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The irony of spiritual growth
The main driving principle of personal spiritual growth is to challenge one’s egoism and self-centeredness in order to adopt a larger, more inclusive form of love with one’s fellow neighbors. Spiritually speaking, we are to view ourselves from a more … Continue reading
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Tagged cooperation, egoism, God’s scheme, heavenly happiness, love, organizing principle, spiritual growth, transgression, universal law
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Endeavor precedes force
In physics, it is generally understood that force generates energy and energy (kinetic) causes something with mass (like matter) to move in a measurable way. Therefore, force is considered the cause of motion. Force itself is a potential power or … Continue reading
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Tagged Emanuel Swedenborg, endeavor, energy, first causes, force, form, Intelligent Design, patterning principle, universal law
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Peter discovers universal patterning principles
Once upon a time, a scientist named Peter was contemplating the unity and order of the manifest universe. He wondered if there could be a scientific view of the world beyond “physicalism” and serendipitous “creation.” He marveled that the murky … Continue reading
Everyone eats and gets eaten!
Everyone knows that our physical bodies will become “worm food” after we die. Little attention is given to whom or to what we will feed in that other world beyond this one. The same bio-laws apply in both natural and … Continue reading
Posted in religion, unity, Inner growth, psychology, Life after death, god, spirituality
Tagged heaven, Hell, eternal life, digestion, universal law, Holy Supper, mind food, spiritual appetite
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Constancy and Change
If one contemplates the world around oneself, it is fairly easy to conclude that reality seems to consist of two opposing concepts—constancy and change. For instance, the seasons of the planet Earth change, but there is constancy in their repetition. … Continue reading
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Tagged cyclic process, Emanuel Swedenborg, self-organization, theistic science, universal law, utility
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Sophie, a discriminating scientist, talks to two sages about the Bible
Once upon a time there lived an intellectually sophisticated woman named Sophie. She had chosen a career as a scientist. She was not motivated simply by proving that women were equally capable of learning math and the methods of rational … Continue reading
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Tagged angelic perception, Bible, biblical interpretation, biblical science, gravitational order, higher mind, universal law
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Learning the piano and spiritual transformation
In the 1970s, a book called Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance captured America’s attention. Basically, it showed how universal laws operated equally in a person’s approach to learning these apparently different human endeavors. Scientist/theologian, Emanuel Swedenborg, as well … Continue reading
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Tagged conscience, Divine order, Emanuel Swedenborg, mastering challenges, pain, salvation, spiritual transformation, universal law
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