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NOVEMBER 7, 2017



STATES AND STAGES



How can supposedly "holy" men or women do horrible things? There is a simple explanation. People can experience the highest mystical states and be at the lowest stages of faith or moral development. They may be experiencing union with God but still be at the ego level of morality.

Moral development goes from the ego stage (it's all about me) to the ethnic stage (its all about my group) to the world stage (its all about everyone).

This is why you can have Hindu gurus or monks who are egocentric or ethnocentric - they are spiritually "enlightened", but they are acting out sexually or they are racist.

This also explains why you can have priests or bishops who have a PhD and are stealing from the collection or abusing children.

This is not meant to condone such behaviour in any way but to understand it so that they can be changed through moral training.



October 31, 2017




HOW DOES GOD LOVE THEE? LET ME COUNT THE WAYS




I was at a retreat led by a woman who said rather sadly "I don't feel God's love and I want to feel it."

A much better approach might be to wake up to God's love, because God's love is constantly all around you, and even within you. You are always experiencing it, you just don't know it.

God's love comes to you through other people, first of all your parents. Hopefully they took good care of you.

God's love was in your siblings as well, and in your childhood friends who loved you. God's love comes to you through your pets. If you are married and have children, they are the incarnation of God's love for you.

God is constantly providing for you - providing air to breath, sunlight, rain so the plants you eat can grow, providing the clothes you are wearing, the home you live in. God provides the whole universe for your enjoyment. The sunsets, the mountains, the lakes, all this is God's love for you.

Most amazing of all, God's love is right inside you, guiding you to the right path through your heart, conscience, intuition, and dreams. God is in all the blessings in your life, past, present and future.

God is making love to you 24/7 through the universe and the people in your life. Jesus and the Buddha said over and over "Wake up!" That's all you have to do.



OCTOBER 24, 2017



CLERGY SHADOWS





Clergy can develop a big shadow because people project too many expectations on them. In trying to live up to those expectations, clergy can start hiding who they really are.


Sometimes they even hide from themselves, their shadow becomes unconscious, and then comes out in unexpected ways.


The best way to deal with shadow is to keep it in front of you where you can control it so it does not control you. And the best way to do that is to disclose it to another person such as a confessor or spiritual director in a safe, confidential environment




october 23,2017




FORGIVENESS



You forgive others not to change them or let them off the hook but to bring yourself peace of mind.


Unforgiveness is like drinking poison and hoping that the other person will die.





OCTOBER 22, 2017




PRAYER



Prayer is the world's best free wireless connection



OCTOBER 21, 2017




EXPERIENCE





Christianity is moving from focus on doctrines to focus on experiencing God directly.



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