Tag: divine
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Perseverating on God
Perseverate:(verb, intransitive, chiefly psychology) To persist in doing something; to continue to repeat an action after the original stimulus has ended. I am on the autism spectrum. One of the things about most of us is that we perseverate on things. Some autistics perseverate on Legos, or trains, or scripts from movies and songs. I…
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Weird Women
I want to be surrounded by women. But not supermodels and Hollywood actresses or the women who aspire to be those things. I want to be surrounded by weird women. Stephanie is a druid. That is always a good start. And she approves of my goal which is even better. With two disabled adult sons…
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Earthly and Divine Principles
A few weeks ago I shared this picture of four snakes. A I have pondered my own art I have come to the conclusion that it need to mean something more than just thumbing my nose at St. Patrick. The snake is an earthy symbol. They are very grounded spiritually in this reality. Each of…
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What The Cat Knows
If you could make your pet understand one thing, what would it be? Our cat and I get along pretty well. She is very affectionate but can be aggressive and needy at inappropriate times. I don’t want her swatting and nipping when I am carrying hot coffee. But if I could make my pet understand…
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Long Mortality vs. Long Immortality
What are your thoughts on the concept of living a very long life? In this body things slowly fall apart. As the years pass the little advantages of youth slip away. Man is mortal and our lives are meant to end. At least in this world. The promise of an immortal perfected body appeals to…
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Believing in Myself
I’m thinking today about a conversation I had in my twenties. A close friend asked if I believed in myself. I told her that I believed in God. Not satisfied with my answer she repeated the question. She did not think believing in God and believing in myself was mutually exclusive. I think I believe…
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Unity
The talks in sacrament were about unity. Unity of purpose, unity in the family, unity in the ward, and unity with heaven. The last one seems like it could take a lifetime of work and contemplation to achieve. How can I with all my doubts and weaknesses still be unified with heaven? How can I…
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Positive Syncretism
When I was growing up I played a lot of Dungeons & Dragons. I would entertain myself with mini adventures almost every day. There was one source book that fascinated me called Deities and Demigods. It had a list of various gods from many of the world’s more famous pantheons. Each god had a description…
Latter Day Sinner 