“Iola Pond” - A place I once lived
Weekly Tao Te Ching
Chapter 68
To overcome adversity do not rush ahead; do not give in to anger or frustration; do not seek your own way.
Use your weaknesses for your benefit just as you use your strengths. Don't struggle to control events or people, but do what is natural for you to do without trying to overcome or conquer.
🛎 William Martin’s Website/ His Books📚
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Weekly - Mirabai Starr
No Demand of Sole Allegiance
"It is through his friends – both living and long dead – that I have come to know and love Christ. Lucky for me, the Prince of Peace has never demanded that I swear sole allegiance to him. He seems to venerate my inter-spiritual heart and bless my bridge-building hands. This makes me love him all the more."
— Caravan of No Despair
Anthony de Mello
Waking up is unpleasant, you know. You are nice and comfortable in bed. It is irritating to be woken up. That’s the reason the wise guru will not attempt to wake people up. I hope I’m going to be wise here and make no attempt whatsoever to wake you up if you are asleep. It is really none of my business, even though I say to you at times, "Wake up!" My business is to do my thing, to dance my dance. If you profit from it fine; if you don’t, too bad! As the Arabs say, "The nature of rain is the same, but it makes thorns grow in the marshes and flowers in the gardens.
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Weekly - Alan Watts
“The more we try to live in the world of words, the more we feel isolated and alone, the more all the joy and liveliness of things is exchanged for mere certainty and security. On the other hand, the more we are forced to admit that we actually live in the real world, the more we feel ignorant, uncertain, and insecure about everything.”
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Weekly - William Paul Young
“Let me say for now that we knew once the Creation was broken, true fathering would be much more lacking than mothering. Don’t misunderstand me, both are needed- but an emphasis on fathering is necessary because of the enormity of its absence.”
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Doodle of the Week (1)
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Weekly - Deng Ming Dao
“One side of a ridge is cold and foggy, The other is hot and dry. Just by choosing where you stand, You alter your destiny.”
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Weekly - Peter Rollins
“What if the church should be less concerned with creating saints than creating a world where we do not need saints? A world where people like Mother Teresa and MLK would have nothing to do.”
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Weekly - Maya Angelou
Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
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Weekly - Christian Mystics
“Nothing in all creation is so like God as stillness.”
~ Meister Eckhart
🛎 Various Websites
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Doodle of the Week (2)
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Weekly - Richard Rohr
“People who think they can just do a non-stop flight to mystical, non-dual thinking, to get it out without going through the process, are usually not right. That's airy-fairy thinking. They have to wait until they are hurt themselves, or they are cheated, or lied to or betrayed, and they will see that their non-dual thinking is not tested, or truly a gift of the spirit. It's simply fuzzy thinking.”
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Weekly - Brian D. McLaren
“In religion as in parenthood, uncritical loyalty to our ancestors may implicate us in an injustice against our descendants: imprisoning them in the errors of our ancestors.”
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Keith’s Weekly Pick
“One of the most dangerous things that ever happened to theological exploration was doctrinal certitude.”
~Unknown
"Cranes, Pines, and Bamboo" by Ogata Kōrin (1658-1716)
