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From Source, to Soul, to Ego and Back – Essay Three
All souls are precious, bite-sized pieces of God. But in order to incarnate, we have...
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From Source, to Soul, to Ego and Back – Essay Two
Sunbeams are emanations from the sun, yet they appear to be distinct from each other...
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From Source, to Soul, to Ego and Back – Essay One
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The Problem of Evil – A New Look
Evil is an emergent phenomenon, an energy that comes into being, and like all energies,...
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Prometheus in the Garden of Gethsemane
The destiny of the spiritual seeker is to ultimately find his/her way to Gethsemane. Believing...
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From gods, to God, to Source
Initially we invented gods, thinly disguised personifications of the vices and virtues of individual humans,...
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And God Saw That It Was Good
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