The contemporary spiritual world is full of talk about shadows. This is due to the influence of Carl Jung, who talked about shadows as those parts of ourselves that we want to keep hidden, both from our neighbors and God, but most of all from ourselves. When we feel a strong dislike for someone and … Continue reading Acts 5:12-26 Peter’s Shadow
I have not paid much attention to the mind while writing this blog about Luke’s Gospel, and now when I come to the end, I am struck by the fact that Jesus’ last teaching was not about ethics or seeing with spiritual eyes. Instead, “he opened their minds to understand the scriptures.” Just as he … Continue reading Luke 24:36-53 The Resurrected Mind
Sheila Fabricant Linn speaks of this Emmaus moment and the moment when the two disciples memories are healed: When Jesus joined the depressed disciples on the road to Emmaus, the disciples’ hearts were filled with grief and disappointment from their hurtful memories of Jesus’ death. As they shared the events of the previous three days, … Continue reading Luke 24:13-35 Healing Memories on the Road to Emmaus
Ten of the eleven remaining apostles don’t believe the women - only Peter does, and then only reluctantly, and with the need to verify what they say by running to the tomb. Imagine what it must have been like to be one of the others. Called to be apostles, given power and privilege, they hide … Continue reading Luke 24:1-12 The Tomb of Longing
So what does Jesus accomplish on the cross? According to Adyashanti, a writer whom I’ve mentioned before on this blog, the cross is the moment of ego death, when divine radiance burns “all of the old conditioning that opposes spirit out of our system.” I like this well enough, and agree that Jesus is modeling … Continue reading Luke 23:44-56 Ego Death?
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