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A Path I Seek
Posted June 4, 2011 by John Chuchman in Beyond Religion, Traditional Paths in Conversation
A Path

I seek a different path
along life’s journey,
an affirmative and friendly path
without condemnation.

I seek a path
that recognizes human limitations and weaknesses
and accepts me as I am.

This path
is of the Kingdom of God
in the Here and Now,
not in some distance place or time.

The Path I seek
is not one of power and control,
having no need of those.

Move
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Tags: Path, Quest, Growth, Kingdom of God, God, Love, Self-Abandonment, Passion, Enlightenment, Self-Discovery, John Chuchman
John Chuchman
Grief
Posted June 1, 2011 by John Chuchman in Life Challenges and Loss
GRIEF

Our culture, a culture that denies the mystical, including mystical love,
represses Grief,
which can be an opening to that Mystical Love.
We carry around a lifetime of griefs
and one of the hardest things to do in our culture
is admit the depth of our pain.

From all sides, we are told lies,
lies about our identity,
lies about the solutions to our p
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Tags: Grief, Culture, Love, Identity, Media, Pain, Lies, Journey, Divine, Life, Desperation, Spiritual, Path, Transformation, John Chuchman