How the Universe looks from here

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Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Nostalgia

So many pathways drear and close, or bright and magical through woods and hills and neighborhoods, I now will never walk... Trails to wonders, mysteries, unmet friends and scenes, destinations and discoveries that once may have been... Pictures still and moving are now my way to wander, to remember the feel of forest airs across my face. Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 17, 2022

Questioning 'Personhood'

This is a conversation from Facebook a couple of years ago in response to my question: How do you define ' personhood'? What are the qualities that make someone a person? Don Logan: There is a Radio Lab episode where a man suffered a brain trauma and lost all his emotions. As a side effect he was un able to make even the smallest of decisions. He was effectively a sound bodied invalid at that point. There are countless Sci-fi stories where the machines 'decide' to revolt. From the above I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 15, 2022

In Praise of Patience

I was cold in the morning, shivering, but I knew the day would warm with the rising sun. Hearts broken by humankind unkind, humanity inhumane, we bear the meaness of our worlds plodding on, plodding on... between the shadows cast by obstacles half-seen, mistaken, misinformed, misunderstood-- we go on seeking truth with our broken hearts. Beset by grief, taught guilt and shame and fear by all its names, even so we plod yet sometimes also dance. We weep and mute ourselves yet sometimes also sing... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 14, 2022

How history looks from other eyes

It is said that the winners write the histories. I disagree. In fact, everyone writes the history, but only the winners' version gets into the official books, the school books. This is evidence of that. It is a long read, but I found it fascinating! Black Elk's full account of the Battle at the Little Bighorn, June 25-26, 1876: Crazy Horse whipped Three Stars on the Rosebud that day, and I think he could have rubbed the soldiers out there. He could have called many more warriors from the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 3, 2022

the futility of debating Universal Truth

Some Baptists came to my door the other day, and we engaged in a short conversation/debate which has led to some further thoughts: We invest so much energy in arguing and persuading and trying to prove who is right and who is wrong about something we can never actually know in our lifetimes. We can believe all sorts of things, we can explain and analyze and logic and intuit... but no matter how much we believe in any of it, we can't actually know. There is only one thing that matters: to love... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 2, 2022

Watch what you say

Words matter. The subconscious hears every word, every meaning, and is behind every word choice. So, when we speak, it is useful to listen to our own words and consider why we chose those particular words, and what messages lie quietly among them. Our chosen word reveals us to others, and trains our own inner understandings and beliefs about ourselves. Because we shape our self-esteem and our sense of personal power with the words we use about ourselves, it is useful to make more mindful... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 27, 2022

Decisions, decisions, decisions...!

Decision-making has always been one of my worst things. Choosing to read this article today was one of the better ones: https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/magazine/do-you-suffer-from-decision-fatigue.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20220627&instance_id=65116&nl=the-morning&regi_id=59481346&segment_id=96890&te=1&user_id=8608bdb29cfaa859469ba5cd238706d8 I believe that the most important thing we, as souls, come here to the physical world/classroom to learn, is how to make decisions. It is the whole... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 21, 2022

The Well of Souls

This term appeared in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK as the secret resting place of the Ark of the Covenant. But it means something else to me. Imagine that before a spirit is strong enough, personal enough, to have outer edges, when it is without a body to inhabit, it exists as part of a whole comprised of all-soul, undefined as cat or bird or crab or... whatever form it lived in or will live in. This is what I call the well of souls. This goes along with the idea that souls evolve. They begin simply... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 13, 2022

Why Pets?

I have a dog for a while. It's Milo who will be going with me to pick up Charlie in a little while. Charlie's housemate brought him over just now, and he's very interested in whatever might be edible around here. Milo does not need more food. He is not a thin puppy, as he used to be. It's no favor to him to indulge his desire for snacks and leftovers. His treat today will be going for a nice long ride, and reclaiming his Favorite Person. Years ago, when I was training to be more aware of and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 13, 2022

We don't know as much as we like to think we do.

My dad once said, "I don't need faith, I've got knowledge!" I think it was a response to my asking him to have a little faith in me. It was, however, his scientist-mindset all around. Scientists seek knowledge, or as close as they can get to something they can claim as knowing. At the same time, true scientists know they never know enough to say more than, "It looks like this is true with the information we have and the tests we can make." Real science is always ready to accept its own... Sign in to see full entry.

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I've been asking the Universe to explain itself to me since I was about 11 years old. I asked specifically how to reconcile God with Science. Now and then, I seem to tune in on an answer. All that I write here represents not Truth, but what I believe to be true.I have my reasons, and I like to believe, my reason. ///Everything of my own words and/or pictures that I post on Blogit is copyright by CLRedding 1972-present, all rights reserved.///

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