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Category Archives: Spirit
1995: Moving Along the Bottom
From my journal for November 14, 1995 [I had a dream about Andy Lindsay who worked at the yacht club, had a boat called “Pelagius — for the originator of some heresy.” I looked it up: “Pelagianism: The theological doctrine … Continue reading
1995: Looking for Value in my Life
From my journal for October 27, 1995 I’m bored with reading, I feel too tired to write … Sometimes I hate my life. (“I need to learn to love my poor wounded life because it needs love”) How can I … Continue reading
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The Importance of Meaning in One’s Life
I’ve been reading Viktor Frankl‘s book about his experience of concentration camps, and then his conclusions about what helped him survive. Dr. Frankl was a psychiatrist. He said that Freud thought that what motivated human beings was pleasure, Adler thought … Continue reading
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1995: Journey Into Courage Video and Fear about Mom
After the first showing of the movie about Journey Into Courage, I realized that my siblings’ names were listed among the contributors to making the video. I worried about mother finding out. At this point I still didn’t know about … Continue reading
Foundational Qualities for the Next Era
This is from Kosmos, from an article by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee. I thought it was important enough to post here. The full piece can be found at the link. Here are seven foundational qualities for the next era: Respect for women … Continue reading
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Spiritual Experiences
In the writing group on Monday, July 17 I wrote about how miserable I was feeling, how despairing about the future of what humans are doing to our planet. Then how the spiritual reading I’ve been doing is not helping … Continue reading
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Tangled Threads
I’ve been thinking about the different themes I’ve been working with recently. One is the idea of “handing things over to God” or Divine Beloved or Divine Process. The problem is that the “god” I learned about in my childhood … Continue reading
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Three-Centered Knowing
Written in writing group, Monday, July 3 I’ve been reading Cynthia Bourgeault’s book called The Wisdom Way of Knowing. She describes a retreat on an island in Maine with about 12 people. Their day was divided into chanting and praying, … Continue reading
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Struggling with Some Ideas about How to Live
From my journal for July 3: Etty talks about accepting both high and low tides in relationship, and that sounded like a good idea. Acceptance is something I can practice, unlike the letting go piece which I don’t do well … Continue reading
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A New Look at the “Voice from the Past”
Found a passage written in June of ‘96, when I was in the pit of despair & trying to find things to help me hold on. I posted it in May 2010. I’ve since posted pieces of it with commentary … Continue reading