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A Lay Cistercian Looks at Spiritual Reality
Month: July 2024
FOUR COINS THAT COME WITH ADOPTION AS A SON (DAUGHTER) OF THE FATHER: Coin Two feeds me now and forever.
Again, this blog is about my interpretations of what heaven must be like (for me). Is it really what heaven is like? No. This is the stab in the dark by a grizzly, old, grumpy Lay Cistercian based on a Lectio Divina he had… Continue Reading “FOUR COINS THAT COME WITH ADOPTION AS A SON (DAUGHTER) OF THE FATHER: Coin Two feeds me now and forever.”
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS NEED TO ASK THEMSELVES THIS ONE QUESTION.
With the advent of the process of electing our next President of the United States, I offer my opinion on the process of election in light of President Joe Biden stepping down as a candidate for the Democratic Party. The Vice President, Kamela Harris,… Continue Reading “DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS NEED TO ASK THEMSELVES THIS ONE QUESTION.”
A MOSAIC PIECE OF MY LIFE: Awareness that my life contains crosscutting themes.
As my life experiences are at the end of their usefulness to my humanity, I have noticed several cross-cutting themes that are always present but not always acted upon. My Lay Cistercian Way has allowed me to possess a profound focus on three of… Continue Reading “A MOSAIC PIECE OF MY LIFE: Awareness that my life contains crosscutting themes.”
A MOSAIC PIECE OF MY LIFE: What key I chose to fit the longing of my hungry heart.
Let’s recap. I have three innate longings that plague my unconsciousness, and I am anxious to resolve them. They are: a. What is that next level of my humanity that keeps pulling me towards a resolution of my next level of evolution? b. How… Continue Reading “A MOSAIC PIECE OF MY LIFE: What key I chose to fit the longing of my hungry heart.”
A MOSAIC PIECE OF MY LIFE: Choosing the correct key to soothe the hungry heart.
In past episodes, I have explained how my reasoning is centered around my ability to reason freely and choose what is best for my three innate yearnings: What does being fully human at that next level mean? How can I love using my next… Continue Reading “A MOSAIC PIECE OF MY LIFE: Choosing the correct key to soothe the hungry heart.”
A MOSAIC PIECE OF MY LIFE: The Primacy of Free Will for Each Individual.
Inexorably linked with the notion of a template through which all reality seems to fit together, at least in a preliminary sense, is the ability of the human species to choose what they think is good for them. What differentiates us from other living… Continue Reading “A MOSAIC PIECE OF MY LIFE: The Primacy of Free Will for Each Individual.”
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