Tag: Love
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Unity Unbound: Agape (Love) as Beacon of Hope
Unity as the Unbound Beacon Love is a beaconBeautifully set aboundOne note… Unity ~Thomas C. Maples Unity is more elusive than ever, distracted by endless noise. How can we intentionally focus on unity and find genuine peace amid modern chaos? A woman, once known as the life of the party, was surrounded by 5,000 close…
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Love: The Essence of God’s Plan
I’ll Follow Your Call Libations of LoveLike a Fall Dew ReflectionI’ll Follow Your Call Love and the Alphabet of Virtues In the alphabet of virtues, this is the one I most looked forward to writing: Love. What a gift we have been given. For it is in the very act of loving that the gift of giving is as…
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Finding Unshakable Hope in Today’s World
Unshakable HopeMy eyes wonder unto theeGod my guiding light ~Thomas C. Maples The Shaken Nature of Hope Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. ~Desmond Tutu In a world often overshadowed by division, what serves as your guiding light? As I grow older, I’ve come to understand…
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Letting Go: Discovering Grace in Family Life
God’s grace, call on meOnward light the spirit springsDarkness slowly falls~ Thomas C. Maples What moves you? What brings the presence of meaning in your life, right now? Is it a heartfelt greeting from a long-absent friend? Is it warmly embracing that loved one who was gone? Or is it God’s Grace that guides you?…
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Loving Kindness: Three Words for Goodnight Tidings
Words of Loving Kindness Put your thoughts to sleep, do not let them cast a shadow over the moon of your heart. Rumi Loving Kindness & Stress? Do you show yourself loving kindness? As a parent, I know that at times, it can be difficult to enact this practice. So how can we take a…
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Harness Your Inner Flame: An Affirmation 4 Personal Potential
An Affirmation 4 Passion Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin A Guided Meditation and Affirmation 4 Inner Potential Development Hello.…
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Rediscover Your Inner Passion
A Passion for Love & Wisdom Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin A New Years Blessing Out with the old…
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A Healing Meditation 4 Honoring That Bandaged Space
A Meditation for Healing Hello. I am Dr. Maples, and welcome to our guided meditation and affirmation, Honoring the Bandaged Place. I am grateful that you joined me here today, and hope this brief exploration of an inner wound can help bring the light of healing to your body, mind, and spirit. Let us begin. …
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Learning to Swim
Trust: A Cornerstone of Faith To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float. Alan Watts How to Find Purpose in Life What does it mean to let go and…
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A Gift of Love… When One Becomes Two
Tending the Depths of the Soul Love is the natural state of the human condition. Even at a quantum level, quarks operate in symbiosis, not in opposition to one another. Some have called this the law of attraction, others have likened it to new wave psychology, but I pose a simple question: What would the…
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To Be Present
Inspiration for the Soul… A Philosopher’s Stone The source of anxiety occurs when we assume a future perspective. The source of depression happens to us when we focus too far on the past. Either way, we miss the moment and trip over ourselves. Hopefully, we do not make a mistake to assume that just because…
