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The Dawning

Let us imagine there is a darkness that is teaming with life. Within this darkness dwell those who find refuge there, and those who simply wander in. For those who take refuge in the darkness, they are agitated continually, they are fearful and combative. For those who wander in by their own carelessness, they are the victims those that have mistakenly found refuge there. For the darkness, although it is... read more

The Mind of God

What if a thought were permanent, if it were fixed and could never dissipate? What if a thought were perfect, it contained the pattern for growth and the ability to mature as it lived on? What if a thought, as it grew, could become self-aware? What if a thought, having achieved sentience, could replicate itself in a variety of forms? Finally, what if a thought and all it experienced could remain in the... read more

Omnipresence

We are accustomed to thinking of ourselves as occupying a single point. Consequently, we cannot imagine being in more than one place at one time. Most of us will readily accept the premise we can be at a fixed location while our influence can be present in many places but we find it difficult to consider we can be fully present in more than one place at one time. In our dreams we have an example of our... read more

Trust

Genuine inquiry is not the same as doubt. As responsible people we are expected to have standards, and to measure what we encounter by those principles. Inquiry is a process by which we may measure what is being presented by ascertainable facts. Doubt or mistrust is a response to fear. The attitude of doubt is not the result of objectivity; it is the opposite. Doubt casts its hue upon whatever we encounter... read more

Today and Today and Today

It has never been tomorrow, nor has it been yesterday. We have only lived in the present. Each night we lay our head down, and each morning, when we pick it up again it is today. In a world bound up by time and space, we perceive successive events as past, present, and future. This is a helpful perspective until we move our focus from the present on to the past or even the future. When we do so, we risk... read more

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