Philosophy

Two phases of creation, two ways of relating

Learning to love another person is so much easier when we conceive of our creation in two phases. On the one hand, the Creator God has designed an awesome, long drawn-out, gradual process of evolution. Our body and mind are products of this evolution. On the other hand, the Universal Father acts …

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Wiser crisis decisions

Philosophy

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Hope—between despair and radiant assurance

Philosophy

Hope occupies a place on the spectrum of confidence ranging from despair to radiant assurance. Despair implies that hope has vanished. Radiant assurance is beyond hope, which implies a degree of uncertainty. This reflection on our attitudes toward the future begins with a look at our consciousness …

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Spiritual Solidarity in the Gospel Movement

Jesus, Philosophy, Truth

In a workshop given in Budapest, Hungary, by Jeffrey Wattles on September 16, 2016, there emerged a new group of persons committed to the gospel movement. The phrase “spiritual solidarity” was used for two reasons: first, to recall the Solidarity movement of Polish shipyard workers, whose …

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From emotion through value to worship

Philosophy, Science, Spiritual Experience

From sweets to saints, various attractions fill the mind. Diverse values activate emotional responses that are sometimes disordered. A lesson from psychology helps us order our value-responses gloriously. Barbara Fredrickson is a psychologist specializing in the experimental study of positive …

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Ten truths of philosophy

Philosophy

If we want to base our lives on truth, many of us think mainly of truth in the spiritual sense; but the truth of God is all encompassing. Cosmic truth includes also the truths of science, which get most of the attention in present-day civilization. But science and religion, as understood through …

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