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Seeing God as God

by | Dec 12, 2008 | Blog

I’ve been noticing something about my relationship with God lately that has me seeing God somewhat differently. I realized some weeks ago that my main concept of God is as this wonderful Guide and Friend. He’s this great Guy, He’s got this plan for...

The miracle is taken first on faith

by | Dec 9, 2008 | Blog

I had a realization a few days ago about forgiveness that is helping me with a longstanding block. The block is this: Based on what I see, forgiveness neither makes sense nor is particularly in my interests. When I carry judgment or resentment, what I see is a...

My relationship with God

by | Dec 5, 2008 | Blog

To really understand why I treasure my relationship with God, I’ve got to start with my other relationships. I think we are all profoundly weighed down with a lifetime of being in relationship with what I’ll call the ego-bound. You start out in life...

I choose the second place to gain the first

by | Nov 21, 2008 | Blog

I wrote a post last week entitled “Going away from myself is going toward myself.” It was based primarily on Jesus’ teachings in the gospel that “the last will be first” and the humble “will be exalted.” Yesterday I found the...

“Let me perceive no differences today”

by | Nov 18, 2008 | Blog

I had an insight the other day that I wanted to share. I have applied it so far in only a fairly spotty way. But the insight itself has gripped me and seems to hold a lot of promise, so I thought I’d share it. I’ve been reflecting on how the human mind can...