October 2025
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Over the past several days, I’ve received mental images equating Johnny Appleseed with the Holy Spirit. Upon reflection, this makes sense, given that, in Biblical terms, apples symbolize the fruit of knowledge we threw away by condemning our Brothers in Christ (as per Zechariah 4 and the Course). And John Chapman — the “real-life” Johnny
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Today, let’s open our Bibles to the Book of Zechariah, one of the “twelve minor Hebrew prophets” whose writings appear in the Old Testament. Zechariah’s prophecies, visitations and/or visions are especially interesting and relevant, because they mention Zerubbabel, the Second Temple, and the signet ring, as well as the Golden Menorah or Lampstand representing the
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Let’s continue exploring how the make-believe universe actually works. Because the Truth is pretty mind-blowing, do try to stay open. Although Course-Jesus never compares the world to a multi-dimensional virtual-reality game, the Ascended Masters who dictated The Disappearance of the Universe to Gary R. Renard did make that comparison, as have other celestial messengers speaking
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If you’re having trouble warming to the ABSOLUTE TRUTH that the world is a school for salvation, then try thinking of earthly life as a game of choices aided by the instructive symbols all around us. Growing up in the 1960s, I sometimes played “The Game of Life,” a popular board game originally created in 1860
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I haven’t posted for several months for myriad reasons. Initially, I stopped because translating the Old Testament was taxing my brain. Then, I found myself riddled with questions about God’s Will. I wondered, for example, if this blog was truly inspired by the Holy Spirit or merely an ego-motivated exercise in intellectualizing? And lastly, I
The Holy Meeting Place 