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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— Some Wounds May Never Ever Heal —

The Vietnam War Changed Joe.

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

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— Why Must This Path Purt So Much? —

Pain: What Good Is It?

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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.

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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.

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Serving others helps to serve you as well

The purpose of Life is to Know, Love, and Serve the Creator.

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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  

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