Chastened and Rebuked

The measure of a man is what he does when he is chastened and rebuked by an ideal, or the ideal, be it God or kindlier Nature. The petty tyrant will take offense and mount a self-righteous crusade. The coward will retreat into the shadows of shame and futility. The wicked will double down on …

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The Illusion of the Unreal

"The heavens themselves, the planets and this centreObserve degree, priority and place,Insisture, course, proportion, season, form,Office and custom, in all line of order."(Shakespeare, Ulysses, Act 1 Scene 3) Appearances can be deceiving. In fact, most of what we observe in our daily affairs in the world as it now is, is illusory. This is not …

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Serve Selflessly

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”—John 15:13 To lay down your life is to serve selflessly: to protect the weak, to uplift the poor in spirit, and to demonstrate decency and draw forth dignity, regardless of the circumstance. This is not sacrifice; this, my …

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Refine or Coarsen

Every situation you face, every conversation you engage in, and every feeling you choose to back with the weight of your thoughts, words and deeds gives you the opportunity to either refine or coarsen on the physical, mental, and 'spiritual expression' planes of being. Choose refinement and you will move closer to an experience of …

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Strenuous Liberty

Nations grown corruptLove bondage more than liberty;Bondage with ease than strenuous liberty.~ John Milton If history tells us anything, it is that the greater part of men prefer security to liberty. Most it seems are not even aware that they are making a choice. They go about their lives, entranced by the world around them, …

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The Third Essence

Now God did not make the soul after the body, although we are speaking of them in this order; for having brought them together he would never have allowed that the elder should be ruled by the younger; but this is a random manner of speaking which we have, because somehow we ourselves too are very much under the …

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