Tuesday, January 24, 2023

I Am There

 On August 7, 1971, the poem “I Am There” was famously carried to the moon by Apollo 15 astronauts James B. Irwin, David R. Scott, and Alfred M. Worden. Stored in a microfilm file, the poem was intended to be left there for future space explorations.

 

Ram, Dass: The power of this English mantra is in its simplicity and directness: 

Sunday, January 15, 2023

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

We are Souls playing roles.

Pierre de Chardin said, “Joy is the irrefutable evidence of God.” Joy is that lightness of being that brings a smile to your face. And when you smile, you allow tonic chemicals, rather than toxic chemicals, to flow through your body.

 

Monday, January 9, 2023

Eric Butterworth's Antecedents of New Thought

  •     The tie of Akhenaten to the Hebrews and Jesus (clip 10)
  •     How psychology has swung between mind cure and spirituality (clips 27 and 31)
  •     That Transcendentalism had a stronger influence on New Thought than Quimby (clip 38)
  •     Eric's personal confession as a sports fan (clip 65)
  •     Quimby as a "scientist of Transcendentalism" (clip 73)
  •     Eric's meditation on "Divine Love, flowing through me ..." (clip 94)
  •     New Thought is not religious, but spiritual" (clip 95)
  •     The strengths and weaknesses of Unity" (clips 129-131)
 Neither Fillmore or Holmes set out to start a church. You'll have to read it ti find out more.
Good anecdote about the Unity farm. Drilling to find water, striking oil, drilling again, finding oil, drilling again finding natural gas and finally finding water.

 

Saturday, January 7, 2023

Thursday, January 5, 2023