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Shepherd Tough
We are shepherds; we exult in our toughness. Not that we idolize the little engine that could, but we each seek to be the little engine that would. It is not the toughness of “we can do it” but of … Continue reading
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Tagged leadership, mission, mysticism, peace, spirituality, toughness
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Job 19
For once, Job comes close to a direct answer to their accusations. Yet, because he uses reverse wording, most Western commentators miss the point. Again, Job does not accuse God of injustice. Rather, he warns his visitors that if they … Continue reading
Posted in bible
Tagged human reason, Job, mysticism, peace, propaganda, religion, scripture
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The Mythology of Uniformity
As one reader noted, with full consciousness I subject the intellect to the Spirit. The mind was granted by God to serve the Spirit. Western Christianity typically presumes to intellectualize the Spirit, and that’s backwards, because it subjects the Spirit … Continue reading
Posted in prophecy
Tagged government, human reason, intellect, mysticism, oppression, peace, psychology, religion, spirituality, western christianity
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The Core of Human Existence
No grand theory here; I’m struggling to echo the Bible in modern Western terms. Let’s pretend, maybe something along the lines of the Fallout series of video games. Trailers and bits of game play can be found in good quantity … Continue reading
Posted in religion
Tagged computers, epistemology, game, game play, Law Covenants, mysticism, peace, philosophy, scripture, spirituality
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Quantum Marketing
There is no virtue in suffering; the virtue is in recognizing suffering as wholly normal. Don’t make the mistake that has confused the entire course of Western Civilization in thinking that truth is an objective quality. Truth is a quality … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged business, civilization, culture, mysticism, peace, quantum reality, truth, western civilization
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Our Catholic Friends
We don’t have to be enemies; we can turn a benign eye on any institution. The Roman Catholic Church is highly varied internally for the simple reason that it covers the whole world. The central identity is the institution and … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged Catholics, christian mystics, church hierarchy, mysticism, peace, religion, Roman Catholic Church, social stability
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Woolgathering
Reviewing things I’ve seen in the past few weeks provokes a few thoughts about faith. The biggest barrier remains the vast pool of cultural thought patterns, by which false images become associated with Scripture. People understand the words well enough, … Continue reading
Posted in personal
Tagged children, church, internet, mysticism, peace, religion, spirituality, western christianity, western civilization
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Not Gonna Happen
My religion will never explode into popularity. Let’s pretend for a moment that my religious teachings took off, that somehow this stuff caught on and folks began flocking to Christian Mysticism. What would it look like? I’d first have to … Continue reading
Posted in religion
Tagged christian mysticism, mysticism, peace, scripture, spirituality, western civilization
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Shepherd Instinct 1
(I’m trying to organize a series of concise lessons about how to think like the ANE shepherd in opposition to any part of Western social mythology about manhood.) Don’t cave. Ever. Western Civilization has created the laziest men on earth. … Continue reading
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Tagged game, marriage, mysticism, peace, psychology, resistance, scripture, spirituality
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