God doesn’t hide. If you want to see the face of God, and you haven’t, it’s because the face of God is either not what you expected or not what you want. And that’s on you, not God. There is – because there is always – another way. Turning away from the face of GodContinue reading “Living in the Sight of God”
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Secrets in A Course in Miracles
Because so much of my epistemology relies on accepting uncertainty, and being open to revelation from what is not presently within the range of my knowing, it can be difficult to countenance A Course in Miracles which professes an end to uncertainty for those for whom it is the way (T-6.V.C.8:8). Of course it wasContinue reading “Secrets in A Course in Miracles”
Notes on the God of Uncertainty
Hugh Gash makes an interesting observation in “Constructivism and Mystical Experience:” ” . . . when there is a mismatch between experience and what is expected, gaps are experienced that reveal an inadequacy in previously constructed ways of organizing the experience.” Say that I often get irritated when people wake up and come downstairs becauseContinue reading “Notes on the God of Uncertainty”
More on Illusion and Reality
Illusions always arise with respect to a referent: they are compared to what is believed to be real and on the basis of the comparison are found lacking in some fundamental way. That is how we determine whether an object or experience will be labeled “real” or “illusory.” However, at the moment of experience, illusionsContinue reading “More on Illusion and Reality”
Spirituality as Equality
This observation underlies a lot of my thinking and practice, half-assed as it is: “Spiritual” is in some important sense the equivalent of perceiving all being as “equal” or even “same.” This is the miracle of creation; that it is one forever . . . Though every aspect is the whole, you cannot know thisContinue reading “Spirituality as Equality”
On Helping Others
(A brief essay categorized under “Things Sean Is Learning Really Really Slowly And Should Probably Be Cautious About Sharing Publicly”) If we do not recognize that everybody needs help, then we will not be able to help anybody. Important corollary number one: knowing that another body needs help, does not mean that that we knowContinue reading “On Helping Others”