In my last post, I wrote about my departure from Arizona and my landing, after 1700 miles, in North Carolina. The worst of that adventure was traversing the gauntlet of the “Tail of the Dragon,” which, if you are coming from the West, presents itself like some kind of an initiation if you want to live in North Carolina, an initiation to prove you can handle what is yet to come, starting with the physical challenge of the curvy, steep, and narrow roads that are common to this area. I managed to pass that part of the test but didn’t realize at the time that this was a foreshadow of other kinds of challenges yet to come. Facing and feeling my terrors was going to be a regular theme in the coming months.
Continue reading “Making a Home in Southern Appalachia”Category: God
Leaving Arizona
Dear readers, much has been changing in my external world and, hopefully, some in my inner world too since the last several months have been full of emotional opportunities to feel tough emotions, which, when we allow those emotions to flow, can help us grow towards love.
Continue reading “Leaving Arizona”Murderous Rage
I started this post on my birthday which was just a few days ago. And the biggest gift is not one I expected—another layer of my murderous rage exposed and which I allowed to (responsibly) flow.
Continue reading “Murderous Rage”An Example of the Importance of Truth
I love the timing of this, since Truth has been the theme here lately. It is a wonderful example shared on Mary’s blog of the importance of seeking, finding, and taking responsibility for truth. I hope it is at least as beneficial to you as it has been for me.
Chapter 9 — God’s Definition of Love — Desiring and Seeking Truth
First, a quick summary of what I have been up to, then we return to “The Truth” with Chapter 9: God’s Definition of Love — Desiring and Seeking truth.
Chapter 8 — God’s Definition of Love — The Necessity and Telling of Truth
The next few chapters we will be focusing on truth. Here we look at what it does for us, why it is such a critical aspect of God’s definition of love, why it is essential in our soul’s growth, and what we need to do to bring ourselves into harmony with God’s definition of truth.
First Attempt at Chapter 8 – God’s Definition of Love – Truth (part 1)
September 15, 2021 Update: This post contains a The Chapter 8 draft that has been re-written. If you want to go right to the updated draft of Chapter 8, see the more recent post.
Chapter 7 – God’s Definition of Love – The Emotion
This is the first of several chapters that will look at the chasm between God’s definition of love and our erroneous earthly views, an understanding that is crucial to our development in love.
Chapter 5 – Our Multidimensional Universe – The Earth Experience
In this chapter we look at how our Creator has designed Earth with perfect love and accommodation for new human souls.
Chapter 4 – Introducing: The Human Soul
We humans are a mystery even to ourselves. We struggle to find true happiness, love, health, fulfillment and joy because we don’t have an accurate perception of what we actually are and how we fit into the scheme of things…
Learning To Live And Love God's Way 