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Tag Archives: St. Augustine

You Are What You Seek

True Self/False Self: Week 2 You Are What You Seek Tuesday, August 9, 2016 On that day, you will know that you are in me and I am in you. —John 14:20 “That day” is usually a long time in coming for most of us. We hold on to the illusion of a separate self… Continue Reading You Are What You Seek

Turning toward Participation

Participation: Week 2 Turning toward Participation Monday, April 11, 2016 Some of the most exciting and fruitful theology today is being described as the “turn toward participation.” [1] Religion as participation is a rediscovery of the Perennial Tradition that Plotinus, Gottfried Leibniz, Alan Watts, Aldous Huxley, and so many saints and mystics have spoken of… Continue Reading Turning toward Participation

The Body of God

Science: Week 2 The Body of God Wednesday, November 11, 2015 In the fourth century, St. Augustine said that “the church consists in the state of communion of the whole world.” Wherever we are connected, in right relationship—you might say “in love”—there is the Christ, the Body of God, and there is the church, the… Continue Reading The Body of God

Interconnection

Science: Week 2 Interconnection Tuesday, November 10, 2015 The world is not a problem to be solved; it is a living being to which we belong. The world is part of our own self and we are a part of its suffering wholeness. Until we go to the root of our image of separateness, there… Continue Reading Interconnection

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