tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post1956359604996912436..comments2023-08-21T03:51:17.425-06:00Comments on Enlightened Catholicism: colkochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-72560532071653869252008-09-04T12:34:00.000-06:002008-09-04T12:34:00.000-06:00You are right on track. To extend your thought, w...You are right on track. To extend your thought, when we try to control outcomes we can sometimes inadvertently connect ourselves with the very energy we don't need or really want. This dynamic is most easily seen in domestic abuse situations when the victim desperately trys to control a given situation and winds up connecting in the energy of the abuser which triggers more abuse.<BR/><BR/>The opposite situation can be seen when a truly spiritual person walks into a room without any particular personal agenda, more or less just to be there, and people automatically gravitate to them. This can sometimes result in life changing experiences and people can't articulate it very well. They just know something happened that changed them. It's not a product of something this spiritual person might have said, it's very often just a product of the energy which surrounds them.colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-29945134781604197852008-09-04T12:06:00.000-06:002008-09-04T12:06:00.000-06:00So, in a real sense, we have to be like that woman...So, in a real sense, we have to be like that woman who reached out to Jesus to touch even the hem of His garment to be "healed" by Him. Consequently, we can learn from Jesus to rely on that Source for all our needs. That takes real Faith. Not easy, as we are so materially oriented, steeped in classic worldly theories or paradigms that only get us so far and sometimes keep us backwards or not moving forward and living positively by Faith.<BR/><BR/>Just about every time Jesus healed someone he said "Your faith has saved you." Faith then, the way that Jesus describes Faith, is not a reliance on the usual paradigms in the material world, or even religious or institutional world, but is personal and beyond material (Newtonian?) or classic knowing.<BR/><BR/>"Let not your left hand know what your right hand is doing" is another quote that comes to mind here.<BR/>Am I still on the right track?<BR/><BR/>I guess I could add that in our trying to control outcomes from a limited and egotistical perspective, we lose control of the outcomes and move into an anarchy of principles that create wants rather than fulfillment from faith. Make sense?butterflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09684946870144030594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-36678209086471062322008-09-04T10:39:00.000-06:002008-09-04T10:39:00.000-06:00You're on track butterfly. I guess if I had to ph...You're on track butterfly. I guess if I had to phrase this thought differently, I would say the hardest thing is to get away from thinking one knows best. Our ego perspectives is way too limiting. Once you understand that, you open up to all kinds of interesting thinking, and some of that thinking is coming from the true source of your existence. This source has a much larger view of reality and a much better grasp of appropriate solutions.<BR/><BR/>Jesus was so open to this Source that He acted without His own concsiousness having knowledge of His actions. He became His own Source. That's the trick, and it's hard to understand much less accomplish.colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-11353610979301270882008-09-03T22:17:00.000-06:002008-09-03T22:17:00.000-06:00Colleen, there is so much here to think about. I k...Colleen, there is so much here to think about. I keep coming back to read and re-read.<BR/><BR/>About Jesus you said: "Rather than drumming up the money to feed 5000, He just fed them by manifesting enough quantity of that which was already present. He trusted in the wisdom of His transcendent self and accepted the gifts with gratitude and humility."<BR/><BR/>That says quite a bit right there. Rely on what we have, not what we don't have and be grateful for what we have. That reminds me of the parable about the gifts or talents and how the one buried the one talent they had in fear, while the others talents or gifts were multiplied. Is that what you mean? It also reminds me of other quotes in the bible in which I'll paraphrase that said to the affect that if you believe you have nothing, even that which you have will be taken away. Am I on the right track?butterflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09684946870144030594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-26117784303071620552008-09-03T13:12:00.000-06:002008-09-03T13:12:00.000-06:00At the time my father was on his death bed I felt ...At the time my father was on his death bed I felt a presence that was very powerful and calming and peaceful. Truly, I was touched by what I considered an angelic presence. What was so fascinating is that I did not at that time have a concept of God other than that of my upbringing in the Catholic Church which was during the 50's and 60's a drilled in sense of an all powerful being who would punish and was not loving in the least. <BR/><BR/>The touch of that angel's presence, that I so clearly felt during my father's death and in the days and weeks that followed was the consolation and love I so desperately needed to feel, which was absent in every sense of the word from the rest of my family members. It is an experience that I will never forget.<BR/><BR/>I also began composing a piece on the piano for my father in those days and everyone thought that it was by Mozart and it really did sound like it was coming from the same source. The music also was purifying for me and full of consolation and hope. I definitely entered a new dimension of spirituality during that time and I can directly attribute it to an angelic presence. Whether it was Michael, I can't say for sure.butterflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09684946870144030594noreply@blogger.com