Tag Archives: illusion
Disrupting the Status Quo
Prophets always talk about the untalkable. Continue Reading Disrupting the Status Quo
An Enormous Freedom
Emotional sobriety is the same as detachment from our own ideas of happiness. Continue Reading An Enormous Freedom
The World, the Flesh, and the Devil
If violence is met by violence, the world will fall into a spiral of violence. Continue Reading The World, the Flesh, and the Devil
The Root of Violence
When we don’t know we are connected, we will invariably resort to some form of violence to get the dignity and power we lack. Continue Reading The Root of Violence
Letting Go of the False Self
When we are connected to the Whole, we no longer need to protect or defend the mere part. Continue Reading Letting Go of the False Self
Seeing Ourselves as God Sees Us
Spirituality and Addiction Seeing Ourselves as God Sees Us Thursday, November 18, 2021 In this conversation, CAC teacher and therapist James Finley shares his belief that we can only be freed from our addictions by healing our original wound—a loss of connection with divine love. Jim speaks here about the healing nature of seeing ourselves… Continue Reading Seeing Ourselves as God Sees Us
Stinking Thinking
Spirituality and Addiction Stinking Thinking Monday, November 15, 2021 I do not understand my own behavior. I fail to carry out the very things I want to do, and find myself doing the very things I hate. . . . For although the will to do what is good is in me, the performance is… Continue Reading Stinking Thinking
A Hopeful Foundation
Original Goodness A Hopeful Foundation Sunday, October 24, 2021 We are not loved because we are so beautiful and good. We are beautiful and good because we are loved. —Jürgen Moltmann, Theology of Joy (video interview, 2014) There is plenty of evidence in the world to conclude that there is something fundamentally flawed with humanity.… Continue Reading A Hopeful Foundation