Victor E. Smith
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in Easton, PA, The United States
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Plato
Henry David Thoreau
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Henry David Thoreau
Colin Wilson
Rudolf Steiner
Ken Wilber
Dan Brown
D ...more
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The Anathemas: A Novel about Reincarnation and Restitution
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2010
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Channel of the Grail: A Novel of Cathars, Templars, and a Nazi Grail Hunter
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“The moment a man buries the God of his ancestors, the God preached to him but not experienced by him, is life-changing. Blessed are the fortunate few who can stride away from the gravesite of their ancestral divinity resurrected into their own complete humanity.”
― The Anathemas: A Novel about Reincarnation and Restitution
― The Anathemas: A Novel about Reincarnation and Restitution
“The moment a man buries the God of his ancestors, the God preached to him but not experienced by him, is life-changing. Blessed are the fortunate few who can stride away from the gravesite of their ancestral divinity resurrected into their own complete humanity.”
― The Anathemas: A Novel about Reincarnation and Restitution
― The Anathemas: A Novel about Reincarnation and Restitution
“Hurt feelings or discomfort of any kind cannot be caused by another person. No one outside me can hurt me. That's not a possibility. It's only when I believe a stressful thought that I get hurt. And I'm the one who's hurting me by believing what I think. This is very good news, because it means that I don't have to get someone else to stop hurting me. I'm the one who can stop hurting me. It's within my power.
What we are doing with inquiry is meeting our thoughts with some simple understanding, finally. Pain, anger, and frustration will let us know when it's time to inquire. We either believe what we think or we question it: there's no other choice. Questioning our thoughts is the kinder way. Inquiry always leaves us as more loving human beings.”
― I Need Your Love - Is That True?: How to Stop Seeking Love, Approval, and Appreciation and Start Finding Them Instead
What we are doing with inquiry is meeting our thoughts with some simple understanding, finally. Pain, anger, and frustration will let us know when it's time to inquire. We either believe what we think or we question it: there's no other choice. Questioning our thoughts is the kinder way. Inquiry always leaves us as more loving human beings.”
― I Need Your Love - Is That True?: How to Stop Seeking Love, Approval, and Appreciation and Start Finding Them Instead
“You have told me, O God, to believe in hell. But you have forbidden me to think...of any man as damned”
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