“Be Still”

“Be still . . . and know that I Am God.”  Psalm 46 “Empty yourself of everything.  Let the mind become still. . . Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature.”  Verse 16, The Tao Te Ching Today I awoke to stillness.  Quiet.  No traffic sounds.  The first real snow…

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“Love Your Enemy . . . Perfectly”

“But I say to you love your enemies . . . Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.”  Jesus the Christ, The Gospel of Matthew, chapter five. “He is his own worst enemy.”  Are you familiar with that phrase?  I first heard it spoken by my parents.  I don’t recall the context, but it…

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“Love is . . .”

“Love is a vow”  Christ the Eternal Tao “Love is patient, kind, longsuffering . . .” St. Paul “Nothing is so hungry as the human heart.”  Those words of Mariana Caplan concisely describe the simultaneous joy and sorrow, the agony and ecstasy that comes with love; the rocket fuel for human life. But what is…

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“What Would You Believe If . . . “

I rise today in Heavens might; In Sun’s brightness; In Moon’s radiance; In Fire’s glory; in Lightning’s quickness; In Wind’s swiftness; In Sea’s depth; In Earth’s stability; in Rock’s fixity. I rise today with the power of God to pilot me; God’s strength to sustain me; God’s wisdom to guide me; God’s eye to look…

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