faith
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Silence is upon them.
I watched this episode about sexual abuse among the amish. “Keep Quiet and Forgive” on PBS. https://player.pbs.org/viralplayer/3105356631/ And there is a book “Behind the Blue Curtain” – by Lizzy Hershberger – which I plan on reading soon. “How Great Thou… Continue reading
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Signs of Change.
In the past 21 years I have been waiting for the sexual abuse to start coming to light. For the flood gates to open and for victims to start standing up and speaking out. For victims to rally one another… Continue reading
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How we were treated.
I listened to the book, "The Voice of Knowledge" by Janet Mills and Don Miguel Ruiz, and found this part to hit close to home. "When we discover that we are not what we believe we are, the foundation of… Continue reading
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Disguised as a religious church.
What came to me is that religion wants to be separated from the people in the church, each and every time a scandal darkens it by one of the congregants. It is then there is a separation between religion and… Continue reading
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The territory of God, Reality.
From David Hawkins’s book “Truth vs Falsehood” “The limitations of religion have been analyzed by historians from secular viewpoint and by theologians in their criticisms as well as by great philosophers over the centuries. The intrinsic problems arise from the… Continue reading
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My body knows
David Hawkins writes in his book, “Power vs Force” the experiment he preformed on the body’s reaction to artificial sweeteners. First of all here is the test. “It takes two people to perform a kinesiological test. Choose a friend or… Continue reading
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Building me on Reality
What has stayed with me from reading “The Four Agreements” the companion book, by Don Miguel Ruiz, is that our faith in something means more than the ‘something’. Simply holding tightly to faith at all costs. I had… Continue reading
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What is true for me.
BE IMPECCABLE WITH YOUR WORD Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love. … Continue reading
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Keeping Our Family Sweet
I am drawn to stories of adult children who have escaped cult like religions and who speak out about the abuse they endured, and the juxtaposition between religion and abuse. The severity of the abuse almost seems equal to… Continue reading
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The only enemy was my belief
When I had written the ‘community approval’ concept down yesterday, it followed me one step behind, lingering and pestering me, as to why? Why do I seek to find affirmations about my life in others, or why does someone… Continue reading