Category Archives: Swedenborgian Quotes

The Up Side of Giving: a #MeditationForMonday

Posted on November 19, 2018 by

What if to give up really means to offer the outcome to God, or the universe or life, and stop trying to own it all ourselves? In fact, outcomes are never really ours to own or give.  All we’re doing … Continue reading →

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Sowing the Seeds of Love: #MondayMindfulness

Posted on October 29, 2018 by

“[It is] the Lord’s wish that all blessings spread contagiously and that everyone enjoy mutual love and grow happy as a result.”—Secrets of Heaven 1388

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#ThursdayTheology: Give Divinely

Posted on October 11, 2018 by

Now since anything we do freely seems to be our own because it comes from our love (acting from our love is acting freely, as already noted), it follows that union with the Lord makes us feel that we have … Continue reading →

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#ThursdayThoughts #JohnMuir

Posted on September 27, 2018 by

“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.” -John Muir Human beings make up the lowest plane, in which heaven finds its end point. This is because we have … Continue reading →

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A Life of Kindness #ThursdayTheology

Posted on August 23, 2018 by

 

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#ThursdayTheology #Love, #Wisdom and #Service

Posted on June 28, 2018 by

“Anyone who thinks with some enlightenment can see that love has service as its goal, that love tends toward service, and that love brings about service through wisdom. In fact, love cannot accomplish anything useful by itself, only by means … Continue reading →

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#ThursdayTheology #Forgiveness First?

Posted on June 7, 2018 by

…when sins been set aside, they are forgiven. Repentance must precede forgiveness, and part from repentance there is no forgiveness. DP, NCE, #280 -Swedenborg Controversial? Read about God’s vs. mankind’s forgiveness and where repentance belongs for wrongs perpetrated, in Rev. … Continue reading →

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