Sharing the Ascension Experience
Dear Folks, He looked at all his choices and said, What would a good person do, and then did it. But he has now learned something very important about human nature. If you spend your whole life pretending to be good, then you are indistinguishable from a good person. — Ender in Exile, Orson Scott … Read more
Dear Folks, Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire. — Thomas Merton (1915-1968) Monk, Author We think of a person who is Urbane as subdued, even aloof. We all have a wide range of energetic moods. We can be calm and we … Read more
Dear Folks, Overcome . . . Evil with Good. Falsehood with Truth. Hatred with Love. Ugliness with Beauty. Selfishness with Thoughtfulness. Need with Service. . . . It may seem a stretch to categorize Delicious as a personal positive quality, but anything that is pleasing to the senses can also be agreeable to the mind … Read more
Dear Folks, The Golden Rule (The Ethic of Reciprocity) You should love your neighbor as yourself. — Judaism, Leviticus 19.18 You should love your neighbor as yourself. — Christianity, Jesus, Matthew 22:39 Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. — Christianity, Matthew 7:12 Ethical Self-respect and principled other-respect are reciprocal. In … Read more
Dear Folks, Human efforts [are] cumulative, something in every effort [is] preserved and added to the whole. — Fifty Degrees Below Zero, Kim Stanley Robinson (1952-) To see oneself in a humorous light often times means a Flexible attitude is required. Have a Daffy week! Peace, Jim DAFFY Definition: crazy; silly; zany Too Far: … Read more
Dear Folks, Like attracts like: Wherever you’re putting your focus is what you’re going to get more of. What you focus on expands. — Lisa M. Gillespie, Mind & Body Therapist Even if a person is only concerned with enlightened self interest they need to think of someone other than themself. The highest form of … Read more
Dear Seekers, You could be better than you are You could be riding on a star. — Jimmy Van Heusen (1913-1990) Composer It is often about degree. We humans are famous for overdoing it. Once we do, it is often an impulse to control our appetites. A little bit of a Rascally attitude will go … Read more
“We cannot predict what Protestants and Catholics will be fighting about in a hundred years from now. Only that, on past form, they will be fighting about something.” The first thing that would strike a time-traveller from the 1970s is how secular the protests in Belfast, Northern Ireland are; suggesting that what is still with … Read more
Dear Folks, If you only care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it. — William James (1842-1910) Philosopher One can, and should, be Punctilious without being overly fastidious. There are two important aspects, one is attention to detail and the other is being articulate as well as tactful in what you say. … Read more
Dear Folks, This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. — George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Author A balance in seemingly opposite positive qualities is essential, but often easier said than done. In order to survive a difficult time a person may have focused … Read more