Yet this writing – which is thinking out loud – implies a division between praxis and study, which negates – or occludes, maybe – their unity, which is actually how they are given. It is not sufficient to say that study is praxical and praxis studious. That reflects a distinction subsequent to their appearance whichContinue reading “Lenten Writing: Remembering Unity”
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Lenten Writing: Praxis as Application
In a sense, praxis has to do with the exercise – with the application – of ethics and morals. Through study we develop an intuitive sense of what is good and just, what is most likely to defuse conflict and elevate the collective, the all-of-us, rather than only the individual. Through praxis we seek meansContinue reading “Lenten Writing: Praxis as Application”
Lenten Writing: Living Praxically
Praxis is the way we live the life that is indicated by our study. Study directs our praxis by suggesting certain practices, approaches, methods, strategies. This reflects the clarification and contemplation aspects of our living. Our study directs our praxis but, in turn, praxis informs our study, suggesting new directions, methods and so forth. ForContinue reading “Lenten Writing: Living Praxically”
Sex and ACIM Part Two
A follow up to Sex and A Course in Miracles Some folks point out that the urtext manuscripts of A Course in Miracles are more sexually explicit (and, generally, behaviorally explicit) than later versions. This is a just observation, which raises two issues: what edition should we read, and what, in fact, do the earlyContinue reading “Sex and ACIM Part Two”
Sex and A Course in Miracles
This post has a related follow-up The question of how one integrates sex and A Course in Miracles in their living matters. We have the form of sexual beings for whom sex is generative, both in terms of reproduction and happiness. But sex invokes the body on very specific terms which can present a conflictContinue reading “Sex and A Course in Miracles”
On the Inherent Responsiveness of Observers
To be an observer is to be responsive. We can understand our lives as a collective response to a world brought forth by the responsiveness of its observers. This is analogous to the principle in A Course in Miracles that “projection makes perception” (T-13.V.3:5), which gives rise to critical insight that “our function is toContinue reading “On the Inherent Responsiveness of Observers”