tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70845689651746930682024-03-05T10:10:31.887-08:00Love Is My Religionand yours too, i betLove Is My Religionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238149419701859532noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084568965174693068.post-36234377477502729852021-04-13T16:02:00.004-07:002021-04-13T16:02:50.496-07:00Other: Mixed in America, moment of value <p><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">Today’s MOV is a recommendation for a podcast called Other: Mixed in America</span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1752582/8293661">https://www.buzzsprout.com/1752582/8293661</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">Her frank, accessible inquiry into race is suitable for professional and personal exploration. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">Please give a listen<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1752582/8293661">https://www.buzzsprout.com/1752582/8293661</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">Why?</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: auto;">This is how we learn. We sit and witness another's experience and become richer and more connected to the world. Geniece is amazing and so is her podcast. A quote from her, " <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">And while you’ll feel you have a lot in common with people of those different groups, they may not accept you as one of them for all or one of those reasons. It can lead to that sense of feeling like you fit in everywhere but don’t actually fit in anywhere.</span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;">Welcome to Other, a podcast that introduces you to a community of people without a community of their own."</span>Love Is My Religionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238149419701859532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084568965174693068.post-11538177166048523812019-07-20T12:04:00.000-07:002019-07-20T12:05:35.986-07:00Dan Pallotta the dream we haven't dared to dream<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Love Is My Religionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238149419701859532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084568965174693068.post-74291886314888503382019-03-27T15:39:00.000-07:002019-03-27T15:39:11.637-07:00How do you live love?<b>I asked a friend of mine, "how do you live love?" He thought about it and responded. His response is below. </b><br />
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simple question gave me insight into his world and pointed me in the
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<b>Thanks, Lloyd.</b><br />
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<span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;">Your
question brought about a very natural answer, however, without
creating a context of my answer i feel the answer alone would miss the
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<span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;">I
saw a movie called "People vs The State of Illusion" that has an
explanation of what love is and it resonates for me as to how I live
Love every day.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;">Humberto Maturana (Chillaen Botinist) expression of Love. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;">His
definition of Love is: It's the act of one person allowing another
person to be a legitimate other. It's the act of profound respect. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;">It's
the act of me allowing you to be you, and when you experience that
coming from me it opens you. It brings about an absolute level of
trust. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;">This cannot be rationalized into existence, it simply is a space of being in each moment. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;">I
also incorporate into what my definition of Love is: The desire to
allow and nurture the full development and expression of who another
desires and has the potential to be.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;">When people love each other, there is an experience of spiritual connection that is natural and palpable.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;">How
I live Love every day is, I endeavor to take a breath and get present
to who I am interacting with, what we're doing and the beauty that we're
in this life together, this moment is no accident. Am i successful in
every moment, no. Life's a journey and i have success every day"</span></b><br />
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<span class="s1">Just listening to a podcast about love supports you in having more loving thoughts. The more loving thoughts you have, the more likely you are to take loving actions. The end result: more love for everybody.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">So, to get your podcasts, please go here: <a href="http://limr.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6a9f72ecea53fe67e226b6a7&id=0dd20ad359&e=1c8d17c063" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="s2">http://loveismyreligion.libsyn.com/</span></a></span></div>
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Love Is My Religionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238149419701859532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084568965174693068.post-49596414685505589082017-07-09T15:45:00.005-07:002017-07-09T15:46:51.604-07:00All the good stuff in one place<h3>
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Love Is My Religionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238149419701859532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084568965174693068.post-74705275856883057412017-04-26T19:47:00.003-07:002017-04-26T19:47:23.342-07:00The Pope keeps it real...<h2>
The Pope keeps it real. Please click on the video below. This is a chance for people to unite.</h2>
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<a href="http://www.breathelifenow.com/the-power-of-commitment-2/" target="_blank"><span class="s1">We believe in the power of commitment. There is something sacred about going “all in” with another. </span><span class="s2"><b>You declare ahead of time that whatever pain or discomfort comes up for you in your relationship — and it will — you will face and heal within the relationship, rather than running from it.</b></span><span class="s1"> </span></a><br />
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<span class="s1"><br /></span><span class="s1">Flora just performed her first “covenant marriage,” in which the marrying couple agrees to obtain pre-marital counseling and accept more limited grounds for divorce. </span><br />
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<span class="s1">Why would people voluntarily limit the ways they could legally terminate their marriage? </span><br />
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<span class="s1">T</span>o consciously deepen their commitment, which increases their opportunities for healing and growth. <br />
<span class="s1"><br /></span><span class="s1">In the ceremony, these lovely words preceded the vows:</span><span class="s1"><i>“Because you will be safe in marriage, you can risk: because you have been promised a future, you can take extraordinary chances. Because you know you are loved, you can step beyond your fears; because you have been chosen, you can transcend your insecurities. You can make mistakes, knowing the other will be there to catch you. And because mistakes and risks are the very essence of change, of expansion, in marriage you will expand to your fullest capacity.</i>”</span><br />
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<span class="s1"><br /></span><span class="s1">And the power of commitment is of course not limited to our human relationships.</span><br />
<span class="s1"><br /></span><span class="s1">Our assistant, Karen, and her husband Raymond, recently adopted a one year-old rescued dog they named Jake. Jake is a high-energy puppy that had been found wandering, underfed, un-neutered, and completely untrained. They reported it was like having a highly caffeinated toddler in the house. Even though they trained and worked with him daily, Karen was often driven to tears of frustration by Jake’s destructive, disruptive and disobedient behavior. They began to question if they would be able to rehabilitate this dog, and considered giving him back to the shelter. But they knew if they couldn’t work it out with Jake, it was unlikely that another person would be willing to try. After much talk, they committed to Jake, as solemnly as they had committed to each other. “Divorcing” Jake was no longer an option. Once they committed, the question shifted from, “<i>Can</i>we do this?” to, “<i>How</i> will we do this?” And bit by bit, over the months they figured it out. Although still a naturally high-energy dog, Jake is happy, appropriately playful, and yes, (mostly) obedient. Karen and Raymond can’t imagine life without him.</span><br />
<span class="s1"><br /></span><span class="s2"><b>We invite you to take a moment now and look into your own life. Where would the power of committing — of going “all in” and not giving yourself any back door escape — give you the power to move forward where you’ve been indecisive and splitting your focus and creative energy?</b></span><span class="s1"> </span><br />
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<span class="s1">Commitment makes life both easier and harder. Easier, because your path becomes clear; you do what needs to be done to honor the commitment. And harder, because you may be scared or have other uncomfortable emotions or maybe not even know how just yet. But that’s where the richness and fullness of life happens.</span><br />
<span class="s1"><br /></span><span class="s1"><i>“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness . . . Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.”</i> — William Hutchison Murray</span><br />
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Love Is My Religionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238149419701859532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084568965174693068.post-24745736557539918112016-04-10T12:33:00.000-07:002016-04-10T12:34:10.206-07:00Love Is My Religion - Origin Story<b>Everyone loves a good origin story. </b><br />
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This is Live Is My Religion's first podcast and origin story. Please download our podcast <a href="http://loveismyreligion.libsyn.com/episode-1-love-is-my-religion-why-love-as-my-religion">http://loveismyreligion.libsyn.com/episode-1-love-is-my-religion-why-love-as-my-religion</a> and share it if you are so moved.<br />
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My hope is that by listening to this podcast you get a feel for how Love Is My Religion came to be, and how you can participate in this inclusive movement.<br />
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Wishing you love and peace,<br />
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<span class="s1"> <b> Love is my religion</b> – at least that's the name of this blog. Many religions, including the one I was raised in but no longer practice, talk a lot about love. Jesus, either the historical figure or the deity, whichever you prefer, had many profound things to say about love. </span></div>
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<span class="s1"> What does it mean to love? We use that word a lot in our society, both flippantly and seriously. When we talk about loving our family or our partner or our sports team, we know exactly what we mean. It's easy to think of concrete ways to demonstrate our love in those relationships. But what about everyone else? The world would be a far less inviting place if we only stuck to our clan, so how do we show love to those outside of our immediate circle?</span></div>
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<span class="s1"> When I was growing up in the church, “Love your neighbor as yourself” was drilled into my head. I always assumed that it meant something to the effect of “BE GOOD TO EVERYONE – ALL THE TIME!!!” </span></div>
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<span class="s1">We were always told that loving “other people” was really important, but they never really gave us any specifics on how to go about doing that. The ways we can and do love the important people in our life are often obvious. How do you show love to someone you barely know? </span></div>
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<span class="s1"> While I recognize that there's more than one “right” answer to this question, for me the easiest answer is to use the power of words. And the most common place I apply this is at work. I’m a teacher in a special classroom for teenagers who’ve survived extreme trauma. In addition to their trauma, most of my students haven't attended school in many years and are way behind peers their age. Many of my students did not have a positive relationship with school when they did attend. Occasionally, I even get teenagers who don't know how to read or write.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"> My primary job is to teach, but it's also important that I support my students from an emotional and mental health perspective as well. Often, that means using schoolwork to distract them from their bigger life problems. Other times it means letting them draw or color, because that's all they're capable of doing on a particular day. And sometimes it means pushing them hard so that they can gain confidence as they progress and achieve their goals. But most importantly, it means showing them that they are loved.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"> A lot of my students think of themselves as screw-ups or believe that they're destined for a life of menial labor. They, like a lot of adults, have preconceived notions about the limits of what they can and can't do. Now that they're forced to go to school again, they have to face their self-imposed limitations, and the collision between what they are expected to do in school and what they believe they cannot do is intense. Needless to say, I spend a lot of time with upset and angry teenagers who feel like they're failing at life.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"> People talk a lot about the three magic words “I love you," but in my line of work I've found there to be only two magic words: “good job.” It seems so overly simple, but the effect these words have had on my students has been profound. Most of these kids have never had positive encouragement in school before, let alone in life. Often, the first few times they hear me say "good job," they’ll look up at me from their desk with a look of bewilderment, like maybe I made a mistake. With a little more repetition, they get used to hearing me say it and they stop doubting my sincerity. Then they reach my favorite phase, where they actually start to believe it themselves, and no matter how cool they try to seem, their new confidence and pride is obvious.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"> When I realized the effect those two magic words were having, I started trying to say them more and more often. I tried to end almost any interaction with a student, no matter how small, with those words... </span></div>
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<span class="s1"> I figured that at some point my students would get tired of hearing it, or it would get old, or that they would catch on – but get this, that still hasn't happened yet. Those words never seem to lose their ability to inspire, and the kids never get tired of hearing them. And it isn’t just those two magic words, any positive feedback or compliment has the power to help change a student’s perspective. </span></div>
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<span class="s1"> I started thinking about the other people in my life, especially people my age or older, and I started trying to give out more direct, specific compliments to them as well. If I thought a co-worker did an excellent job handling an incident with a youth, I made sure to tell them, and include the details. If I was on the phone with a customer service representative who helped me make sense of a complicated bill, I made sure to thank them for explaining things in a clear and concise manner. Basically, everywhere you look you can find people you may or may not know doing a good job at something. And while adults don't wear their emotions on their sleeves in quite the same way that children and teenagers do, they are not immune to the power of a simple, well-delivered "good job."</span></div>
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<span class="s1"> I do believe that being loved changes people. It doesn't matter where that love comes from – parental love, friend love, romantic love, etc., – all people thrive on love. The great religions of the world don't have a monopoly on loving others. It's something we can all do, in ways large and small. And sometimes, those small ways add up.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">The deeply rich and nourishing soil of your being is always available to you.<b> It IS you.</b> Whether you dig deep or slightly scratch the surface it is there for you. It has been there since before you can remember and it will be there when you no longer do. </span><br />
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<span class="s1">The Rich Soil of Your Being is the only answer to every question you have ever wanted an answer to. It is the deep well of unlimited potential, the fertile ground of possibility. Some call it Intuition, some call it Source, some call it God, and some call it many different things. </span><b>It is what you are</b>, always and when you no longer doubt you will sit in the deep Rich Soil of your being, dirty, open, happy, fulfilled, complete and you will use the soil to enrich the life you see unfolding before you and it will be magical.<br />
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Love Is My Religionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238149419701859532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084568965174693068.post-62571909178241095812016-03-02T20:50:00.001-08:002016-03-02T20:50:49.698-08:00Meditation Moment, Love Is My Religion<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/f-2p_SJ4NX8" width="480"></iframe>Love Is My Religionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238149419701859532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084568965174693068.post-90735724888922066462016-02-20T16:02:00.001-08:002016-02-20T16:02:35.385-08:00“Thank you,” to the #Loveismyreligion A big, “Thank you,” to the #Loveismyreligion community.<br />
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This is the second time this week that someone has alerted me to a sign of love, out in the world. Thanks, Meredith for sending this to me.<br />
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You’re not left out.<br />
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If there is a God, God would love you, even if don’t believe in God. And God is NOT in the punishment or rejection business. God loves everyone no matter what.<br />
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Could God reject any part of God’s self?<br />
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I invite you to accept the bill board with a cognitive switheroo’ing.<br />
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“God is Love,” translates to, “Love is Love!”Love Is My Religionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238149419701859532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084568965174693068.post-64405032963007806972015-12-13T01:09:00.000-08:002015-12-13T01:09:49.798-08:00Love Is My Religion (And Yours Too, I Bet)<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iwa2eteBUPE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Love Is My Religionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238149419701859532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084568965174693068.post-65342634249105746162015-11-14T11:21:00.000-08:002015-11-14T11:22:35.606-08:00Alan Watts - Choice<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/D7CH9cRN8Rg" width="560"></iframe>Love Is My Religionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238149419701859532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084568965174693068.post-72239337194075591552015-10-18T18:57:00.000-07:002015-10-18T18:57:28.118-07:00#lovewins You Can....<iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zvAkUYgpfIg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Love Is My Religionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238149419701859532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084568965174693068.post-48673511317370698912015-10-11T14:52:00.001-07:002015-10-11T14:53:41.644-07:00Meditation Minute, Love is<iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VjsJTjjBYCc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Love Is My Religionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238149419701859532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084568965174693068.post-74180022940973569672015-09-26T23:42:00.000-07:002015-09-26T23:42:28.382-07:00Yes......<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/132790897?color=ffffff&title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href="https://vimeo.com/132790897">F*ck That: A Guided Meditation</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/jheadley">Jason Headley</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Love Is My Religionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238149419701859532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084568965174693068.post-75483151946367900712015-09-09T18:51:00.001-07:002015-09-09T18:51:49.206-07:00Truth<div id="fb-root"></div><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script><div class="fb-video" data-allowfullscreen="1" data-href="/KyleCeasePage/videos/vb.8116888061/10153055923883062/?type=1"><div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><blockquote cite="https://www.facebook.com/KyleCeasePage/videos/10153055923883062/"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/KyleCeasePage/videos/10153055923883062/">Why People's Opinions of You Aren't Real</a><p>Why People's Opinions of You Aren't Real</p>Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KyleCeasePage">Kyle Cease</a> on Friday, September 4, 2015</blockquote></div></div>Love Is My Religionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238149419701859532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084568965174693068.post-48251923282006938662015-07-18T19:16:00.002-07:002015-07-30T15:55:44.110-07:00More #Lovewins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Maya Angelou was an American author, poet, dancer, actress, and singer.
She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, and several
books of poetry, and was credited with a list of plays, movies, and
television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards
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I Went to Church with Bruce Jenner and Here’s what Caitlyn Taught Me About Jesus.<br />
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relocated to Los Angeles for my first service I learned the Kardashian
family were major supporters of the church from its infancy. At the time
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was. They had previously attended another church and met a very
charismatic and prolific pastor there. He ended up leaving that church
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At Every Instant </h3>
At every instant and from every side, resounds the call of Love:<br />
We are going to sky, who wants to come with us?<br />
We have gone to heaven, we have been the friends of the angels,<br />
And now we will go back there, for there is our country.<br />
We are higher than heaven, more noble than the angels:<br />
Why not go beyond them? Our goal is the Supreme Majesty.<br />
What has the fine pearl to do with the world of dust?<br />
Why have you come down here? Take your baggage back. What is this place?<br />
Luck is with us, to us is the sacrifice!...<br />
Like the birds of the sea, men come from the ocean--the ocean of the soul.<br />
Like the birds of the sea, men come from the ocean--the ocean of the soul.<br />
How could this bird, born from that sea, make his dwelling here?<br />
No, we are the pearls from the bosom of the sea, it is there that we dwell:<br />
Otherwise how could the wave succeed to the wave that comes from the soul?<br />
The wave named 'Am I not your Lord' has come, it has broken the vessel of the body;<br />
And when the vessel is broken, the vision comes back, and the union with Him. </div>
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Eva de Vitray-Meyerovitch, 'Rumi and Sufism' trans. Simone Fattal<br />
Sausalito, CA: Post-Apollo Press, 1977, 1987<br />
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