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The Present Moment, Part 5
The Present Moment, Part 5 You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope. Thomas Merton Figure 1 is the two-dimensional representation I … Continue reading The Present Moment, Part 5
Podcast of “The Present Moment, Part 4”
The Present Moment, Part 4
The Present Moment, Part 4 “Eternity is in the present. Eternity is in the palm of the hand. Eternity is a seed of fire, whose sudden roots break barriers that keep my heart from being an abyss!” Thomas Merton[1] Figure 1 is the image I have been using to explore what the present moment is, … Continue reading The Present Moment, Part 4
Podcast of “The Present Moment, Part 3”
The Present Moment, Part 3
The Present Moment, Part 3 …can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? So do not worry about tomorrow… Matthew 6:27, 34 Last week I used Figure 1 as an imperfect illustration of how we might imagine the present moment as the intersection of where we are in … Continue reading The Present Moment, Part 3
Podcast of “The Present Moment, Part 2”
The Present Moment, Part 2
The Present Moment, Part 2 “The present moment has no beginning and no end. It always was and always will be ‘Now.’ That which has no beginning and no end in time we call ‘eternal.’ We live and die in the eternity of the present moment; there is no other place in which we can … Continue reading The Present Moment, Part 2
The Present Moment
The Present Moment “The present moment has no beginning and no end. It always was and always will be ‘Now.’ That which has no beginning and no end in time we call ‘eternal.’ We live and die in the eternity of the present moment; there is no other place in which we can live.” Robert … Continue reading The Present Moment
Relative Time, Part 3
Relative Time, Part 3 “…you are not looking at the actual past at all. You are looking at a present trace of the past.”[1] Alan Watts1 Over the past couple of weeks I have illustrated the relative nature of time. While the aging of our physical bodies and the on-going evolution of created matter appear … Continue reading Relative Time, Part 3
Contemplating Grace 