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The Sacred Yea to Life
Nietzsche’s three metamorphoses of the spirit is so epic, even enigmatic, describing the stages of our life journey. In Thus Spake Zarathustra, it starts…
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The Cloud of Unknowing
The Cloud of Unknowing is one of the key books for traditions of contemplative prayer, written anonymously by the late fourteen century’s monk in…
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Peter, The Rock, The Key
Pentecost (πεντηκοστή) literally means the fiftieth. In the Jewish tradition, it is the fiftieth day after Passover to celebrate the harvest. In the Christian…
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The Prayer of True Obedience
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. Psalm 46:10…
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Paul’s Conversion
Saul of Tarsus (later would be known as Paul the Apostle) was full of himself. He believed he was right; people called him a…
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Lazarus, Come Forth!
The shortest verse in the entire Bible is this: Jesus wept. John 11:35 It consists of two words only; simple yet powerful. Why did…
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A Decoy’s Mind
A decoy is an artificial bird made of wood. It is used for sport hunting to disturb other birds like ducks and hunt them.…
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Heavenly Paradoxes
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Matthew 5:5 The Beatitudes of Jesus sound paradoxical. These are, however, the key attributes…
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Just a Craftsman
We live in the age of self-expression. It seems being opinionated and assertive is a virtue. Various self-help and success philosophies teach us to…
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The Heart Sutra
The Heart Sutra is one of the key scriptures in Mahāyāna Buddhism. Especially, its short version has been one of the most commonly recited…
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It is Written
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and…
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Conversation in Heaven
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Philippians 4:13 We’ve heard this verse many times — one of the well-known verses…