Albino Lizard
There is a deeper meaning behind the mundane
Category: Book Review
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This study of A Course in Miracles (ACIM or the Course), that I recently began, has given me new insight into Who God is. I am very grateful for my new understanding. Even though no longer active in organized Christianity for over 3 decades, I still have managed to hang on to a mental icon…
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Our First Woman Pope by Victor Villasenor This book is enthralling to read, funny, insightful, deep, but the frequent mention of alcohol irritates me. I don’t want to know about that kind of spirits. And yet the relationship between culture and language is fascinating. Watching formerly celibate clergy open to romantic love and marriage is…
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I was sitting at breakfast eating a banana thinking about what I had been reading. I thought about the doctrine of ultimate reconciliation. Apparently an entity can exploit, oppress and even kill. Then, at some point in its evolution, it realizes that it must become altruistic in order to receive a bright shining aura. At…
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The 12th Planet, by Zechariah Sitchin is about alien landings on Earth, starting about 500,000 years ago. It makes references to the book of Genesis of the Bible, and the clay tablets of ancient Sumer. First published in 1976, the book makes some remarkable statements about the composition of the solar system, and the origin…
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Entrance to the dungeon in Tehran, where Baha’u’llah was incarcerated when he was visited by the heavenly maiden. Photo from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%ADy%C3%A1h-Ch%C3%A1l. In Tablet of the Maiden, Baha’u’llah described a mystical experience He had while suffering in prison. I became acquainted with the tablet when a friend showed me an excerpt from the writings of Baha’u’llah…
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About a month or two ago, I was in a support group meeting and an individual sat down next to me. I glanced at the person, and had a negative emotional reaction because of the way he-she was presenting him-her-self. The purse he-she set down between us looked feminine. The shoes looked masculine, but the…
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I was thinking about the government and wondering why some people favor policies designed to make the rich richer, when many of the people voicing conservative opinions aren’t particularly rich, and don’t benefit from the policies they defend. That’s a real riddle to me. Are the wealthy such skillful propagandists that people who don’t know…
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I attended a Catholic mass Sunday. The scripture aboutJesus and his disciples in a boat during a storm was shared and expounded on. I’m not sure I believe that Jesus literally walked on water and that Peter literally took a few steps on the water before he started to sink, but it is a wonderful…
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I read, Filthy Rich, a biography of Jeffrey Epstein, checked out from the public library with the OverDrive app on my Android phone. It was hard to put down, and I wizzed right through it. The book was about a rich person who seemed above the law in the expression of his pedophile proclivity. James…
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I read, Walking on Eggshells by Lyssa Chapman and Lisa Wysocky, which I got on loan from the public library on my phone’s Kindle app via satellite. I was finished with the book in less than three days, not because it was particularly short, but because it was hard to put down. Lyssa and her…
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