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Method to Madness
Today’s dark topic is divine madness. They say that it is wise to observe moderation in all things. The ancient Romans believed that even strong emotion could bring on mental illness. Yet we, especially in this day and age, also hear the phrase, “There’s method to my madness.” So we mostly live in a more…
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Our Inner Temple
The water that runs through our inner temple is the elemental will to live. We all, if only in our deepest darkest parts, have the idea that “I don’t want to die.” This spirit wells up through our inner temple and either flows out to its proper founts to be received and used as necessary,…
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Inner Spiritual Order
Adoration is the understanding of one’s own inner spiritual order. You start from your center, and then you arrange your channels of expression around that. Your center should be in a sense sacrosanct. Your most sacred aspect of life. But the spirit being what it is, it needs to flow out into other facets of…
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Finding yourself in College by Patricia Garza
If there’s one cliché that I hate most out of all clichés I hear about college students, it’s “finding yourself.” It’s typically used in conjunction with backpacking trips to different places, most commonly Europe or Tibet or Nepal. What I dislike most about the “finding yourself” trope is not that the idea itself is disingenuous,…
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Attitude is Your Prayer
You are your own temple. There is a form of worship or adoration called latria. It is the practice of making something the center of your focus. The Catholics often make the Eucharist the center of their focus, the bread and wine. What happens when the center of your inner temple is occupied by problems?…
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Engage the Higher Powers
Adoration in its original sense was the veneration or even worship of a higher power. We still acknowledge higher powers today. Principles, if not entities, that are seen as absolute in their nature and influence. But for all these things that make us feel so small, is there much of a sense to them, a…
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What is Adoration?
The subject is adoration. It might seem a simple idea, also might seem a bit silly. Just something people say when they are being extra effusive, maybe? What is adoration to you friends? Loving completely. Adoration is loving something or someone unconditionally. There is a subtle difference between adore and admire. I guess adore does…
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Interplay of All Energies
Is it mostly the case that each person falls more either to yin or to yang, or is there presence of both within every person? Both are present in every person, but you do balance one way or another. Is it helpful for a yin to cultivate their yang chi and vice versa? It is. It’s…
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This also seems descriptive for a type 3 indigo. I do have many of these traits that alternate but know…