Gen. 2 is a mythical, fireside chat account of human origins. All that God created was good and God made a garden to grow and flourish—Paradise. How then explain evil in the world? Enter the tree of knowledge of good and evil. When we try to become like God, the false self takes over. In reality, the false self is incapable of knowing God. When we eat the fruit of this tree, we are doomed to death. We have to let go of the striving false self, recognize our utter poverty before God, and enter into the darkness where we abandon who we think we are. There God will bring light and love into the abyss of our poverty and hopelessness. Paradise has been restored though the power of Jesus. Contemplation is entering into union with God. It is gift. Contemplation is showing up and trusting that God will show up. Continue reading →

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Be still and know that I am God.
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Be still and know that I am.
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Be still and know.
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Be still.
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BE!
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Breathe. Breathe deeply. I am your breath.
Be, just be. Rest I me. BE. You do not have to do or be anything. Just be.
Fall into the dark abyss of your own nothingness,
Your own poverty, and come out into the void of Divine Love.
Fall, let go, surrender and be in me.
Breathe. Breathe deeply. I am your breath.
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I am.
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I am who am.
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I am your God.
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I am your God who loves you.
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I am in you. Live in my love.
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I am your God, be in me.
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Be. Be still. Know. Love. Be in God.
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Be love.
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Breathe love.
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BE!