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A Lay Cistercian Looks at Spiritual Reality
Month: December 2025
DIGGING FOR HEAVENLY GOLD: THE PRESENCE OF LOVE IN THREE UNIVERSES AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR MY CATHOLIC CHURCH.
THE MOVEMENT WITHIN ALPHA AND OMEGA THAT LINKS ME TO THE THREE UNIVERSES OF ONE REALITY–LOVE In my spiritual odessy, one that is uniquely mine, and based solely on those lessons learned from making many grevious mistakes and false assumptions about what is love,… Continue Reading “DIGGING FOR HEAVENLY GOLD: THE PRESENCE OF LOVE IN THREE UNIVERSES AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR MY CATHOLIC CHURCH.”
DIGGING FOR HEAVENLY GOLD: THE CHOICE OF GOOD OR EVIL.
This fourth penetration into the depths of the Mystery of Faith does not come without digging and work. At the heart of the Genesis Principle, the first of three Principles, yet one reality, is the most fundamental of human characteristics: What is good and… Continue Reading “DIGGING FOR HEAVENLY GOLD: THE CHOICE OF GOOD OR EVIL.”
DIGGING FOR HEAVENLY GOLD: THE REALITY OF MYSTERY IN THREE UNIVERSES.
The third constant that permeates all three universes is that of mystery. Mystery, as I define it, is the unknown yet knowable part of reality in the physical, mental, and spiritual universes. It is the unknown part of reality, just beyond reason and our… Continue Reading “DIGGING FOR HEAVENLY GOLD: THE REALITY OF MYSTERY IN THREE UNIVERSES.”
DIGGING FOR HEAVENLY GOLD: THE PRESENCE OF ENERGY IN THREE UNIVERSES AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR MY CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Just when I think I have done something good with my human reasoning by constantly digging ever deeper and deeper into the three constants in my previous blog, I had another one of those moments, when I place myself in the presence of Christ… Continue Reading “DIGGING FOR HEAVENLY GOLD: THE PRESENCE OF ENERGY IN THREE UNIVERSES AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR MY CATHOLIC CHURCH.”
THE TWELVE PORTALS OF MY NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE NEW JERUSALEM.
MY NEW JERUSALEM AND MY NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH. I havecome to believe that Jesus is Lord, the Messiah, and that I must convert my inner self from false values to those which allow me to sustain myself as I continue to probe the depths… Continue Reading “THE TWELVE PORTALS OF MY NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE NEW JERUSALEM.”
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