Posted in Advent on Dec 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
Thoughts, feelings, Perceptions and sensations Going and coming, Coming and going. In and out, Over and over again. Is this mad babble me? Who am I? Where am I? Not-self. Not-separate. No-where. I am no-thing. I am no-where.
Posted in Advent on Dec 19th, 2008 No Comments »
I am sharing this experience and the theology behind it with you in the hopes that it will be helpful to you. It represents a powerful healing experience for me. I hope you find the experience and the thinking behind it helpful. In September, I attended a workshop at an Episcopal church on healing ministry. [...]
Posted in Advent on Dec 14th, 2008 No Comments »
Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. In all circumstances give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. Do not quench the Spirit. (1 Thess. 5:16-19) Is Paul a Buddhist? No, Paul is not a Buddhist. Paul is a leader in the Jesus movement. In the early church, the Jesus movement [...]
Posted in Advent on Dec 11th, 2008 No Comments »
It is pretty damp and dank in the cellar [The cellar--close your door and go into your cellar when you pray.] this morning. We are in the midst of three days of much needed rain. I usually think of rain as something bad whereas sunshiny days are something good. Rain is not negative. It is [...]
Posted in Advent on Dec 5th, 2008 No Comments »
He humbles those in high places, and the lofty city he brings down; He tumbles it to the ground, levels it with the dust. It is trampled underfoot by the needy, by the footsteps of the poor. (Is. 26:5-6) These words from Isaiah are powerful. I immediately think back to Mary’s Magnificat when I read [...]