The rule is, don’t lie. And related to that is the understanding that I don’t always know when I’m lying. This game we are playing – this work we are doing – is not for the faint of heart. “Lying” is a bad word because of its moral and negative connotations. “Fantasy” is better. AsContinue reading “Advent Travels: The Rule is, Don’t Lie”
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Advent Travels: Running Away
It is relatively easy for me to talk about the birth of Jesus as a mythological event that you and I can actually experience. My brief but intense study of James Hillman – especially The Thought of the Heart – prepared me well. It was Hillman who taught me that: “the thought of the heartContinue reading “Advent Travels: Running Away”
Advent Travels: The Raspberry Patch
I say travels, but I am not going anywhere. Most of my life I projected a future that – although it never came – kept me passionately focused on tomorrow rather than today, there instead of here. It felt optimistic and forward looking. It privileged dreaming over any other activity. A different house, different land,Continue reading “Advent Travels: The Raspberry Patch”
Christ is a Collective
I The Next Buddha I don’t remember when I first read Michael Bauwans’ “The Next Buddha Will Be a Collective: Spiritual Expression in the Peer-to-Peer Era.” It was written in 2007; I doubt I saw it until at least 2012. I liked the title. Bauwans suggested that society is evolving away from an historic emphasisContinue reading “Christ is a Collective”
A Course in Miracles Lesson 239
The glory of my Father is my own. A major stumbling block for many of us is false humility. We think by making ourselves small that we are acknowledging God’s greatness. It’s true that we are called to be servants! But what enables us to adopt that posture of love is a full-hearted and open-mindedContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 239”
A Course in Miracles Lesson 238
On my decision all salvation rests. What I really enjoy about this lesson is the idea of God trusting me with his kids. I’m being flippant but you know what I mean. We spend a lot of time on “trusting God” and here we reverse that. God trusts us. What I find amusing in aContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 238”