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Beyond Religion

Brian Holley 7 April 2022 7 April 2022Uncategorized mysticism, quotations, religion, spirituality 0

In mystic states we both become one with the Absolute and we become aware of our oneness. This is the everlasting and triumphant mystical tradition, hardly altered by differences of clime or creed. In Hinduism, in Neoplatonism, in Sufism, in Christian mysticism, in Whitmanism, we find the same recurring note,…

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Action or Contemplation?

Brian Holley 30 April 2021 30 April 2021Uncategorized Meditation, religion, spirituality 1

What we take in by contemplation, that we pour out in love.’ (Meister Eckhart) Commentary by Eknath Easwaran: ‘The old dispute about the relative virtues of the active way to spiritual awareness versus the contemplative way is a spurious one. We require both. They are phases of a single rhythm…

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Contemplating the Miracle of Existence

Brian Holley 22 November 2020 22 November 2020Uncategorized existence, Miracle, religion, spirituality 0

This from an early morning contemplation on 22nd November 2020: The word ‘miracle’ comes from the Latin for ‘wonder’ and, interestingly, that arises from the same linguistic root as the word ‘to smile’. Its definition is summed up in Wikipedia as “. . . an event not explicable by natural…

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