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Is there any proof that scientists love to eat the flesh off their arms?
Plenty! Actually, anybody who touts their self-importance loves to munch on their own flesh! And many scientists certainly consider themselves as living in the rare air of exalted human intelligence. This unfortunate condition of negative psycho-spiritual consumption is rampant in … Continue reading
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Tagged belief-systems, Bible translation, eating, Emanuel Swedenborg, enlightenment, symbolism
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Putting dispositional essentialism into an organic format
Dispositional essentialism offers a dynamical view of causal process in which real substances have been ascribed the dispositional properties or propensities to lawfully (though order and orientation) generate new substances in a predictive series of events. Here, substance and disposition … Continue reading
In the Spiritual World, every word you speak gives others a true portrait of yourself
All speech (no matter what the language) has its origins in the ideas and emotions of our intellect and heart. In the spiritual world—which is closer to the origins of our being and mind—individuals communicate their ideas and affections directly … Continue reading
Posted in god, Inner growth, Life after death, love, Reality, religion, spirituality, unity
Tagged Emanuel Swedenborg, feelings, human evolution, ideas, inner quality, introspection, the spirit
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Just when I thought I was getting more spiritual, the Lord God gave me a deeper look at my flaws!
It happens to me all the time. I have reason to feel good about my life, but it is just that kind of thinking that always gets me into spiritual trouble. Just when I succeed at some spiritual challenge, the … Continue reading
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Tagged addictions, ego, Emanuel Swedenborg, fantasy, imitation, innocence, personal flaws, purification, salvation, self-inventory
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How do you hug someone’s soul?
Everyone likes to be hugged. All kinds of human physical contact and touching, like hugging, symbolizes a non-verbal form of communication. Hugging represents the soul of one person trying to confirm a deep connection and sharing with another soul. However, … Continue reading
Posted in Inner growth, love, Reality, religion, spirituality, symbolism, unity
Tagged communicating, deeper levels, Emanuel Swedenborg, hugs, intimacy, salvation, souls, touching
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Borrowed interest
The term “borrowed interest” is something I learned when I was working for an advertising agency. It is a tactic used when there is little to tout about a product or service’s actual distinctive benefits that you are trying to … Continue reading
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Tagged Alcoholics Anonymous, borrowed interest, compassion, good works, hitting bottom, innocence, introspection, order, purification, salvation
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Don discovers many surprises in heaven
Don slowly opened his eyes into a new realm. “Where am I?” he said. “You died. You are now in the spiritual world,” came a friendly voice. “Who are you?” asked Don, trying to get his bearings. “I am the … Continue reading
Posted in god, Inner growth, Life after death, love, Reality, religion, spirituality, unity
Tagged angels, heaven, innocence, Love and Wisdom, non-physical reality, Spiritual Sun, spiritual world
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Non-physical evolution
The neo-Darwinian synthesis for evolution is considered one of the most evidence-rich theories in contemporary science. While this paradigm correctly points out that life evolves to exploit different niches in nature, it leaves out the possibility that intelligent human life … Continue reading
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Tagged angels, creativity, Darwin, Emanuel Swedenborg, evolution, human intellect, judgment, reasoning, spiritual reasoning
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Betty gets “flashed” by an angel of God
A good-hearted woman named Betty was reading God’s Holy Word with new enthusiasm. She wondered if the messages in the Bible narratives could be penetrated and understood more deeply than the limited meanings offered by her mundane, earth-bound language. Suddenly … Continue reading
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Tagged angelic sex, angels, heaven, intimacy, potency, Seed, spiritual intimacy
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Do angels pee?
Of course they do!!! After all, angels are fully living forms—not hollow or empty forms, devoid of inner complexity. They have all the vital organs we humans on earth have, except that their organs are constructed from spiritual substances rather … Continue reading
