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Tag Archives: Second Axial Consciousness

Participation: Week 2 Summary

Participation: Week 2 Summary: Sunday, April 10-Friday, April 15, 2016 God refuses to be known intellectually. God can only be loved and known in the act of love; God can only be experienced in communion. (Sunday) Jesus offered the world full and final participation in his own very holistic teaching. Jesus spoke of true union… Continue Reading Participation: Week 2 Summary

Intelligent and Heartfelt Participation

Participation: Week 2 Intelligent and Heartfelt Participation Wednesday, April 13, 2016 What I have seen is the totality recapitulated as One, Received not in essence but by participation. It is just as if you lit a flame from a live flame: It is the entire flame you receive. —St. Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022) [1]… Continue Reading Intelligent and Heartfelt Participation

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