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The Contemplative Path

Today’s Quote:  “…we travel from ourselves, through ourselves, toward our future selves.” A fellow Professor and Contemplative once remarked “We are all mystics.”  From the conversation’s context he meant that we are all philosophers having to face life’s big questions and determining our own answers.  Whatever our solutions, we all deal with such questions as:  “What ought I to do?  How do we…

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Contemplation Seed 16

Saying 16: “Practice flexibility in your thoughts, feelings, and actions.” Flexibility is the daily, living reality of being childlike. A child is the recently departed from the state of Total Consciousness which it inhabited before birth. Children can better recollect or remember the Total Awareness from which they derived and so recently dwelled before birth. Consequently, the childlike know…

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We Do Not Covet

Spoken by Mother, “We do not Covet.” But, why? Why not? Covet means desire and desire is a subjective motivating force that makes the world go ‘round. Greek myth spoke of Eros as a universal creative force. Desire creates conclusions, successful or otherwise, after preceding beginnings. Desire is causative. The world and its happenings could not exist without desire. What’s wrong with that? We…

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Epigrams

The Soul (you) exists because of God’s love. Soul lives in the present, the here and now. Soul is eternal, therefore it will be free. Those who follow the truly spiritual path dwell always in the higher worlds. The spiritual path is through your heart. We will earn God’s love. We will earn our freedom.

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Contemplation Seed 15

Saying 15: “Be childlike.” Navigating the twists and turns of our lives is made easier with a childlike attitude. No doubt, children can be mean, haughty, nasty, selfish, brutish, unreasonable, and capricious. Among other things. However, when they are at their best, they remind us of how innately uplifting humans can be. Children can be creative, flexible, playful, sweet, humorous, and…

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Humility

Recognizing the holy script contained in every religious tradition, this month, we turn to biblical scripture; Psalms. What does religious scripture have to do with a Myth blog? Myth means “story” and “true word.” The truest words of each religion are its scriptures; its words of spirituality. Myth means “spiritual word” among many other nuanced definitions. Psalms 25 ”Make me to know thy…

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Sacred

Encyclopedia Britannica defines “sacred” as “the power, being, or realm understood by religious persons to be at the core of existence and to have a transformative effect on their lives and destinies.” (Dr. Frederick J. Streng) Sacr or “holy” is the root word for sacred. Other derivative words from sacr are sacral, sacrosanct, and sacrifice. Desecrate is to “de-sacralize” or undo the sacred into…

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“The will of God will never send you where the grace of God cannot protect you.” —Un

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Lies and Lying Liars

When we speak truth, we are truly speaking. We speak our Word. Our greatest bond is when we give our Word. Unfortunately, we often swim daily through a sea of lies.   Not your close friends, but many others will speak falsely including, of course politicians and the corporate news-propagandists. A culture built on lies is not to be believed, trusted, or revered. Liars think they are getting…

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Wild Rapids

Today’s Quote: “Keep calm and carry on.” Events, news items, seem to be speeding up. The underlying issues are heating up. Mobs are on the march. North America is on a wild ride. So too for many stress points around the world. Many wonder if the brakes even operate anymore? “Keep calm and carry on” was the British motto from the vicissitudes of World War Two. For a full year, from June 1940 to…

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Liberty and Freedom

Synonymous or not? I used to regard Liberty and Freedom as identical and consequently interchangeable in usage. Looking into both, however, reveals difference. Liberty from liber (Latin) means “free.” (Weekley, An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English, 1967) Liber can connote free of sin or free from fate. Libertas was the Roman goddess and personification of Liberty. She is robed, carries…

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Contemplation Seed 14

Saying 14:  “Assume the role; ‘image’ it” We are created in the Image of God.  Being created in the Image of God means we have to power to create images.  We have been given the gift of imagination.  We are Image bearers and Image makers.  Imagination is the key of creativity.    Creativity necessarily implies separation.  As we live, we seek to become and grow into new states of consciousness;…

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Jovialas!

Happy Jovialas!  Wait, what? What is Jovialas?  It’s a green, 25 watt celebratory lightbulb, inserted, then turned on.  That’s basically it. It’s an alternative holiday celebration honored by some families as a counterpoint to the commercialism of Christmas. I also add an annual contribution to Jovialas Words of Wisdom. 2023 Jovialas Observation: “More than half the women you meet are…

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Myth Definitions #2

”Myths are prose narratives which in the society in which they are told, are considered to be truthful accounts of what happened in the remote past.” (William Bascom quoted in Dundes, Alan. Sacred Narrative, 1984, p. 8) The word myth is a many-splendored thing. It is packed with many facets which illumine numerous meanings and intentions. In addition to stories about origins that explain the…

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Contemplation Seed 13

Saying 13: “Imagination is the key to the kingdom of god.” What is the kingdom of god? It is the realm of god. Each heart is a home within this realm. God is as a king to us and we are subject to IT. The translation from Hebrew “I am that I am” (Exodus 3:14) is, more properly, rendered “I will be that which I will be.” (translated by Dr. Naomi Wolf, Outspoken Podcast; “Geneva Bible Reading…

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Myth Definitions

”…the mythology of all groups takes shape around certain common themes; they all attempt to explain the creation, divinity, and religion, to guess at the meaning of existence and death, to account for natural phenomena, and to chronicle the adventures of … heroes.” Holman, Hugh C. A Handbook to Literature, 1975, 333-334. Myths are stories composed of pre-scientific, pre-historical, and…

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Contemplation Seeds 10, 11 and 12

Saying 10: “Act ‘as if.’” Saying 11: “Think, feel, and act ‘as if’ your creation is already done.” Saying 12: “Work from the end point; no resistance.” These three contemplation seeds are interrelated and presented as a triplet. Do all the work necessary to create, then allow it. The key to the works in creativity is to expand your consciousness to the final, finished product. Your…