The Madman.—Have you ever heard of the madman who on a bright morning lighted a lantern and ran to the market-place calling out unceasingly: "I seek God! I seek God!"—As there were many people standing about who did not believe in God, he caused a great deal of amusement. Why! is he lost? said one. …
Your physical body is composed of many members or component parts. If we were sitting together and I were to reach out and touch you, it would make no difference were I to touch your shoulder, hand, foot, or hair. In each instance it would be fair to say I am touching your body, regardless …
I was recently introduced to a concept referred to as Hanlon's razor, which states: "never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." It's a marvelous and liberating concept, really, one that provides and efficient philosophical razor for eliminating unlikely explanations for human behavior. Let's take it apart for a moment. "Never attribute …
Someone asked me the other day what the most significant shift has been on earth in my lifetime. I thought it was a beautiful question and volunteered after a few minutes of thought that the most significant change I could see was that truth used to matter more. What is truth? Nowadays it seems that …
If we rid ourselves of religion, we shall deprive ourselves of that which has kept us focused on becoming the best version of ourselves throughout history. If we rid ourselves of the distortions in religion, we shall begin to know the Father. We remember the Master taught us to pray, "Our Father which art in …
This morning I awoke with a vision of what could only be described as a new heavens and a new earth, a new state of consciousness or heaven that gives rise to a new pattern of manifestation or earth. I realize that in writing this I am not the first to experience this vision, but …
When I was a boy, my parents bought an old upright piano and refinished it in the garage. I remember my father stripping the wood and my amazement at the fact that the raw wood was beautiful and alive, despite the fact that it was over a century old. Its color, luster, texture, grain, and …
The union of love and truth permits the projection of life. This is divine magic. When you experience the magic of a spring day, you are particularly open to the appreciation of the beauty of flowers or the loveliness of some grass or some trees or the sky. You are open to appreciation of design …
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven…” – Ecclesiastes 3:1 If you’ve lived for any amount of time you’ve probably noticed that it is said that “timing is everything” for a good reason. Everything works out in a cycle. Those cycles are partly under our control, …
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” – John 15:13 While this quote is commonly referred to in the context of the crucifixion of Jesus, there are many other levels of “laying down [one’s] life for [one’s] friends” which are worthy of consideration and actualization. …
