Once when I was a young lawyer another lawyer – a guy maybe twenty years older than me, a skillful attorney I admired a lot – humiliated me publicly. During a meeting before about two hundred other lawyers, he spoke from the podium about how he hated working with “dumb young lawyers” and – pointingContinue reading “A Story to Shed Light on Forgiveness”
Author Archives: Sean
Special Relationships as Forms of Avoidance
Special relationships reflect a decision to avoid looking at guilt and hate within by renaming them “love” and projecting them onto a partner. This only exacerbates the underlying problem, which is our refusal to be responsible for the decision to be separate from both Creator and Creation. Separation is only a decision not to knowContinue reading “Special Relationships as Forms of Avoidance”
On Listening to the Holy Spirit
Here is what the Holy Spirit tells you when you listen: happiness is given; joy is given. You don’t have to do anything. People hear this and panic. I have to go to work! I have to have sex! I have to have coffee! I have to floss! And vote! And so forth! I appreciateContinue reading “On Listening to the Holy Spirit”
Interlude: Looking is the Holy Spirit
Yesterday I talked about giving our mind over to the Holy Spirit, both in terms of its content and its function. In that way, our problems end. I suggested a next post would relate to how to give our minds over. That’s still coming, but here I offer a side note about what the HolyContinue reading “Interlude: Looking is the Holy Spirit”
On the End of Problems
There are no problems. Not even the problem of thinking we have problems is a problem. Even that is an illusion. It is a miracle that makes this perfection, this utter absence of problems, possible, and it is a miracle that allows us to see perfection so clearly that we know instantly it is ourContinue reading “On the End of Problems”
Notes at Summer’s End
A cup of coffee or a single walk can change our life forever. One glance from a brother or sister who sees us without any projection of guilt, theirs or ours, is perfect healing. Only after it is given to us can we offer it to others. One way to understand our role as studentsContinue reading “Notes at Summer’s End”