Reflections on Becoming More Human


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To all of us who are trying to keep our heads above water.


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(The context of this effort is a type of Christian contemplative prayer known as "The Prayer of the Heart,” alternately referred to as “The Jesus Prayer.” You and Your refer to the Christian tripartite God.)

Amber sanctum bruised gold-white, voice

Heard through void and silence, breathing

Where no bird can fly, velvet-pitched,

Eternal Aum, amber-gold ( Read more... )

 
(With an Explanation after Each Section)

A man for others once said, "You are the salt of the earth and the light of the world.”  Another has said, "We are children of salt from the sea."

(Salt is a universal symbol for the preservation of life.  Life is light, and light reveals truth.  Our purpose is to preserve life and reveal truth in ourselves ( Read more... )

1.) ON BEING YOUR TRUE SELF: We do not live by food alone, but by the creative silence of the original and true self.  Since the false self is a clever counterfeit we unquestioningly take for reality, we must discover and recover the original self.  We may do so simply by gently dismissing all images of self and inviting the genuine article to walk ( Read more... )