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mommalibrarian
between the coasts - U.S.A.
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Interests: reading, gardening, biking
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"Therefore hold nothing dear, for separation from the dear is painful. There are no bonds for those who have nothing beloved or unloved"
First you have to have the bonds, love and concern, otherwise, denying them is meaningless. A sociopath would be holy by that measure. I think it is enough for my life to feel those bonds more fully.
"Wonderful, indeed, it is to subdue the mind"
The Dharmapada (Buddha) REVIEW Today was a day for reading, an an interesting and eclectic assortment of readings it was. This morning, I finished Extravagant Grace by Barbara Duguid, a book focusing on the teachings of John Newton (recommended by a friend). This afternoon, I read the Dhamapad...
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The caption is something about the thing I miss most is my mind. Here today gone tomorrow - age, wear and tear, mental illness.
"Is anyone seeing this?"
Take Shelter REVIEW “That is what madness is, isn't it? All the wheels fly off the bus and things don't make sense any more. Or rather, they do, but it's not a kind of sense anyone else can understand.” ― Audrey Niffenegger, Her Fearful Symmetry Take Shelter is a film about mental illness. ...
Growth
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Stand Your Ground
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Manners
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If only ...
Posted Apr 28, 2013 at MommaLibrarian's Commonplaces
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"comfort" "sorrow" "woe" "wretch" "life" "death" "sleep"
Posted Apr 13, 2013 at MommaLibrarian's Commonplaces
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Emerging Woman by unknown "Daughters, mothers,...
Posted Feb 8, 2013 at MommaLibrarian's Commonplaces
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Philistine
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Wrap Your Head Around This
Posted Jan 20, 2013 at MommaLibrarian's Commonplaces
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The collective and the individual
Posted Jan 12, 2013 at MommaLibrarian's Commonplaces
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Memory and Identity
Posted Jan 10, 2013 at MommaLibrarian's Commonplaces
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Flexibility and Balance
Posted Dec 31, 2012 at MommaLibrarian's Commonplaces
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Not a tame affair
Posted Dec 25, 2012 at MommaLibrarian's Commonplaces
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Around the holidays
Posted Dec 21, 2012 at MommaLibrarian's Commonplaces
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Habit
Posted Dec 19, 2012 at MommaLibrarian's Commonplaces
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How long?
Posted Dec 17, 2012 at MommaLibrarian's Commonplaces
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Why'd ya stop?
Posted Dec 13, 2012 at MommaLibrarian's Commonplaces
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Asking who makes it possible for us to believe is the wrong question in my opinion. I return to your quote from the Quaker, Margarette Fell. Fox expressed the opinion that you had to 'say' the words not hear them said or have some one tell you they were said. You had to 'have' or 'be' the light. This is not the same as believing because you see someone else has the light. Good for them. But if you do not have it yourself you are a thief taking the word from others. "we have taken the scriptures in words, and know nothing of them in ourselves."
I suppose an optimist would suggest you spend time and effort finding the light in yourself. "Christ's light ... God's presence within a person, ... a direct and personal experience of God". I can study the subject but I am much too cynical to believe.
"I am a Christian because of Owen Meany"
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving REVIEW “Watch out for people who call themselves religious.” The narrator of John Irving’s novel, A Prayer for Owen Meany goes by the name of John Wheelwright. I suspect that it would be a mistake not to make the connection to the Puritan minister, John ...
CHILL
Posted Dec 12, 2012 at MommaLibrarian's Commonplaces
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hard drive crash
Posted Nov 28, 2012 at MommaLibrarian's Commonplaces
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the odds
Posted Nov 27, 2012 at MommaLibrarian's Commonplaces
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8 more days
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