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Roots and Ladders – Benedictine Monasticism & the Integral Christian Future – Pre-Conference Workshop #ITC2013
Originally posted on Evolutionary Landscapes: Hospitality As Kosmopolitan 9:00 AM. I picked this workshop to start with because the Christian Contemplative path has always profoundly spoke with me. There was a time where I kept The Cloud of Unknowing in my winter jacket pocket, riding the NYC subways. It was my…
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Bright Blue Dot
In this rare image taken on July 19, 2013, the wide-angle camera on NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has captured Saturn’s rings and our planet Earth and its moon in the same frame. It is only one footprint in a mosaic of 33 footprints covering the entire Saturn ring system (including Saturn…
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Ft. Collins, Colorado
The buddy-friend-guy and I are on our way to visit our good brother on the Way, Ronnie Pelton, the customer advocacy director at Toddy LLC. We’ll be visiting the Rocky Mountain National Forest, Estes Park, Boulder, etc. But we are spending most of our time in Ft. Collins. If you…
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Tannhäuser Overture | Richard Wagner
Sitting and waiting for the newest Teen Wolf episode on MTV and suddenly I think, “Hey, why not listen to one of Richard Wagner‘s greatest overtures?” Indeed, good brother and sisters of the Ether, why not? Now, I am quite sure that a lot of you are lying about the…
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Lessons from Mysticism
Originally posted on creating for Christ: Mysticism and the Church In one of my online theology classes this question was posed – What would mysticism as described by Placher in relation to Meister Eckhart say to the church today? My response is below, how would you respond, let me know…
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The Crisis of Finance Capitalism and the Exhaustion of Neoliberalism
The report “Changing Banking for Good” attempts to make bankers personally responsible, to reform bank governance and strengthen the powers of regulators. Some think that if the report’s recommendations are implemented, it will destroy London as a global financial center. Others believe that the report does not go far enough…
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This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is Gas Land
The Obama Administration has proposed new regulations for hydraulic fracturing on 756 million acres of public and tribal lands. The rules were written by the drilling industry and will be streamlined into effect by a new intergovernmental task force, established by the president, to promote fracking — a practice that…
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Daodejing 7
#7* Heaven is eternal; earth is everlasting. The reason why heaven and earth can be eternal and everlasting? Because they do not exist for themselves, [they] thus can live long. Therefore, the Sage makes himself go behind yet he comes before; considers himself outside yet he is sheltered. [1] Is it…
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when God’s not looking
Originally posted on coromandal: Here is a description of bait and switch on the macro scale. The worshipers of Dionysus experienced ecstasy – a feeling of communion and immortality – through rites of wine and dancing. One can argue – as this author does – that this joyful rite was…
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“Torn: Sixty Days of Calaboose” (Excerpt)
Originally posted on Tracy James Jones: Okay. So I write about controversial social issues. All of my characters are diverse in race, age, creed, and sexual orientation. And here I go again. :o) Not many would know the emotional impact that society has over a quiet, sensitive gay person because…
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People Believe in Luxury: The “Ground Control” Theory!
Originally posted on Blogverse Musings: We, the working class people in public sectors, entertainment, politics, marketing, education, medical, PR, sales, laws, media, etc. the entire skilled pretenders “the innocent liars!” We are devoted in thinking differently the same different things. Latest survival policy is designed for those people who are…
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Ernst Fuchs
Ernst Fuchs is a fascinating and visionary artist in the tradition of the mystic intellectual and seeker. He is one of the founders of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism and has made some of the most intriguing religious paintings of the second half of the 20th century if not…
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Daodejing 6
#6* The Grain God never dies; it is called “the mysterious female”. The door of the mysterious female is called “the root of heaven and earth.” Existing endlessly, use it and never be exhausted. *Translation by LU Wenlong & Keith Wayne Brown, ©2013. Related articles Daodejing 7 (keithwaynebrown.com) [forthcoming] Daodejing 5 (keithwaynebrown.com)…
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