Can aspiring to be “God-like” be heresy?

     I felt so inspired by Robert Terrell’s guest column for Confessions of a Mystic that I penned a response that asks if we can ever become “God like” in our daily lives:

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    * On reading Robert’s excellent article, I was reminded of a philosophy espoused by a fellow named Sartre, in a play called “No Exit.” It dealt with life after death and how a man living with two women in one room viewed existence. “Hell. . . ,” the man said. ” . . .is . . . other . . . people . . .

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— Who’s to Blame For War After War? —

I Blame God for War.

     I blame the Most Powerful Force in the Universe for not using its Almighty Abilities to stop war dead in its tracks.

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“I may be a descendant of someone’s slave”

   Discussing the History of Nat Turner

      “Ever Hear of Nat Turner?” Sheriff Joe Wilkens asked me.

     “Sure,” I said. “He’s a famous black man who led a slave uprising before the Civil War.

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— Some Wounds May Never Ever Heal —

The Vietnam War changed Joe.

       It stripped him of all interest in leading people in any official capacity.

      Forever.

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— Why Must This Path Purt So Much? —

Pain: What Good Is It?

     Sometimes, it works. But sometimes it tears into my psyche, bringing with it a fear that this discomfort, this thorn will continue to haunt me, raising its head more and more as I feel the aging process more keenly and with it, an unwanted sense of my mortality, my deterioration and the inevitable end that I will someday meet. When the pain increases and I can’t steer my mind away from it, I know deep inside that the end is not so very far away!

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“Thank you” for letting me serve, somehow

  • Ever get more out of doing something nice for someone than that person ever expected you could possibly get?

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Potluck heads bucket list of things to do

Lighting Up With Something New in Life

My favorite store greeter told me she wanted to smoke grass before turning 60.

     Why not study art, writing, or some other esoteric topic? I asked.

     No, she said, “I have never smoked marijuana before.”

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Banner bird brightens boy’s breakfast

A little bird brightened my day today.

     The bird recognized me out of more than a hundred people sitting at tables eating breakfast.

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“Don’t like this love…(crap)” she told me!

     “I don’t like this love shit,” a woman I was about to meditate with whispered to me while in the circle of our six-person meditation “community.”

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Veterans find joy in their own backyards

     You can’t know how much pleasure there is in feeding a squirrel until you open yourself to the wonders of nature . . . and of course . . .  feed a squirrel . . . daily

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Dream reveals a key to unlocking Paradise

     I dreamed I wore a dress to a training class for new lawyers learning to defend criminal defendants. No one noticed my garb.  None of the other attorneys said anything, and I never felt different” or out of place as a brand-new public defender awaiting to argue his first case in Court.

     But when I left the room and took a break, a supervisor removed the dress as he and others tried to run off with what they said was “inappropriate” clothing for a man’s courtroom appearance.

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Serving others helps to serve you as well

The purpose of Life is to know, love, and serve the Creator.

But how do you serve an All-Giving Entity?

I believe thatto Serve the Creator is to Serve Humanity”

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What’s Love Got To Do with My PTSD?

        Love can Help You Deal with PTSD

     What’s Love got to do with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)?

     The feelings they generate stem from that same Core within, at least, the same Core within me.

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Angels Appear as Earthly Messengers

 It’s just like heaven . . . Being here with you . . . You’re like an Angel . . Too good to be true. When You are near me.  My heart skips a beat.  I can hardly stand on. My own two feet.  Because I Love You; I Love You, I Do.  ‘Angel Baby’. My ‘Angel Baby’. Oh, Ooh, I Love You, Oh, Ooh, I Do . . .  No One Could Love You . . .  Like I Do!
                                                   — Rosie & the Originals

     Angels are Drawn from Dreams & Meditation

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Can’t Hurry Him; You just have to Wait!

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No Need to Try and Hurry Love

If I hurry, I know I will miss the moment.

By rushing, I’ll be too invested in the future than in the “now.” I would be forward-looking, not looking at the present.

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