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Soundings, Issue #27 July 25, 2013 |
News from the Unscripted Self
If you live with a lame man you’ll develop a limp.
big beliefs and little ‘uns
Our thoughts are closer to us than anything else, that’s why we think they are more real than anything else, but they’re not. Everything around you is simply a belief. That’s all. But to uncover hidden material in our beliefs we need to examine the little ones. Our big beliefs are made up of several little beliefs. These are carrier beliefs on which the big assumptions we have rest. When we chip away at enough of the little beliefs we take the legs from under the big ones, as it were, and they collapse. Your literally are what you think. This Month’s Reading
The Gnostics Looks at the pre-Christian sect, their beliefs, mythology, etc. They were eventually declared heretical by the church and driven into obscurity. A little more on Valentinus The second century philosopher and theologian who brought Platonic, Zoroastrian, and Gnostic thought to the fledgling Christian movement. WordPower
Enthusiasm – a great intensity of feeling, great excitement about something. Feeling of getting totally immersed in some venture. Did you know the word comes from the Greek word entheos, meaning “inspired by God”, or driven by God from within. What will you be enthused about today?
I’ll leave you with a quote I heard recently which I like: “Unless the Lord keepeth the city, the watchman watcheth in vain.” Richard Devereux. Happy reading, Talk to you soon. |
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