The need for sure words from God stem from spiritual lethargy seeking certainty in apparently chaotic options. Here revelatory texts are most effective in maintaining reliance upon external authorities as the dependence upon “a sure word from God” shows little if any tolerance for ambiguity, and manifests a rigidity that is a most salient feature of mechanized cognition. ---------------- Now playing: Anne Dudley - Turbulent Serenity via FoxyTunes
The purpose of any revelation of God is to increase the capacity to experience love, receiving and giving such as readily as we inhale and exhale. Alas, the inclination to embrace any single 'revelation' while rejecting truths revealed in others is a habit worn throughout milennia of isolation, just such practice that is gradually yielding to the increased spiritual pressure to come forth from this bondage. Otherwise, the sure test of authenticity of any purported spiritual gift is not made in the machinations of mind but in the soulful demonstration of a life dominated by love. ---------------- Now playing: Michael Hedges - The Unexpected Visitor via FoxyTunes
Friendship is the only true ‘end’; everything else is but a means. As we greet others, affirming the value of other human beings, giving them our attention, our respect, and the ear of our heart, we invite the gift of heaven, we foster infusions of light, and wherever this occurs is ‘holy land’.