ORDINARY LIFE - Thoughts and Ideas to Help You Live a Happier Life
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Summary of Ordinary Life for February 19, 2023
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Dear Ones -
I have been doing a “mini-series” in Ordinary Life on awareness. Awareness is the first and most essential step on the path full humanness or “authentic existence.” One of the goals I have for developing awareness is that it contribute to our willingness to be present to Presence. One of the main things this kind of awareness means for religious and spiritual work is giving up “believing in” and moving to “living from.” This is so difficult to do and for so many reasons. For one thing, it means giving up control. And, for another, nothing in our culture supports this kind of approach to life and living. Indeed, our culture is organized to work against this. The kind of awareness I have in mind requires stillness, silence and solitude. We are hindered in these things by “cravings and aversions.” The reason this kind of awareness is important is because this is the only way to save the earth and all that is on it. I called the talk -
You Must Be Present to Win
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Be well and much love,
Bill Kerley
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