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Posted on Oct 6th, 2006
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Wil
Wil
Access: PublicInterfaith work
Posted on Oct 13th, 2006
by Wil
Wil
A couple of weekends ago we concluded a couple months worth of interfaith work our church.
We had 63 middle school kids (6th - 8th graders) in for an overnight retreat. We explored Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Bahai, Native American and Sufi traditions....we touched on many more, but that was where the concentration lay. The kids were both starving for more information and very well received by the youth, it was an awesome experience. All the speakers from the various traditions were great and enjoyed the questions from the kids. Truly moving.
Previous to that for the adults each Wednesday we had brought in speakers, teachers, clerics from various traditions teaching us some of their origins and beliefs and leading us in prayer, chant or meditations. This culminated in a single service with representatives from 9 different faiths speaking from the lecturn and fellowship and discussion afterword.
Interfaith work, takes some work. There are a variety of beliefs and some tend to step on others toes, but truth be known we have so many similarities that it is relatively easy to find common ground.
We had 63 middle school kids (6th - 8th graders) in for an overnight retreat. We explored Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Bahai, Native American and Sufi traditions....we touched on many more, but that was where the concentration lay. The kids were both starving for more information and very well received by the youth, it was an awesome experience. All the speakers from the various traditions were great and enjoyed the questions from the kids. Truly moving.
Previous to that for the adults each Wednesday we had brought in speakers, teachers, clerics from various traditions teaching us some of their origins and beliefs and leading us in prayer, chant or meditations. This culminated in a single service with representatives from 9 different faiths speaking from the lecturn and fellowship and discussion afterword.
Interfaith work, takes some work. There are a variety of beliefs and some tend to step on others toes, but truth be known we have so many similarities that it is relatively easy to find common ground.
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I'm so excited....
Posted on Oct 17th, 2006
by Wil
Wil
I just can't hide it!
We've all heard the story of Thomas Edison...the stories... 3,000, 5,000, 10,000, 20,000 tries to build the light bulb. Does the number matter? Tis like Jesus and the seventy times seven...it is just a number so large it is incomprehensible to have that kind of patience, to keep trying, whether one is trying to forgive or build a light bulb. Edison told Hill that if he hadn't completed, if he hadn't figured it out, he wouldn't be talking to Napolean that very minute...he'd still be in the shop trying to build the light bulb!
That is the answer, or my current answer at this moment anyway....because the lightbulb went off. Have you tried to be 'the light'? Be up, be postive, be bright, be your divine self? And have you had issues of when your 'light' was off? When you acted, responded, said, did things that you know were less than you could be?
Me too, duh. So our buddy Edison, he tried and tried. The filament was too thin, it was too thick, too short, too long, too curly, too straight, wrong metal, the bulb, the shape, the gas, the amount of energy put in, too hot, too cold. He had to work with all materials and it had to work in all conditions...
So the vacuum, he isolated his goal from the rest of the world, he put in a safe area, but allowed the world to remain the same outside of this....
To be the light I need to separate myself from the world which is trying to have an impact on my results....where have I....where haven't I heard that before?
To be the light I need to try various methods, and keep trying, and keep putting my energy into it, and not try ten, or twenty, or a hundred, or seventy times seven...but until I succeed.
And once the light works, it shines on all around it.
We've all heard the story of Thomas Edison...the stories... 3,000, 5,000, 10,000, 20,000 tries to build the light bulb. Does the number matter? Tis like Jesus and the seventy times seven...it is just a number so large it is incomprehensible to have that kind of patience, to keep trying, whether one is trying to forgive or build a light bulb. Edison told Hill that if he hadn't completed, if he hadn't figured it out, he wouldn't be talking to Napolean that very minute...he'd still be in the shop trying to build the light bulb!
That is the answer, or my current answer at this moment anyway....because the lightbulb went off. Have you tried to be 'the light'? Be up, be postive, be bright, be your divine self? And have you had issues of when your 'light' was off? When you acted, responded, said, did things that you know were less than you could be?
Me too, duh. So our buddy Edison, he tried and tried. The filament was too thin, it was too thick, too short, too long, too curly, too straight, wrong metal, the bulb, the shape, the gas, the amount of energy put in, too hot, too cold. He had to work with all materials and it had to work in all conditions...
So the vacuum, he isolated his goal from the rest of the world, he put in a safe area, but allowed the world to remain the same outside of this....
To be the light I need to separate myself from the world which is trying to have an impact on my results....where have I....where haven't I heard that before?
To be the light I need to try various methods, and keep trying, and keep putting my energy into it, and not try ten, or twenty, or a hundred, or seventy times seven...but until I succeed.
And once the light works, it shines on all around it.
What is your belief?
Posted on Oct 18th, 2006
by Wil
Wil
Post your top 5 and comments if interested...
Always the question, is the quiz wrong or do I believe differently than I thought?
Some people go to what registered on their top 5 and are suprised how right the quiz is!
Always the question, is the quiz wrong or do I believe differently than I thought?
Some people go to what registered on their top 5 and are suprised how right the quiz is!
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html
What am I birthing now?
Posted on Oct 26th, 2006
by Wil
Wil
We perceive what we see and hear based on past experience and present mood, then we make judgements on this...and 'act accordingly'. Now the question is are we responding or reacting, and 'What am I birthing now?'
We create moment after moment, with our thoughts, our words and our actions.
What am I birthing now?
We blame others for some incident that happened, and then wonder why they react to us the way they do...
What am I birthing now?
It is our time to start owning what goes on around us and our percceptions of it and realize the very next moment is determined by what we do in this moment. Thousands of potential individual outcomes all ready and waiting for our response, reaction, thought, word or action.
What am I birthing now?
Forget what just went on, that has been birthed and is growing....if you can't tell, I'll be playing with a new mantra for a while.
What am I birthing now?
