Dear Folks -

   I began this week's talk in Ordinary Life with a quote I got from Emerson - "There is a crack in everything God has made." How we relate to this "crack" in us, others and the various worlds in which we live is crucial to our emotional and spiritual health. We must do so from a non-dualistic stance and with the conviction that life (the universe) is essentially for us. All of this is elaborated on and the talk ends with one of my favorite stories from Rachel Naomi Remen - because concepts don't lead us to transformation - about a young man who lost his leg to cancer and who, after a good while, became a source of light and hope for others.

Much love,

Bill Kerley

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Dear Folks -

I begin this week's talk in Ordinary Life by trying to clarify any misunderstandings that might arise about my "retirement." You'll have to read the text to learn more.

Then I talk about how one meaning of "there is no life in negativity" is that there is no life in dishonesty- whether we speak and spread it or hear it. Some dishonesty is intentional and some the result of ignorance - that is, to ignore things. The issue I focus on in this talk is how we miss the meaning of the teaching of Jesus because of the "shield of sanctity" that has been put around the Bible. Some examples of how this shield functions and how it got put in place are given. We see things not so much the way they are but the way we are.

Much love,

Bill Kerley

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Dear Folks -

Several of you have asked me questions or made comments about
something I said recently about the need for our spiritual work to be
made up of both psychology and religion. These two areas need each
other. Either one of them taken by itself doesn't lead to wisdom.
I'll undertake to expand on each of these and their relationship when
we gather this week. I'll also point out some of the limitations of
focusing on just one of these by itself. I'm calling what I want to
say simply -

Psychology and Religion

Much love,

Bill Kerley

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Dear Folks -

This past week the talk I gave began a series on the second
principle of Ordinary Life - There is no life in negativity.
Paradoxically, it is in our very efforts to avoid the negative that
we miss authentic life and living. It is not that there is no
negativity in life. Quite the contrary. I give two examples of how
untruths are spread in the effort to avoid the negative and then
state some of the principles - desire, humility, honesty, work - that
are required to participate in "abundant life and living."

Much love,

Bill Kerley

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