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Do the best you can

What if.....

The soul doesn’t separate, the ego does.

The soul doesn’t need security, the ego does.

Every form of religion could support the ego and focus on (a false sense) of security, through means of control, separation, and discrimination to the point of violence - which feeds fear and therefore more followers seeking its “comfort.” I fear many religions do.

Every form of religion could support the soul and focus on understanding our ego’s desires and our soul’s desires. They can teach us to listen to the soul, to seek the collective soul, to use our ego’s triggers as a way to uncover our longings to understand, love, and connect to the point of unity - which feeds compassion and therefore more followers seeking its “comfort.” I fear many religions don't.

I'm sad that within

The faster I go, the more lost I get

It is an old and ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way. ~Rollo May

In the study of Spiritual Direction, we cover the history of Christian Spirituality as well as the nuts and bolts of psychology, sociology, psychotherapy, covering our development as human and spiritual beings as groups and individually. One of the most fascinating aspects of the human species is the relationship between doing and being. I believe that our reactions are not predetermined, but are highly influenced by our capacity to learn and adjust to years of past experience and the unique combination, sequence, and interpretation of raw data we've collected since before we were born.

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Pick up the call

Friday, on my way to The Spiritual Direction Institute class, I made my weekly call to my grandmother. During our call she struggled to hear me. She normally needs to take out her hearing aids because the buzz when she's on the phone. She really enjoys hearing about our kids and stories of our daily lives. I really enjoy her witty sense of humor as I usually arrive to my next destination with all my eye makeup cried away from intense laughter. On this week's call she was asking to repeat the stories and was answering with generic responses. By the end of our call, she started

O Cosmic Birther

O cosmic Birther of all radiance and vibration!

Soften the ground of our being and carve out a space within us were your Presence can abide.

Fill us with your creativity so that we may be empowered to bear the fruit of your mission.

Let each of our actions bear fruit in accordance with

poetryBrooke Summers-PerryOctober 29, 2014compassion, equality, meditations, quotes, religious reframingComment

Freedom

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Good Job!

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