You know that moment when ( Read more... )

Some people simply have no capacity to see things outside of themselves. No desire to help themselves, or even begin to help themselves and expect others to do the helping for them. Some people are unwilling (and at this point I believe it is unwilling and not unable) to let go of the past, because, well that would mean taking responsibility for ( Read more... )

There really is SUCH a difference between different establishments within a single religion - and yes, I use that rather than faith. Went to a different church than the one I work at for someone's funeral and ended up feeling like 'Eeep, bring me home!' Not that I even /share/ that faith - just work at the church but still ( Read more... )

On the hillside outside the city, the Vestals encountered a humble man names Albinus, who was escaping in a cart with his family, along with other civilians, from a war. Even in danger, Albinus remembered what was due the goddess, and felt the impiety of riding with his family while priestesses walked, carrying their sacred objects. Leaving his ( Read more... )

It is pleasant, it is finally pleasant,
this world, this great world.

It is pleasant, it is finally pleasant,
this great world when the caribou come.

It is pleasant, it is finally pleasant,
this great world when it is summer at last.

--Eskimo summer song

No matter how difficult matters may seem, we can always find solace in awareness of the ( Read more... )

The Sspirit of the valley never dies.
It is called the mysterious feminine.
Where the valley forks is the gateway
to all the mysteries of woman.
That place where the valley forks
is called the root of heaven and earth.
We can only dimly see this place,
this root of mystery, the spirit of the valley.
Yet we can never exhaust its strength.--Chinese ( Read more... )

From The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have.

Faith is the state of being ultimately concerned.
--Paul Tillich

So, faith is no more than the willingness and bravery to enter and ride the stream. The mystery is that taking the risk to be so immersed in our moment of living in itself joins us with ( Read more... )