Tag: faith
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Of God, pre-teens, and boxing matches
When both sides pray to win, whose prayer does God answer? Lately, I have been struggling to answer some very poignant questions from my very own child. My 12-year-old is sometimes very deep and philosophical, and I’m all for it, except that he wants me to know all the answers to the questions he has…
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The Pause Between Panic and Peace
So I was watching a video about coming back to the surface after being in deep water. If you dive deep down and do not know how to swim, your first instinct is to struggle hard and gasp for breath. It is fear that takes over; fear that doesn’t just drown you in water, but…
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Bridging Worlds: Spirituality and the Pursuit of Conscious Growth
I am still at a precipice with the entire concept of God and religion. To me, religion is always man-made; it is always more about traditions and a guiding way of life, which the great teachers preached, and it was usually closer to the prevailing customs and rituals of the times and places where they…
Mizuki Dreams 