A New Year Resolution… But you can call it whatever you wish – Goal, Ambition, Intention… It matters not. What does matter is that the New Year Resolution is crystal clear. Concise, too. Here is my New Year Resolution – PRACTICE. Meditation My New Year Resolution is to daily engage in the spiritual practice of […]
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Knowing God: How to Know God
Knowing God: Is it Possible? There is no religious belief that, once you know it or say you believe it, will magically unlock the door to God. So, I would advise you to remember this: the impulse you feel to know God…that impulse IS God. But, having said that, don’t get too attached even to […]
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Better Life? 3 Ways to Live a Better Life in the New Year
Want to live a better life in the new year? I can think of many things our world needs. I can think of few things the world needs more, however, than this: better people living better lives in a world gone very wrong. “What is a better life?” you ask. 1. A Better Life is Life […]
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What Is Salvation, Enlightenment, Awakening? Learning to Let Go…
Fr. Thomas Keating, the Trappist monk, said “Discernment is a process of letting go of what we are not.” “Discernment” is yet another word, similar in meaning to enlightenment, awakening, salvation. All of these words point to the process of “letting go,” as Keating puts it, “of what we are not.” What are we not? […]
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On the Pathway…But, to Where?
On the Pathway…But, To Where? It’s today’s buzzword, isn’t it? Pathway…Journey…People speak quite frequently these days about being on the path…or, on the journey. But, to where? For some Christians, it is a journey to heaven. Really? Is that the point of this life? Just to endure it to make it finally to heaven? At […]