Philosophy/ Spirituality
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Yoga no more?
Everything (well…not quiet everything) I thought that I KNEW, might after all…be wrong. Or partially true. True to a point and perspective. Yoga woke me up and gave me power. But were those powers in my best interest? It’s all relative. Maybe, what worked yesterday will not work tomorrow. I am developing a new spiritual…
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Who is God to me?
My spiritual world was turned upside down the day I grew desperate enough to pray to a Christian God I’d stopped believing in 22 years ago… Only a few weeks before, I’d been a devout Yogi, with daily spiritual practice of Qi qong and taoist centred meditations. I thought I’d find God in these practices…
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The pain of purification
James 4:8- Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners: and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into sorrow.Be humbled in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.…
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Salvation through sanctification: Becoming Christs.
Could I have chosen a more triggering title… What does it mean to be “saved?” “Salvation is understood as the hope of eternal life in communion with God in heaven.” A statement which seems at first glance, pretty straight forward. Many Christians take it at face value and will agree that this statement, broken down…
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Hypatia: The first feminist martyr?
Hypatia was a pagan philosopher of surpassing intellect and beauty. She lived in 355 AD Alexandria, Egypt, then part of the Roman empire. She was a prominent and influential mathematician, astronomer and teacher. She lived in a very turbulent era of Alexandria’s history. Christianity was on the rise and the Parabalani, a sect of violent…
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Grains of Truth
Issue 1 A BACKSTORY When I first became Christian ( as my adult self, about 5months ago now) I had many preconceived notions about what exactly it meant to BE Christian. All of these statements and at the same time…none of them, have proven to be true. Because no one Christian is the same as…
Pseudo psychology
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The journey to a more conscious me
DEATH TO VANITY & THE SPARK OF SELF AWARENESS My apologies for the time between posts. I was away from home for 3 weeks to attend the wedding of my baby(not so baby anymore apparently) brother and his surpassingly lovely wife. Sigh.. .to be young and beautiful. ( I’m not bitter… Can you tell?) (…
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My autism diagnoses
I self diagnosed at the age of 30, after seeing, in the female lead of the netflix series “queens gambit”, behaviors and “peculiarities” that mirrored my own as a child. Forgotten behavior’s I’d long since learned to forsake. Not very accepting of autistic characteristics, was the society to which I was born… Sorry South Africa,…
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Hypatia: The first feminist martyr?
Hypatia was a pagan philosopher of surpassing intellect and beauty. She lived in 355 AD Alexandria, Egypt, then part of the Roman empire. She was a prominent and influential mathematician, astronomer and teacher. She lived in a very turbulent era of Alexandria’s history. Christianity was on the rise and the Parabalani, a sect of violent…
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The philosophy of weight loss
Food propoganda: They’ve made addicts of us all! The “distasteful” addiction (which most of us suffer from…) that no one wants to talk about It has been 2 weeks since I last published, my humble apologies. My intentions are pure but… my adhd brain is scattered and depression(cleverly disguised as procrastination) loves to keep me…
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This is your brain on BPD
A turn of phrase…BPD is not a drug. Although it does impair consciousness and skew perception. Being borderline places me, literally, on the edge of sanity. Luckily for me I have self awareness and God on my side. One day I’ll be free of this particular set of demons. And on that day I’ll write…