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The Faith of Being and the Exercise of Faith

Character, Goodness, Jesus, Spiritual Experience

My previous blogpost, “Faith as Evidence” focused primarily on receptive faith—the gift of being able to recognize truth—which allows divine reality to manifest in its self-evidence. Today the focus is more on two additional forms of faith—the faith of being, and the exercise of faith. All three …

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Faith as evidence?

Spiritual Experience, Truth

Perception makes it possible for rocks and trees to present themselves to our consciousness. Thinking makes it possible for ideas and other minds to present themselves to our mind. And faith opens us so that spiritual truths and spirit beings can present themselves for recognition and …

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Mitsuko Uchida’s art of living

Arts, Spiritual Experience

Last evening I attended a concert with the purpose of learning more about music, art, and life. And I was supremely rewarded. At Severance Hall, the home of the Cleveland Orchestra, I saw Mitsuko Taguchi play—and conduct—two Mozart Piano Concerti (7 and 27). Having seen some of her videos on …

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The Art of Living

Arts

In a theater that could do justice to the sound track, I watched The Last Jedi. The film takes the viewer from emotions of conflict to the thought of the triumph of higher wisdom and spirituality. The film exemplifies the high mission of art, "to crystallize the emotions of time into the thought of …

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Soul Surge of Wholeheartedness

Spiritual Experience

For the podcast episode (about 10 minutes) Striving to love God with all my heart, I reflected on wholeheartedness and made a significant discovery. The tip of the iceberg is that wholeheartedness in its fullness is an experience of the soul, which implicitly includes the heart, mind, and strength. …

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Universal Thanksgiving

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Here's the 3-minute podcast version Giving thanks, on this special day and everyday, goes better when we count also those blessings that are enjoyed universally--at least available to be enjoyed by every person. Think about it. What would you list? Which are the greatest of these? …

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