Divine Love Sanctuary Forum

The soul has will, but it never acts out of love . Hmm. Geoff, you say this statement is not an error, but I must admit to being confused by it too. The soul never acts out of love? I just checked out the link you provided, which actually referenced this message , where I find (underline mine): Fre...

Daniel, welcome!! It has been fascinating reading your conversations here ... so glad both Geoff and Christian were able to connect with you. I did want to suggest two additional ways to connect with others on the Divine Love path. There is a Facebook group with ~170 members here: https://www.facebo...

Two other related links. First, this is Joseph praying for Divine Love at a May 2014 retreat (DC I think?). Second, this is Joseph speaking through Jimbeau (transcript) at the Oct 4th Gibsons circle.

... I wasted 10 years because oldtimers believed that you don’t need to actually do anything except pray. There are many that still believe that. I like what the integral folks (e.g. Ken Wilber) are saying that we need to wake up, grow up, clean up, and show up . For me, that's awaken our soul (wak...

I will say that I'm fairly new to this path so what do I know, but it seems to me that as God is primarily concerned with our soul, He's less inclined to address those things that may feel like huge burdens to us now, but are huge really just to our minds. I've been struggling myself with both physi...

Susan, very interesting! My pretty recent experience was not quite as dramatic, but (lots of) tears were involved and I too felt lighter, like something had shifted afterwards. I mentioned it to Bill at that night's Pittsburgh circle, and he smiled and said something like "and now you know." And I d...

Nancy, I check in periodically, but don't have a good answer to this question given my fairly limited (conscious) experience with expiation. But in a pinch, I would say that one thing that, in hindsight, would suggestion expiation over self-inflicted suffering is that with the former, there is a cle...

I think you have it fairly close ... it is definitely an awkward sentence! What I'm wondering about this this: when I read "or that the original as they conceive it to be, was the original word actually spoken or written" I think this could also mean that the word that the preachers are focusing on ...

Glad to have helped! I'm worried less about food ... in part because I think humans are wired generally to tolerate famine fairly well, and in part because I think that as one becomes more spiritual, the actual physical needs are likely less (even if our material minds still want our three squares :...

I'm glad Al posted the Augustine message ... you can check my math, but by my count, Augustine says one time to "be prepared in your physical needs," says three times to be vigilant (e.g., "be vigilant for yourselves and for your families"), and seven times to be aligned with God, including: You mus...