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Category Archives: Lessons
Faith vs. Certainty
by Michael Maciel Faith is not necessarily the same as certainty. It is, rather, more like the expectation that there is more to reality than we can perceive and that that reality is somehow supportive of the one we can … Continue reading
Posted in Bible 3.0, Christian Transformation, Faith, Lessons
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Honor Thy Father and Mother(?)
by Michael Maciel Honoring our parents means recognizing them as a factor to be understood, not a model we have to replicate. In its simplest sense, the Fourth Commandment means taking care of your elderly parents. But in a deeper … Continue reading
Posted in Bible 3.0, Lessons, Manifesting With God
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What Is Being Born?
by Michael Maciel What’s being born in us at this Holy time of year isn’t like a parasite that destroys its host, like the creature in “Alien,” but like a baby that comes into our life and overturns it completely. … Continue reading
Posted in Bible 3.0, Christian Transformation, Christmas, Lessons
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What Is Holiness and How Do We Get It?
by Michael Maciel Much of what we call “holy” is based on a belief that the world is not. This is a great tragedy. It’s not that we should behave as though everything is good and therefore we should get … Continue reading
Prayer—How to Conquer the World
by Michael Maciel Alexander the Great once said that anyone who can concentrate on one thing for three minutes could conquer the world. He would know. Anyone who has ever attempted to see a vision to fruition knows that nothing … Continue reading
Posted in Contemplative Prayer, Lessons, Prayer
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Science is inching towards a theory of universal consciousness:
by Michael Maciel Scientists have come up with a new theory of consciousness, the CEMI field theory. (See the link below.) Publishing his theory in the journal Neuroscience of Consciousness, Professor Johnjoe McFadden posits that consciousness is in fact the brain’s … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Non-Duality, Lessons, Science and Religion
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Find Victory in Failure
by Michael Maciel Most of us are trying to make something of our lives. We have values, and we want to realize those values in our living—to make them real, to manifest them in the world. Having values is the … Continue reading
Posted in Bible 3.0, Christian Transformation, Lessons
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The Problem with Really Smart People
by Michael Maciel I once knew a man, brilliant and highly educated, who was also a spiritual teacher, and a good one, but he tried to tell me that God created Adam out of the dust of the earth – … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Transformation, Lessons, Science and Religion
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Whose Truth Is True?
by Michael Maciel We live in an age of relativism. Once it was discovered that any experience can be interpreted in an infinite number of ways, all beliefs in “universal truths” were dismissed as irrelevant. Context became the sole determinator … Continue reading
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Right Action in the Time of Coronavirus
– by Michael Maciel The problem with being a future-oriented society is that when the future disappears, everything falls apart. Our horizons have been too broad and too far-flung. It’s time to bring them closer to home. Because when we … Continue reading
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The Mystical Christ 