The Tetrapharmakos, or, “The four-part cure,” is the Greek philosopher Epicurus’ remedy for leading the happiest possible life. The “tetrapharmakos” was originally a compound of four drugs (wax, tallow, pitch and resin); the word has been used metaphorically by Epicurus and his disciples to refer to the four remedies for healing the soul. The Four-Part…
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Death as A Mode Of Living
…just like Alcoholics Anonymous is the place where you go when you’ve got dependence on alcohol, the community of believers should be the place you go because you’ve got a dependency on religion. …and this for me is the good news of Christianity. It’s not that we repress our anxieties and we “believe” in God…
God Talks to Designers
A designer can mull over complicated designs for months. Then suddenly the simple, elegant, beautiful solution occurs to him. When it happens to you, it feels as if God is talking! And maybe He is. — Leo Frankowski Poster by ISTVÁN SZUGYICZKY ISTVÁN SZUGYICZKY
Pick One
Looking for minutes and minutes of fun? Look no further. (via swiss miss)
God Does Not Exist
God does not exist. He is being itself beyond essence and existence. Therefore, to argue that God exists is to deny him. Paul Tillich
I AM That I AM
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Your Feelings Are My Feelings
Accordingly, if God is to bring an ordered world out of a chaos of finite actualities, any development that God can promote will have to conform to these correlations. The positive correlation between the capacity for intrinsic good and intrinsic evil means, as already indicated, that the increased complexity that makes greater enjoyment possible also…
The Good God and The Evil God
The Good God and the Evil God met on the mountain top. The Good God said, “Good day to you, brother.” The Evil God made no answer. And the Good God said, “You are in a bad humour today.” “Yes,” said the Evil God, “for of late I have been often mistaken for you, called…
Where Do We Get Our Strength?
I have been enjoying the wonderful reflections of my friend Rev. Frank Showers. I met Frank when he came to speak at our community Valley Mosaic. He is a spiritual adviser and Lutheran Minister and currently resides in Chicago Illinois with his son. Here is one of Frank’s latest email reflections. Feel free to contact…