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Wordless Word

By EM Posted on April 10, 2020 Posted in God and the Tao Tagged with direct experience, God, loneliness, Tao
Wordless Word

I find I would rather apprehend the knowable unknowable than attempt to put Logos into words.

Some things are better lived than said.

“Some things are more important than words,” Marigold said to Guy. “Some things only shrink into little shells when you try to describe them.”

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Describe the Indescribable: Go

By EM Posted on July 25, 2013 Posted in God and the Tao, Parent Tagged with fear, God, love, magic
Describe the Indescribable: Go

The other night, King Sturdy wasn’t tired at bedtime because he’d had a late nap, and also because he was scared of the lion and the tiger in his room. I am not about to say, “There’s no lion.” That’s …

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It’s Personal

By EM Posted on January 28, 2012 Posted in God and the Tao Tagged with God, love, metaphysics, ontology, personhood
It’s Personal

On page 12 of Going Home, Thich Nhat Hanh said this: When we ask, ‘Is God a person or is God not a person,’ we get lost. In fact, God is not a person, and God is not a non-person. There …

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Not a Fib

By EM Posted on January 23, 2011 Posted in God and the Tao Tagged with ancient Israel, epistemology, God, mythology, sacred, science, stories, transformation
Not a Fib

This is an ongoing series of meditations on faith, in response to readings from the articles that preface The Oxford Study Bible. I will trust the reader to dig up the context if the meaning is unclear. “The divine name …

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The Person They Are

By EM Posted on October 22, 2009 Posted in God and the Tao Tagged with faith, God, personhood, Tao, transformation
The Person They Are

I can see why they call it the Tao. I can see why the Bible says God makes it rain on the righteous and wicked alike: everywhere, there’s this law, this boarding pass to another way of being, and if …

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Mixed Lineage

By EM Posted on October 5, 2009 Posted in God and the Tao Tagged with appropriation, belonging, Christianity, colonialism, community, direct experience, God, Islam, Judaism, love, non-native, scripture, stories
Mixed Lineage

This is an ongoing series of meditations on faith, in response to readings from the articles that preface The Oxford Study Bible. I will trust the reader to dig up the context if the meaning is unclear. I was stopped …

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