Category: Various
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#Love is one.
Who am I? As we observe our minds in contemplation, first we recognize how many of our thoughts are defensive, oppositional, paranoid, self-referential, or in some way violent. Until we recognize how constant that dualistic mind is, we have no motivation to let go of it. Contemplation teaches us to say, “That feeling is not…
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Divin #DNA
Imagine, brothers and sisters, how different Western history and religion could have been if we had walked so tenderly and lovingly upon the earth, as Francis and Jesus did. Imagine what the world would be like if we treated others with inherent and equal dignity and respect, seeing the divine DNA in ourselves and everyone…
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The #spiritual journey
The spiritual journey is not a success story or career move. It is rather a series of humiliations of the false self.
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You are #loved.
” Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these others do?” (John 21:15-17). The question is not: how many people take you seriously? How much you going to accomplish? Can you show some results? But: Are you in love with Jesús? Do you know the incarnate God? It is a heart that…
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Confused and #powerless
The forces against us are overwhelming: consumerism, racism, militarism, individualism, patriarchy, the corporate juggernaut. These “powers and principalities” seem to be fully in control. We feel helpless to choose our own lives, much less a common life, or to see any overarching meaning. The world is so complex, and we are so small. What can…
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We are often #tempted to deny…
We are often tempted to deny, fix, or run away from suffering and imperfection.
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The great #struggle and great encounter
Solitude is the place of the great struggle and the great encounter. Without solitude we remain victims of our society and continue to be entangled in the ilusión of the false self. Matthew 4:1-3;8-11 The 3 compulsions of the world: To be relevant ( turn stones into leaves). To be spectacular ( throw your self…
Lucho Llanca 
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