Enclosure: They live in a cloistered environment, meaning they stay within the confines of their monastery and do not go out into the world. There is no evidence that Clare ever ventured beyond the boundaries of San Damiano. Yet, her influence was so great that Popes, Cardinals and Bishops ...
A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so, life is but an endless series of little details, actions, speeches, and thoughts. And the consequences whether good or bad of even the least of them are far-reaching.– Swami Sivanan...
Men and our flesh are likened unto trees and wood in Scripture. In the negative meaning (as the word is two edged – Heb 4:11), trees and wood symbolize our physical life and life of being carnally minded. That is what God’s fire is making combustion within our day of judgment. Je...
The mechanism of this underlying universal reality, W. Q. Judge wrote inThe Ocean of Theosophy(Ch. 16), is the handiwork of a sensitive psychic matrix, called “the astral light,” which can transmit “pictures of events to come” — but only if the creations “are sufficiently well marked...
What meaning is lonlyness? [translate] a我想要一件有波尔卡圆点的 I want one to have the Polka dot [translate] anoi volere comprare i fiori,ma alla fine comprare una bottiglia di vino 想要的我们买花,但对末端买一个酒瓶 [translate] aAlthough attending a training course will result in the ...
The meaning of any temptation is to cleanse the soul from the sins it has committed. For this reason, spiritual laws operate in the world. These are not just laws of fair retribution. These are the laws of healing Love. Love that heals the wounds of sin. They help us realize our sin...
It’s true that Grant Genereux, the Canadian construction engineer, while he was in his 50s, reversed his stage 4 kidney disease completely on a super low “vitamin” A diet (meaning he avoided foods high in “vitamin” A). I discussed Grant’s experience in a previous blog post here, ...
I must not claim the original meaning of each emblem and cere monial rite explained in detail, much to tbe as tonishment of many present. Both operative and speculative forms of Masonry were clearly illustrated, and shown to bo firmly founded on science mathematics and celestial maoha...
without her meaning for us to. I remember trying, from an early age, to be as good as I could be for my mom…and failing. She had tried to do the same as well, in her growing up years…but with harsher consequences than I had. “The child speaks what their parents could not. ...
Tholuck, however, doubts whether there was, in common usage, a distinction between the meaning of the two forms. The word πεπραμένος ισ significant. It denotes, not our having been originally slaves (vernae), but our having been sold into slavery (capri). Slavery to ...