Posted on April 9, 2009 by Brittian Bullock
The devil and his friend were walking down the road when they noticed a passer by pick something up off the ground. The friend wondered aloud as to what the person had found. Satan replied that they had picked up a piece of Truth. His friend was chagrin, “You can’t just let people go around finding [...]
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Posted on March 31, 2009 by Brittian Bullock
There’s a story that I’ve become fond of recently:
A man was wandering through the famous Portobello Street in London taking in all the bizarre shops and sights when, hardly believing his eyes, he saw a sign over a door front that read: “Truth Shop“. Needless to say he decided it was best to investigate.
The saleswoman [...]
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Posted on March 12, 2009 by Brittian Bullock
The Seeker once commented that it might be better if we called God a word such as “mud” or “worm.” When asked why, he replied that if we did this then perhaps we would not become so attached to those sort of words, or in danger of imaging that they somehow could contain the event [...]
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Posted on March 11, 2009 by Brittian Bullock
The Seeker would often take comfort in the difference between Truth and fact. He would say that fact is what is perceived to have happened and perhaps how it happened. But Truth is the why we assign to it. Truth is always more intangible than fact. Fact can be articulated and explained. Truth cannot be.
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Posted on March 10, 2009 by Brittian Bullock
It is said that when the Seeker was much younger he was traveling through the most Holy of cities. As he came to the outskirts of that great place he passed by a pool said to have healing properties, making all who stepped in its waters whole. Suddenly a voice called out to him, “Good [...]
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Posted on February 25, 2009 by Brittian Bullock
The end had come and all the nations and people had gathered around the judgement seat of God to await the justice he would execute. Sinners, evil doers, doubters, and the apathetic trembled as one by one they approached the throne. Shockingly though as they came before him, God waved his hand and sent them on [...]
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Posted on January 9, 2009 by Brittian Bullock
This is a Hasidic story. I’m using it here because I wanted to emphasize the non-either/or aspect of enlightenment (transcendence) versus experience. They are both important. A situation may call for either…or both/and. Partially this is where BroJohnny’s last comment took me, I thought of this story. Enjoy
A Jewish community in Russia were on the [...]
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