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Thursday, September 1, 2005

Taking Apart A Part

Sincerity Anna made a point that started the month and the day well: (Still on the Mac, so you may have to c/p this link) http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SincerityAnna7772/ and inspired me to return to the topic of Parts and the Parts model of human consciousness. Here's the basic model: Every belief that a person, at some time, decided was a Truth worth remembering, became stored in a little package comprised of everything that person was at the moment of the decision. It is, in a sense,... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, August 29, 2005

Ego, once again...

So many philosophies put down Ego as a bad thing. Ego is not a bad thing in my Universe. It is a necessary and natural thing that happens when God expresses Itself in the form of a sentient body housing a growing, learning soul. Your Ego is, simply, your identity: how you perceive yourself to be. In itself, it is not a problem, it is one of the children of your being here, now, in a body, living a life as a human being. It's part of the human side. Like any child, it requires a certain amount of... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, August 28, 2005

Light & Dark Are Not Opposites

There's the old debate, going back historically to the roots of dualism, in the ancient near east, where the Mithraists created the first religion (that we know of) around the dualistic concept of the world as a battleground between Good and Evil. There's a difference between a world of that sort of absolute duality, and the simple fact that so much of our world is structured as dichotomies; Night and Day, Man and Woman, Old and Young, Left and Right... We tend to perceive things as paired... Sign in to see full entry.

"Am I forgiven?"

When I was a kid of around 5, I lived with my grandparents. Grandpa was a lot of fun--He played with me and read me the Sunday funny papers... let me ride in front of him on the saddle when he rode horseback... Sometimes, in those days before seat-belts, and before it was really appreciated how dangerous cars can be, he let me sit on his lap while he drove, and "help him drive." There was this thing he did sometimes, to amuse us when he drove, of jerking the wheel to pretend we were going into... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, August 18, 2005

Marbles and Inner Peace

I've been taught two different meditation forms that have each been quite useful and healthful when I practice with any regularity. Transcendental Meditation, developed by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, from what he learned from his guru, Dev, was introduced to the West by The Beatles in the 60s. It uses repetition of a mantra-- the sound of a word with no intrinsic meaning-- to beguile the busy-ness of the mind, and provide a focus for being not busy. It carries the meditator away from the stresses of... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, August 11, 2005

Walking Meditation***: Sitting down is NOT required!

The hardest part of meditation for some of us is the initial sitting-down... Yes, meditation is about being still, but it is about an internal stillness. At first, it is easier to find it inside if we practice it outside, but really, it is about the quiet mind, the quiet heart. And that we can find any time, any place, in any movement of our bodies. By now, if you have been following this blog, you know I am all about bringing spirituality down into physical reality, rather than rising from the... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, August 2, 2005

Crystal Magicks!

I've never been impressed much with the mystical properties of crystals. Just didn't feel much there that had anything of significant power or even nudge... that quality that tends one to think or go in a particular direction. Ironic, perhaps, because I have a life-long love of rocks and geology that revels in their beauty, their awesomeness, their magnificence! I have always preferred rough, wild stones to polished and faceted ones, and my heart swells with joy and marvel to be in the presence... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, July 20, 2005

Death II

I come back to the questions about death and dying myself from time to time, to see how my outlook has changed or grown, or tightened. There was a time when I was feeling the weirdest sort of dread and anxiety about a plane flight, with my infant along with me-- my ears were buzzing or ringing, sort of, and I could not get my head clear... I had been listening to a program about the AIDS threat which was only a couple of years old at the time and we were all just realizing how deadly it was, and... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, July 17, 2005

What if we didn't believe in death?

Have you ever pondered how differently we would live, if humanity had not pretty much always regarded Death as something Terrible? Or if we never had? What if everyone, overnight, turned to the belief that Death is not final separation, not inherently tragic, not something to dread? What if we actually assumed, deep down, that it's simply another passage to the next level of personal growth and evolution? What if it were regarded as occasion for more joy than sorrow? What would happen to the... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, July 16, 2005

Neutrality & Clairvoyance

'To see clearly' is all about getting perceptual filters out of the way. That means letting go of, among other things, our cultural imperative of needing to have an opinion. We set great store in this society on being opinionated. The right to express opinions, I think, is all muddled up with the notion that we are supposed to have opinions. OPINION itself is shrined in our hearts and minds as an Ideal To Strive For. 'Informed' and 'responsible' aren't mentioned... Mind you, I am not speaking... Sign in to see full entry.

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I've been asking the Universe to explain itself to me since I was about 11 years old. I asked specifically how to reconcile God with Science. Now and then, I seem to tune in on an answer. All that I write here represents not Truth, but what I believe to be true.I have my reasons, and I like to believe, my reason. ///Everything of my own words and/or pictures that I post on Blogit is copyright by CLRedding 1972-present, all rights reserved.///

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