“If you have never known the power of God's love, then maybe it is because you have never asked to know it - I mean really asked, expecting an answer.”
― Frederick Buechner, The Magnificent Defeat

 

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Let's begin in the beginning....

As some of the simplest, and most famous Words ever spoken  decree, from John 1:

"In the beginning was The Word, and the Word was with God, and God was The Word..."

The Word.  Was Spoken.  By God....making a sound....and from It was issued forth the Light.

The Light of the Love of God is the All-That-Is, forevermore.

All of us understand this, to some degree.  From those who live it consciously day by day, to those who choose to continue dwelling in the darkness of ignore-ance.  There are myriad "reasons" why one would choose to remain in the dark, but here, we shall not sink to judgement of any....for we all have at some point or another found ourselves facing "the dark night of the soul".

Here...we shall focus on the Light.  We shall endeavour to work through many Ways that this Light that is available to all, can be accessed instantly, by one and all.

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In upcoming posts, we will be discussing and using some extremely practical methods to help us navigate this Bridge across the abyss of loneliness and darkness, fear and chaos - the trademarks of ego - back to the place where we all belong...the Light.

There will be guest posts from many who share the same goals and wish to bring their own brand of healing to us here.  These will encompass everything from a variety of methods to begin with clearing old issues that are holding you back from realizing your full potential on ALL levels...to how to "put yourself back together" with the absolute best and most effective techniques in the known world.

I look forward to being a part of your healing journey, and most especially I anticipate watching how you blossom into your highest ideal.  :-)

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Scott Snider's tidbit of the day:

The love that you ARE and the love that I AM will always BE. Because THAT is what we ARE! How can we be any less? Only by the distractions and roadblocks devised by the egoic mind, can we delude ourselves into thinking we are somehow diminished. We are perfect!

your brother, Scott

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“We should be astonished at the goodness of God, stunned that He should bother to call us by name, our mouths wide open at His love, bewildered that at this very moment we are standing on holy ground.”
― Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out

“Though we are incomplete, God loves us completely. Though we are imperfect, He loves us perfectly. Though we may feel lost and without compass, God's love encompasses us completely. ... He loves every one of us, even those who are flawed, rejected, awkward, sorrowful, or broken.”
― Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“To truly try means to accept God's love, his healing, to accept the world can be ugly, but your heart doesn't have to be. It takes courage, Finley the warrior. You haven't held on to your anger and bitterness in search of healing, but as a banner of your hurt. Because it's real and visible and strong, " she said. "But so is God's love and so are those arms he's holding out for you.”
― Jenny B. Jones, There You'll Find Me

 

   

“When we talk to our fellow men and they tell us about their troubles, we will listen to them carefully if we have love for them. We will have compassion for their suffering and pain, for we are God's creatures; we are a manifestation of the love of God.”
― Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica, Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives: The Life and Teachings of Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica

 

   

“Right now, I am in Fallujah. I am in Darfur. I am on Sixty-third and Park having dinner with Ellen Barkin and Ron Perelman... Right now, I'm on Lafayette and Astor waiting to hit you up for change so I can get high. I'm taking a walk through the Rose Garden with George Bush. I'm helping Donald Rumsfeld get a good night's sleep...I was in that cave with Osama, and on that plane with Mohamed Atta...And what I want you to know is that your work has barely begun. And what I want you to trust is the efficacy of divine love if practiced consciously. And what I need you to believe is that if you hate who I love, you do not know me at all. And make no mistake, "Who I Love" is every last one. I am every last one. People ask of me: Where are you? Where are you?...Verily I ask of you to ask yourself: Where are you? Where are you?”
― Stephen Adly Guirgis, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot