Tag Archives: Faith

Books and Mythos

July 8, 2006 Books “The trouble with books is you don’t know what’s in them until its too late.” This quote is from Jeanette Winterson who was on Bill Moyer’s PBS series Faith and Reason. The same could be said … Continue reading

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Notes From The Underground

April 22, 2010 Notes From The Underground   “Leave us to ourselves, without our books, and at once, we get in a muddle and lose our way—we don’t know whose side we are on or where to give our allegiance, … Continue reading

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Reincarnation, Refocus and Reshaping Reality

February 26, 2009 Reincarnation, Refocus and Reshaping Reality. These are the themes that I wish to explore. It all comes back to the return! First, Lost continues to redefine itself. This season has been fast paced and filled with an … Continue reading

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Lost, Faith and The Search For Truth

May 26, 2006 Courage comes in many forms….The season finale of Lost was very interesting. One of the many threads was that Locke decided to let the time run out and NOT push the button. He was afraid that there … Continue reading

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Shaw and Religion

Shaw and Religion Ed by Charles A Berst, Penn State 1981 “There is to say Be and It Is,” is a Shavian saying. Shaw is indebted to numerous philosophies. He experienced religion in poetic terms. Development religiously was his perception … Continue reading

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Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers

 Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers by Thich Nhat Hanh came out in 1999.  It is a very simple teaching “This is like because that is like that.”  Because the waves are, … Continue reading

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Out of the Woods

Out of the Woods Out of the Woods: Tales of Resilient Teens was written by Hauser, Allen and Golden in 2008.  Seventy deeply troubled teenagers spend weeks, months, even years on a locked psychiatric ward. They were not just failing … Continue reading

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Entropy

February 19, 2007   Entropy has many implications.  It was developed or discovered in relation to thermodynamics.  Entropy, then, is used to describe energy dispersal and the idea of irreversibility. The practical applications grew to encompass the ideas of order … Continue reading

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