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Wayfarers Chapel by John Bordon Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772): viewed God as infinitely loving and at the very center of our being, viewed human life as a continuous re-birthing as we participate [...]
She closed her eyes. She paused. She took a deep breath, paused, meditated, waited to see where it would take her, where she would go, what she would feel. She felt a great [...]
I wrote this piece about thirty years ago when I was as an undergraduate. I used it as a writing sample when applying for jobs. *** Language frustrates me. Because of it, I think [...]
For those who do not believe in the value of religious mythology, I do. Whether or not the stories actually happened, whether or not they are literally true, they offer messages which are [...]
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-suvkwNYSQo] This is my response to Blahpolar Diaries' post Watch “Stephen Fry on God | The Meaning Of Life | RTÉ One” on YouTube. I love Stephen Fry, and I love his [...]
For #ThrowbackThursday, I am posting something I wrote about thirty years ago when I was as an undergraduate. I would submit it as a writing sample when I applied for jobs. Language frustrates me. [...]
Binary numbers*, Lorenz attractor plot**, "Universal Man" by 13th century mystic Hildegard of Bingen*** Binary Numbers [A] binary number is a number expressed in the binary numeral system, or base-2 numeral system, [...]
My grandfather died when I was twenty-one. Upon returning home from his memorial mass where I gave his eulogy, I experienced an altered state of consciousness when crossing the Bay Bridge. My skin [...]