Everything you ever needed to know about the spiritual side of life.
I really like Iris DeMent. I like her voice, unique, quirky, and expressive. I like that she was born in the same Bible Belt state I was (Arkansas), and I like where she’s gone with her songs and music.
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Archive for May, 2008
Let the Mystery Be
Posted in Iris DeMent, Reality, belief, love, meditation, music, musings, mysticism, religion, seeking, self-help, spirituality, tagged belief, Iris DeMent, love, meditation, music, musings, mysticism, Reality, religion, seeking, self-help, spirituality on May 31, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Imagine: Living for today
Posted in American Idol, Christianity, David Archuleta, Imagine, John Lennon, Reality, belief, fundamentalism, fundamentalist Christianity, fundamentalist religion, love, meditation, musings, mysticism, religion, seeking, self-help, spirituality, tagged American Idol, belief, Christianity, David Archuleta, fundamentalism, fundamentalist Christianity, fundamentalist religion, Imagine, John Lennon, love, meditation, musings, mysticism, Reality, religion, seeking, self-help, spirituality on May 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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5/18/08
John Lennon’s song “Imagine” is one of my all-time favorites and one of the best-known songs in the world. I don’t know if Jiddu Krishnamurti, one of the sanest and clearest thinkers I know, listened to the Beatles. He could have, since he lived until 1986 and spent much of his [...]
Remembering …
Posted in Reality, belief, love, meditation, musings, poems, poetry, relationship, religion, spirituality, tagged belief, love, poems, poetry, relationship, spirituality on May 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
April 16, 1943 – Nov. 15, 2006
Darlene
Where do we go
when the light dims
and the last sigh has faded?
Where you were
is silence,
and a void that still holds
your empty shape.
And the [...]
Rushing to Belief
Posted in Reality, belief, musings, mysticism, relationship, religion, seeking, self-help, spirituality, tagged belief, musings, mysticism, Reality, relationship, religion, seeking, self-help, spirituality on May 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.
~ Politically correct paraphrase of a quote by J. B. S. Haldane …
A couple of days ago, while I was reading one of grizelda3’s postings & a comment on it, it came to pass that I said [...]
Really?
Posted in Reality, belief, love, musings, mysticism, poems, poetry, relationship, religion, seeking, self-help, spirituality, tagged belief, love, musings, mysticism, poems, poetry, Reality, relationship, religion, seeking, self-help, spirituality on May 5, 2008 | 4 Comments »
We don’t create our own reality, but
we do create our
own interpretation of
reality, and
that interpretation influences
how we think and
act and [...]
Awakening: The Doctrine of No Doctrine
Posted in Reality, belief, musings, mysticism, relationship, religion, seeking, self-help, spirituality on May 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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Sutra I: Sleep
Know ye that the path of awakening is full of snares and fraught with peril. On this path, many will see you as the enemy. Many will fear you and despise you; many will turn you from their door.
Let not your need for companionship, love of others, recognition and approval [...]
