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Chapter two Ignorance or innocence? For growing up, just watch a tree. As the tree grows up its roots are growing down, deeper. There is a balance—the higher the tree goes the deeper the roots will go. You cannot have a tree one hundred and fifty feet high with small... Continue reading

This is the first article in a series on Osho's book, Maturity: The Responsibility of Being Oneself and comes from the forward. So first we have to understand what I mean by “life.” It must not be simply growing old, it must be growing up. And these are two different... Continue reading

Unitarian Univeralism: A Way of Life is introducing a new feature on its blog: an online spiritual reading book discussion group. This feature will provide a series of articles on the book being studied. Readers are invited to comment on the topics under discussion whether they have read the book... Continue reading

The map is not the territory. The symbol is not the reality. We all misperceive what is in front of our eyes, ears, smell, touch, because we perceive through our filter and lens of experience which skews our perceptions in expected and prejudiced directions. We perceive through the lens of... Continue reading

Chapter five The world of special relationships As we have reflected on the thought systems of A Course in Miracles we have come to appreciate that it is based on a nondualistic metaphysics meaning that the ultimate source is the Oneness which we sometimes call “God.” Our human pain and... Continue reading

The idea for the Brockport Unitarian Universalist Fellowship was born on Mother's Day in 2009. This interview with Don Zimmer was done in October of 2010 17 months later. The church grew and was chartered in 2011 and then slowly atrophied and was dissolved in 2019. The death of the... Continue reading

What is the difference between appearance and reality, between perception and truth, between fact and interpretation? There is more to things than meets the eye. As the bumper sticker says, "Don't believe everything you think." The human mind loves distinctions, comparisons, contrasts. It makes sense of exerience by comparing the... Continue reading

Sermon rating form Rate the sermon on a scale of 0 - 10 with 10 meaning that the element is present 100% and 0 meaning element non existent. Articulateness – coherence Does the sermon make sense? Can you state the main points the preacher was trying to make? Rating =... Continue reading

"When the child is born he is simple love. He has to be so, because he has not known anything else. In the mother's womb he has not come across any enemy. He has lived in deep love for nine months, surrounded by love, nourished by love. He knows nobody... Continue reading

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Teachings of Osho is a regular feature of Unitarian Universalism: A Way Of Life which appears on Tuesdays. Osho has said, "Only those who have no needs are wealthy. Desires make you poor and a mind besieged by desires becomes a beggar. It is continually asking for something or other.... Continue reading

Chapter four Wrong mindedness or right mindedness? The choice is always ours to make. If we understand that it is the experience of Love that is more important to spiritual development than knowledge, we come to appreciate the benefit of being right minded rather than wrong minded. What makes the... Continue reading

UU A Way Of Life ministries supports New Yorkers Against Gun Violence. We sponsored a youth to go to the Youth Advocacy Day in Albany, NY on 05/07/19. For more click here. The second principle of Unitarian Univeralism is to covenant together to affirm and promote justice, equity, and compassion... Continue reading

Chapter three Experience, not knowledge, is the goal of spiritual development People, in our contemporary age, like to say, “I’m spiritual but not religious.” What does this mean? Religions are organizations which exist to socialize and indoctrinate people into similar values, beliefs, and behavior. Religions are a form of social... Continue reading

Rev. Galen Guengerich, Senior Minister at All Soul's in New York City, says that one of the key components of a Unitarian Universalist theology should be an understanding and appreciation of gratitude. This gratitude, he says, is based on our realization of our utter dependence. I agree with Rev. Guengerich,... Continue reading

"I read in the Times the other day that no one believes in hell anymore - the premise being that its existence is contingent on consensus. Now won't the devil be surprised." Linda McCullough Moore, An Episode Of Grace, p.34 For more click here. Continue reading

Chapter two Cause of human suffering The Buddha taught that the cause of human suffering was attachment to people and things and the inevitable loss and rupture of those attachments. A Course In Miracles teaches that, at a metaphysical level, what causes suffering is the separation from the Oneness, “the... Continue reading

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M. Scott Peck called it a therapeutic depression. What he meant by that is the idea that once a person extricates herself from a dysfunctional system of relationships, she looks back and realizes just how dysfunctional the system is. She may want to tell this to the people stuck in... Continue reading

Today a new feature is being introduced on UU A Way Of Life entitled, A Course In Miracles and Unitarian Univeralism. It will be replacing our Ask Alexa and Today's Lesson columns. A Course In Miracles and Unitarian Universalism Chapter One Original Sin In order to understand A Course In... Continue reading