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8th mo. 2014

Drinking Water Frederick Douglas, the renowned abolitionist, astutely concluded, "...all the qualities which men usually ascribed to God, they first find within themselves." WARNING: Unless first purified of self,… Discussion Drinking Water 1 Like

7th mo. 2014

Give all things over to inward Presence ... deepen down in the midst of it all.

In all the circumstances of the days and hours, I am the living presence the abstract mind overshadows with the promise of rationalization. Cares and concerns, fears and anxiety, joy and…

Blog Give all things over to inward Presence ... deepen down in the midst of it all. 1 Like Priorities

I have this obsession with the soul and people keep telling me it's not important. I keep insisting that it is saying that we are living souls but we act like our physical bodies represent who we…

Blog Priorities 2 Likes Thoughts on a Quaker Monasticism

In the series I have been posting on 'Intepreting Our Past' I was leading up to the idea of Quaker Monasticism. But Martin beat me to it by featuring the blog that discusses the 'New Monasticism'…

Blog Thoughts on a Quaker Monasticism 1 Like Presence in the midst ... in the vernacular of Presence.

I am there when anger or joy approaches from the realm of feeling. I am there when another manifests anger or joy. I am there when a wonderful or compelling thought approaches from the realm of…

Blog Presence in the midst ... in the vernacular of Presence. 1 Like Personal Identity. I am the Presence of Christ.

I am Christened. I am Presence ... awaken by Grace to eternity. I am divine light. I am the thing itself. The thing itself is within and without me. I am faith in the mystery of pure consciousness…

Blog Personal Identity. I am the Presence of Christ. 2 Likes I am neither inclusive nor exclusive ...

In moments of inclusiveness, I am there. In moments of exclusiveness, I am there. I am neither inclusive nor exclusive and I am both inclusive and exclusive ... I am. In me neither is the…

Blog I am neither inclusive nor exclusive ... 1 Like A Queer Vocal Ministry That Led to Controversy

Before I write another word, I need to qualify my remarks.…

Blog A Queer Vocal Ministry That Led to Controversy 1 Like In First Person - The vernacular of Spirit

They speak of me as if I am not there. I am in first person. I am the Presence they point to in their abstracted linguistics and outward forms but I am not Present in their act of speaking. I am…

Blog In First Person - The vernacular of Spirit 2 Likes The Living Mystery

I am Meaning; eternal Purpose. I awaken in the thick of things and move inside things. I am eternity. I whisper the unspoken and illuminate the imaginary.

Consciousness is my playground and…

Blog The Living Mystery 1 Like Randy Oftedahl

Member Randy Oftedahl 1 Like On becoming a culture war resister

How Facts Backfire…

Blog On becoming a culture war resister 2 Likes Camp, Conferences, and Evasive Behavior

Now that the start of summer has…

Blog Camp, Conferences, and Evasive Behavior 1 Like

6th mo. 2014

Sandi Was Here

Member Sandi Was Here 1 Like Let's Get Real For a world that seems to be crying out for unfettered spirituality, a world that questions authoritative leadership, a world that longs for spiritual transformation that is based on love; why aren’t… Discussion Let's Get Real 5 Likes Sacred Sounds

~August Dawn~

Do you have a sacred…

Blog Sacred Sounds 1 Like Outside of Time

Blog Outside of Time 1 Like An Immersive Meditation Source: The Works of Isaac Penington

3. Do not graft any of the fruit of the tree of life upon the tree of knowledge; for it will not grow there: an appearance, a likeness of the true… Blog An Immersive Meditation 1 Like Bible Study for Friends

OK, so let's get started. I remember the day in 1986 when I stood up before a fresh class of Friends Academy (Locust Valley, NY) 7th graders and started to teach Quakerism for the first time. And…

Blog Bible Study for Friends 1 Like The problem with simplicity.

The problem we face today needs very little time for its…

Blog The problem with simplicity. 1 Like

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