The Unbroken Path – the First Leg Redux
The Unbroken Path – The First Leg Redux – According to the biblical tradition of Creation, on the first day, God created light and said that it was good. Regardless of your personal beliefs about the existence of God and this particular tradition from this point, it is apparent that without the best known source of light in our universe, which all of the planets rotate around as if emanating from it, the Ordinary World that we know would not be made manifest. In this Ordinary World that we occupy, we go about the routine tasks of manipulating the lives we experience to find pleasure and enjoyment, and also suffering through a variety of not so pleasant or enjoyable experiences in the process. Often, we find ourselves clamoring just to meet our Safety, Health, and Security Needs, a peculiarity in a world filled with so much abundance. When we connect with our Root Chakra, grounding ourselves into this ordinary world, we can clearly see that things are often running a bit lopsided as so many of us are in fight or flight mode. Due to this realization, it becomes apparent for us to Admit that We Have a Problem, that the habits we’ve created for ourselves are making our lives unmanageable, and make our Ordinary World less than the synchroncitious conduit of life that it was designed to be. In this we are Fools, believing ourselves to be separate from the rest of these emanations of light, and so All of our Life is Suffering. Because though we were created in the midst of paradise and the perfection of creative …
worship notes
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Sunday School class at 12:20 pm Young Men and Young Women Program on Tuesdays at 7:30 pm Twelve-Step Addiction Program on Thursdays at 7:30 pm 2590 Trower Ave., Napa. Info, 758-8085. Pastor Bob will return to Paul's letters and the difficulty the early …
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Sacrificing Sex for Porn
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And yet skeptics keep insisting that addiction to porn is impossible, while more and more studies show that out of all online activities, porn is the most addictive. Get a grip! Consider this: Pornography usage is all about being alone and isolated, …
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