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Beyond Words
There is not a damned thing they can do to stop us. This is a tough write, today. I paint with words, but the metaphor promptly dies right there. Painting and writing are both completely different in how they work, … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged civilization, law, mysticism, sensory heart, spirituality, western civilization
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Stability in Motion
I was altogether serious about it. In my mind was a wealth of possibilities for building a new and different kind of faith community. I still hope to see that, but I won’t be involved in that mission in the … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged civilization, epistemology, faith community, faith in God, individual faith, mission, mysticism, religion, spirituality
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Holy Cynicism: Didn’t Know the Half of It
We didn’t suspect a thing, did we? The eavesdropping was more pervasive than we could have imagined. Think about that for a minute: every cellphone SIM card every chipped ID card every bank card smart chip every hard drive in … Continue reading
Posted in social sciences
Tagged civilization, government, oppression, technology
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No Sith Lords, No Jedi Knights
There is no intent to be elitist here. The nature of what we pursue winnows out most of humanity before we get started. Most of us — most of you who take my blather seriously — can look back over … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged christian mysticism, civilization, culture, divine revelation, epistemology, government, oppression, philosophy, politics, spirituality, war
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A Proverb for Today
Speaking of proverbs… Context: The religion we teach here is non-Western. You knew that, right? To Westerners, that reads as “anti-Western” so I often use that term for the sake of “honesty” as Westerners view things. So, for example, we … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged civilization, culture, epistemology, faith in God, moral consciousness, mysticism, nature, spirituality, western civilization
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Tribulation Reminder
From time to time, I try to remind myself and my readers that we are in a tribulation period. I use the term “tribulation” to refer to general suffering that most of us can feel directly, and which is clearly … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged civilization, human nature, internet, mission, technology, tribulation, war
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Paint Your Own Picture
Don’t ape the particulars; strive for the essence. You and I cannot be genuinely Hebraic, nor should we desire it. The context of that era is long gone in human experience. The people who bore it naturally threw it away … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged ancient hebrew culture, ANE, civilization, culture, epistemology, history, human history, mysticism, scripture
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No Flash and Flourish
The greatest miracle of all is a change in your heart, followed by a change in your mind to obey your heart. If exposing our false notions of what to fear is one edge of the sword of truth, then … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, culture, divine revelation, history, miracles of Jesus, propaganda, psychology, scripture
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