Category: devotion

Levels of Consciousness, Part 3 "The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness."[1] Lao Tzu In order to place universal or divine consciousness into context, it is important to understand that all awareness is contained within the universal consciousness. Our daily awareness, or our reality,  is but a … Continue reading Levels of Consciousness, Part 3

Levels of Consciousness, Part 2 "The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness."[1] Lao Tzu One of my first formal exposures to levels of consciousness occurred in an introductory Psychology class in college with Sigmund Freud’s model of the psyche. He named three mental foci as the id, … Continue reading Levels of Consciousness, Part 2

Levels of Consciousness "The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness."[1] Lao Tzu Our life on earth can be likened to the intersection of a horizontal line with a vertical line – a cross, if you will. The horizontal line represents the passing of our days. What we … Continue reading Levels of Consciousness

The Perplexities of Consciousness, Part 2 "I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness. We cannot get behind consciousness. Everything that we talk about, everything that we regard as existing, postulates consciousness."[1] Max Planck As we lay the groundwork for an exploration into consciousness, I find it interesting to ponder the … Continue reading The Perplexities of Consciousness, Part 2

The Perplexities of Consciousness "I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness. We cannot get behind consciousness. Everything that we talk about, everything that we regard as existing, postulates consciousness."[1] Max Planck What is consciousness? Where does it originate? Where does it exist? What is the relationship between consciousness, the mind, … Continue reading The Perplexities of Consciousness

Blessedness and Woe, Reprise Blessed are you…; and woe to you… If there is an overriding lesson in the Beatitudes, found in Matthew 5, and in the Blessings and Woes, found in Luke 6, it is that life is full of blessings. And life is full of woes, at least from an emotional point of … Continue reading Blessedness and Woe, Reprise

The Woes, Part 2 “Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry.”[1] “Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will weep and mourn.”[2] These passages are the second and third of the four Woes found in the sixth chapter of Luke. At first glance they seem to indicate that … Continue reading The Woes, Part 2

The Woes “But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.”[1] The “Woes” are the last four of the eight Blessings and Woes found in the sixth chapter of Luke. They differ in focus from the four Blessings and Woes that precede them, as well as from the nine Beatitudes found … Continue reading The Woes

Blessed are the Persecuted, Part 2 “Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”[1] This is the … Continue reading Blessed are the Persecuted, Part 2