ORDINARY LIFE - Thoughts and Ideas to Help You Live a Happier Life
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Summary of Ordinary Life for January 7, 2024
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Dear Ones -
This week in Ordinary Life I introduced the theme I intend to pursue this year -
“Living in the Sacred Stream”
I mention, among many other sources, the book by Kathleen Singh, “Unbinding,” that led me to this emphasis. Living in the Sacred Stream involves at least three things-the cosmic stream of “what is,”
the stream within, mostly unconscious, that connects us to each other,
the stream that is the source of the teachings of our tradition. For us this involves dealing with the person and teachings of Jesus.
You can see the numerous sources I mentioned by either reading the text or viewing the presentation slides. I ended the time by showing an illusion of a box that contained a box that became a container for the box that was within it. (You have to see the video to understand that.) I called the time -
Moving Into the Stream
That’s a brief summary of this week’s time in Ordinary Life.
The audio version of the talk has some differences from the text I spoke from. You can find the text of the talk, the presentation slides and the audio version of the talk using the links below.
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Be well and much love,
Bill Kerley
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