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THE ONE MINUTE CATHOLIC: JOEL BARKER AND AI COMMENT ON MICHAEL F. CONAD’S NOTION OF THE ONTIC SPIRITUALITY OF BEING CATHOLIC.
The late Joel Barker, noted futurist and one of the ten people who have been a prime source of ideas against which I have formulated my new Catholic Faith (new wine skins), intrigued me with his ideas about paradigms and change. What follows are… Continue Reading “THE ONE MINUTE CATHOLIC: JOEL BARKER AND AI COMMENT ON MICHAEL F. CONAD’S NOTION OF THE ONTIC SPIRITUALITY OF BEING CATHOLIC.”
THE CONCENTRATED ORANGE JUICE OF MY CATHOLIC PERSPECTIVE: Part II
These ideas come from my asking AI the questions below. They are not just amorphous jangles of ideas with no purpose or rationale, but rather AI’s attempt to organize my collective writings and worldview in ways I could not have done without its help.… Continue Reading “THE CONCENTRATED ORANGE JUICE OF MY CATHOLIC PERSPECTIVE: Part II”
A PRIVATE RETREAT FOR CATHOLICS, PROTESTANTS, JEWS, MUSLIMS, ATHEISTS, AGNOSTICS, POLITICIANS, PROCTOLOGISTS,OR NONE OF THE ABOVE.
Wait a month, then perform this next iteration of the Private Retreat. Week Two of the Private Retreat: Week One focused on the questions each human must ask and answer to expand their consciousness of the purpose of life. If you notice, each person… Continue Reading “A PRIVATE RETREAT FOR CATHOLICS, PROTESTANTS, JEWS, MUSLIMS, ATHEISTS, AGNOSTICS, POLITICIANS, PROCTOLOGISTS,OR NONE OF THE ABOVE.”
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 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.”
TEILHARD DE CHARDIN HELPED GROUND ME IN THE CHANGE OF COMPLEXITY AND CONSCIOUSNESS
I use the work and ideas of Teilhard de Chardin so much in my approach to Lay Cistercian spirituality that I thought it would be a good idea to give you some ideas about the source of my inspiration. I am no expert on… Continue Reading “TEILHARD DE CHARDIN HELPED GROUND ME IN THE CHANGE OF COMPLEXITY AND CONSCIOUSNESS”
THE GRAND ARCHETYPE: An innocuous variable that no one considered for space travel.
Humans strain to break free of this landlocked, rocky ball of gas and chemicals by reaching out for the stars. I don’t recall who said this (but I did not), but during one of my Lectio Divina meditations, someone asked me why humans would… Continue Reading “THE GRAND ARCHETYPE: An innocuous variable that no one considered for space travel.”
A LAY CISTERCIAN SHARES HIS STRUGGLES WITH THOSE WHO ARE PUSSILANIMOUS
Life is a process, so it stands to reason that, my Lay Cistercian Way is also subject to those same tendencies to live life just a tad before what is happening now. This trend takes much of its direction from the milieu in which… Continue Reading “A LAY CISTERCIAN SHARES HIS STRUGGLES WITH THOSE WHO ARE PUSSILANIMOUS”
COMMON SENSE CATHOLICISM: Random thoughts from the edge of time.
One thing is for sure: if you get too close to the edge of time, you may fall off. Granted that I am just a bit peculiar and have not lost it (entirely), I would like to share with you some seemingly disjointed ideas… Continue Reading “COMMON SENSE CATHOLICISM: Random thoughts from the edge of time.”
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