Bitterness is so ugly.
We need to develop the intuitive capacities of the brain that some geniuses have manifested over humanity's lengthy history.
One of the great purposes of religion itself is being hindered by an exclusive-ism that doesn't take into account the common elements and values that we actually share.
While doing centering prayer, the practice is to let go of any thought or perception. The priority is to be as silent as possible and when that is not possible to let the noise of the thoughts be the sacred symbol for a while, without analyzing them.
All religions proclaim the advantages of peace, loving one another, and "doing to others what we would like them to do to us. "
In centering prayer, the sacred word is not the object of the attention but rather the expression of the intention of the will.
If you accept the belief that baptism incorporates us in the mystical body of Christ, into the divine DNA, then you might say that the Holy Spirit is present in each of us, and thus we have the capacity for the fullness of redemption, of transformation.
How terrible would it have been if I had come out with some watered-down version of who I am? People fell in love with the real me, and I still feel blessed that that was how the journey began.
How important is it really that you feel satisfied right now for 2 minutes, compared to getting yourself free from addiction forever?
Let me tell you, you either have chemistry or you don't, and you better have it, or it's like kissing some relative. But chemistry, listen to me, you got to be careful. Chemistry is like those perfume ads, the ones that look so interesting and mysterious but you dont even know at first what they're even selling. Or those menues without the prices. Mystery and intrigue are gonna cost you. Great looking might mean something ve-ry expensive, and I don't mean money. What I'm saying is, chemistry is a place to start, not an end point.
What is the cheapest to you now is likely to be the dearest to you in the end.