Monthly Archives: July 2020

Elitism: Inner Group Work

Posted on July 15, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Does This Figure Look Familiar? In response to a prompt from Beyond Belief I went looking for an image to represent what happens when people work in groups, especially in spiritual ones. This is what I found. It looks like … Continue reading →

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What Exactly is This Dream Image Trying to Tell Me?

Posted on July 15, 2020 by cdsmiller17

This is not a recent picture, so don’t take it literally. But during the last part of my dreams this morning, I got a similar image. On Friday morning @ 12.01 am, most of Ontario will go into Phase III … Continue reading →

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Now, That’s What I Call a Completely Different Take on the Pieta

Posted on July 14, 2020 by cdsmiller17

If I were a betting man, I would say that this translation by Jessie Lemont of Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem “Pieta” was inspired by The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. Normally, all references to Michelangelo’s statue would be that … Continue reading →

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How Well Do You Know Yourself?

Posted on July 13, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas It’s been awhile since I read this book, published in 2003. Elaine Pagels is a biblical scholar who focuses on the New Testament Greek writings. Her interest has always been on the Gnostic … Continue reading →

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Close Encounter of a Smelly Kind!

Posted on July 11, 2020 by cdsmiller17

BeBe came face-to-face with an intruder in our garden at 11:30 last night. I don’t think she’d ever seen a skunk before in her twelve years of urban life. She barked at the little guy, and fortunately when she lunged … Continue reading →

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And Yet Another Odd Couple

Posted on July 11, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Grace and Frankie This series has been running for quite a while now. We’re coming to it late, but by binge-watching over the past week, we are almost through the first season. Really, could there be a stranger mix of … Continue reading →

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I’m Not a Jewish Mystic, but I Could So Easily Be One

Posted on July 10, 2020 by cdsmiller17

The Holy Zohar: The Book of Abraham On Wednesday of this week, at about 10:15 am, I was looking through my basement library for a couple of books, that I needed to scan the covers of, for new images of … Continue reading →

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Astrology: What a Fraud Chart Looks Like

Posted on July 9, 2020 by cdsmiller17

This is the precise moment when a fraudster repeated his (or her) actions in order to benefit from CERB using My Account with the Canada Revenue Agency. On its own, there is nothing very dramatic about the crime. But when … Continue reading →

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We Need to CERB the Fraud

Posted on July 9, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Canada Emergency Response Benefit It seemed like a good idea at the time… With everyone being asked to stay at home and shelter in place, being given $2,000 a month to keep the money flowing was a ‘God-send’. As a … Continue reading →

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The Inner Guide Meditation

Posted on July 8, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Read and Follow These Instructions Carefully (All quotes are from the Second Impression in 1983 of The Aquarian Press publication dated 1982). There is one thing about human beings that is consistent throughout the world: we do not follow instructions … Continue reading →

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