Realityin everyContinue reading “December 04, 2023 – B”
November 04, 2020
03 It is simple enough to find the still point– the fulcrum, “The still point of the turning world,” (T.S. Eliot), the center of our own ground of being, the Axis Mundi, the center of the world, of the universe, of eternity, of infinity… Stand still. Sit quietly. There you are. You are the stillContinue reading “November 04, 2020”
September 20, 2020
04 The fulcrum–the pivot point–from past to future is to live with nothing at stake in the outcome. Giving our best to the moment with nothing to gain and nothing to lose, intent only on honoring the situation as it unfolds around us by responding to what is called for with the gifts we haveContinue reading “September 20, 2020”
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