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QUESTIONS about G R A T E F U L N E S S
A
time of questioning is a time of gestation, when new qualities come to life
in us. Pause here to read the questions others ask about the practice of grateful
living, and perhaps you'll want to leave one of your
own.
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Sin as "Sundering" Brother David: It is helpful to think of ways in which we can heal wounds that sin creates. |
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Nothing Passes Except Passing Brother David: When we die, we go back to the One who is Life, because we are life from this Life. |
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Gratefulness and Warring Religions Brother David: We need a spiritual practice that unites all members of this Earth Household. |
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Is Prayer Merely Wishing? Brother David: Prayer expresses the desire of our innermost depths. |
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A Small Vessel Brother David: Frugality might be an important element of learning to be grateful. |
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Sifting through a Crisis Brother David: Faith requires a tremendous effort of the heart, to give in to the guidance which is always there. |
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Gratitude towards One's Nation Brother David: One form of gratitude is to hold our nation accountable for the constructive values humanity holds in common. |
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The Mystery of Disaster Brother David: We ought to be grateful for anything -- uncomfortable though it may be -- that makes us meet Mystery face to face. |
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Breaking Bread Brother David: Human beings anywhere in the world will understand breaking bread together as a gesture of love and communion. |
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Genuine Dialogue Brother David: Exclusive statements of faith are always inadequate. Inter-faith dialogue teaches us to make them inclusive. |
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Spiritual Companionship Brother David: We all need to share what deeply matters to us. |
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Gratefulness in Action Brother David: Again and again i have to remind myself to look beyond these grim facts to see the full picture. |
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God as Giver, Gift, and Thanksgiving Brother David: Grateful living allows us to experience that we are (by pure grace) alive with the very life of the Triune God. |
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Reincarnation and Purgatory Brother David: Both ideas express the hope that our inner growth can continue after our death. |
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Why Religions Go Wrong Brother David: The further that lava flows down a volcano, the thicker and colder it gets. You would never guess that it once shot out hot from the innards of the earth. |
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Antidote to Self-Centeredness Brother David: Grace, rightly understood, is not something added but a letting go. |
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Teaching Gratefulness Brother David: As a teacher, you can look for moments of wonder, multiply moments of wonder, to share with your students. |
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Stability within Community Brother David: Stepping back for the sake of faithfulness is, in some cases, the very condition for holding steady. |
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Christian/Buddhist Paradox Brother David: Whatever we say about God, no matter how true, falls infinitely short of the full truth. |
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Rosary Prayer as Christian Mantra Brother David: Meditating on spiritual depths transforms the heart into the beauty it contemplates. |
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Ikiru: To Live Brother David: "To have death daily before one's eyes" is a trigger to deeper awareness. |
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Utter Undeservedness Brother David: The richness of blessings you feel in your own life gives you an abundance out of which you can let healing flow. |
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Day of Awakening Brother David: The opportunity to stand up and be counted is the gift of this hour. |
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Jealousy's Good Side Brother David: What is "positive" about jealousy? Well, maybe the fact that it makes your little self so miserable that you simply have to switch over to your true Self. |
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The Treasure Within Brother David: The most brilliant gift is within us. |
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Prayer for Results Brother David: Everybody pleas for help when they’re in trouble. |
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Build Lightly Brother David: Living purely on hope, we trust God to meet our needs. |
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A New World Vision Brother David: Gratefulness counteracts fear, prevailing consumerism, and exploitation of Earth's resources. |
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Hilfe für die Depression Brother David: Dieses wird auch vergehen. |
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The Prophetic Stance Brother David: The prophet speaks out against the community but stays in the community. That is what is so difficult. |
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Gratefulness and Celibacy Brother David: If our choice to be celibate outside of marriage is truly life-affirming, we are not choosing a safety zone, but a direction in which to move and grow. |
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Dare to Let Go Brother David: We hang on to something we can reach, hoping that it promises security. |
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H.A.L.T. Brother David: Taking care of immediate needs helps lift depression. |
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Overcoming Fear Brother David: Those who are really alive know that they have died many times in order to become so alive. |
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Accepting a Loved One's Suffering Brother David: To find meaning means to receive it with a grateful heart from the very Source of life and meaning. |
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Practices for Depression Brother David: Don't force feelings of gratefulness (it won’t work). |
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Breaking Up Is Hard to Do Brother David: Healing comes when you see the opportunity for growth that the painful situation has provided. |
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Joyful Suffering Brother David: Sooner or later, to live means to suffer; but if you live gratefully you can through suffering become more creative and more truly yourself. |
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Step Back! Step Up! Step Out! Brother David: I must guard against the temptation to break the tension by merely lashing out in some habitual reaction. It takes discipline to wait and to respond only when I am grounded in my quiet center. |
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In Gratitude for Earth's Bounty Brother David: It's not so much a question of whether foods should be genetically altered but how we arrive at those decisions. |
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The Mystical Core of Gratefulness Brother David: Giver, Gift, and Thanksgiving are one and divine. |
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What Is Life's Lesson For Today? Brother David: Life seems to always give us just the right task for learning what we need to learn. |
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Living Life Moment By Moment Brother David: What happens to us in life can't be explained as punishment. |
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Trusting Life Brother David: Deep trust in life is not a feeling but a stance that you deliberately take. |
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Listening For Opportunity Brother David: Even our worst troubles are jam-packed with opportunity |
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