Here’s the short paper by Nicole Stark that inspired this podcast episode. My concepr for this paper is living as if the Kingdom of Heaven is within us, as Jesus preached. This concept builds on the concept of the universal family that we worked on last semester. It also deals with one of my main …
The Faith of Being and the Exercise of Faith
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?
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 …
Mitsuko Uchida’s art of living
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 …
The Art of Living
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 …
Soul Surge of Wholeheartedness
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. …
