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Walking on Water: Unlearning our limitations

Posted on Dec 16th, 2008 by C.G. : Sacred Vow C.G.

  photo by alicepopkorn Someone may be "walking on water" not because they have learned a great secret, but rather that they have not 'learned' that they cannot do such a thing. Sometimes the correction... More »

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How do you decide that something is true?

Posted on Apr 3rd, 2008 by C.G. : Sacred Vow C.G.

First of all, I accept "truth" as contextual (per individual, situation, etc), so I do not expect it to feel like something written in stone. Then, I psychically reach out (as if scanning a dark... More »

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Don't Take Words Literally

Posted on Dec 19th, 2007 by C.G. : Sacred Vow C.G.

Words are acoustic symbols of our experience of the ineffable, never to be taken as literal truth. Their meaning is no more explicit than music performing the same function, yet with words we frequently mistake the symbol... More »

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Experiencing Truth

Posted on Nov 21st, 2007 by C.G. : Sacred Vow C.G.

Ultimately, awakening awareness is experiential. Alone, offered 'truth' is but more words in a world too cluttered with pretentious words. Experiencing 'truth' will affect a permanent change in you.

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When truth is manifest

Posted on Oct 30th, 2007 by C.G. : Sacred Vow C.G.

I have the words because I need them as a guide, a reminder. When I have fully manifest their essence, I will be silent. Then there will be no need of reminder. I will be... More »

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What's your favorite inspirational quote?

Posted on Oct 27th, 2007 by C.G. : Sacred Vow C.G.

Favorite? Just One?! Must I?!!!  OK, I'll try....    Let's go with something I have heard attributed to Anais Nin and to Kant.      "We see things not as they are, but as we are."      ... More »

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Enlightenment is not all-encompassing

Posted on Oct 24th, 2007 by C.G. : Sacred Vow C.G.

Enlightenment is not all-encompassing, but generally recognizably "out of the ordinary" in certain fields-but not everything . The idea of a rarefied individual is as detrimentally exclusive as much as the notion of a priest... More »

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Better seeing

Posted on Oct 21st, 2007 by C.G. : Sacred Vow C.G.

There is no need to run outside, for better seeing Nor to peer from a window. Rather abide at the center of your being; For the more you leave it, the less you learn.  Lao-Tzu,... More »

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Justification of Our Actions

Posted on Oct 20th, 2007 by C.G. : Sacred Vow C.G.

One's belief system is a symbolic focal point for our actions. It does not dictate  or define our actions,but we use it to explain our them---and justify them if we are in doubt (or know/suspect... More »

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Truth is not Inherent in words

Posted on Oct 19th, 2007 by C.G. : Sacred Vow C.G.

Truth (or answers) is not inherent in words, but in the mind of the reader/listener. Words of another are but an avenue to allow your truth to come through.    Consider this when sharing your... More »

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