I do sometimes wish that the English language were more diverse. There are times like this when one word does not fit all. Attachment can mean anything from an area where a plug connects with its socket to the relationship between a mother and her young. Detachment of a type is an important concept in [...]
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The Occult ~
Posted in compassion, spirituality, teaching, tagged Buddhism, control, evil, growth, hidden, Hinduism, Jainism, occult, path, pathwork, personal, religions, witch on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
occult. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved November 04, 2008, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/occult
The above link gives a variety of meanings for the word “occult”, as you can see if you click on that link, it can mean something with a hidden aspect to it. Having practiced nursing, this is how I think of [...]
Ceremony ~
Posted in God, compassion, spirituality, teaching, tagged bad tree, Buddhism, ceremony, good tree, goodness, Holy Spirit, honor, Native American, prayer, sin on October 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just what need does ceremony fulfill, since Hashem really does not need it, it is for us. That’s why it doesn’t bother the Holy One if one of us sings a Lakota song to the Sacred Prayer Pipe, or another of us throws himself on an altar with a white cloth and cross on it. [...]
Three
Posted in Buddha, God, Y'shua, spirituality, tagged Buddhism, chords, Christianity, divine, magical, music, spiritual paths, Taoism, three, triad, trinity on September 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Is three a magical number, or a divine number, and is there a difference? You do know that the Trinity does not have exclusive dominion over the number three as to the amount of persons or concepts involved in a particular set of beliefs, right? And you also know that the others cannot be chided [...]
Pantheism/Monotheism an old debate ~
Posted in compassion, spirituality, tagged Buddhism, choice, compassion, creation, ego, life, monotheism, pantheism, release, sacredness, Taoism on September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
God is Everywhere, Everywhere is God! Which is it, really? This is the age old argument between Pantheism and Monotheism. But, truly, how much difference is there between the perspectives? In one you see the world as inhabited by Spirit, in the other you see the world inhabited by spirits. Yet, in monotheism, there is [...]
The Tao ~
Posted in compassion, encouragement, spirituality, tagged Buddhism, compassion, Enlightenment, Gitche Manitou, Holy Spirit, Ruach Ha'Kodesh, Sin against the Holy Spirit, Taoism, Wakan Tanka on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On profiles at places like Xanga, and myspace, when asked my religion, I have answered Taoist. I know little of this particular religious practice, though I have read and contemplated the writings called the Tao te Ching, reputedly by an ancient teacher named Laotse. Philosophically I could in truth call myself Taoist without hesitation, for [...]
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