steve mcswain | steve mcswain
Apr.19.2013
I need your help. Take four mins and watch my video – I’ve launched a time-sensitive project and I’m inviting you to take part in it. Watch the video here but, better yet, go directly to theINDIEGOGO site and watch it there.
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/interfaith-peace-project/x/310109?c...
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Apr.16.2013
Dr. Christiane Northrup says, "The things that make us weep contain something we need to know about."
On this day, I, like you, weep for Boston, Newtown, Aurora, Oslo, Bagdad and countless other places on earth where violence and bloodshed cover the hills, valleys, mountains, streets and streams of...
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Jan.09.2013
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-mcswain/life-lessons_b_2427471.html
The link is just above - go there for GPS for the Soul. How nice of the Huffington Post to invite me to be one of the contributors to the newly released APP for smartphones - GPS for the Soul. Here's a little more info but, if...
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Aug.24.2012
Are there really NO answers in life? To the big questions, I mean? Is there a God? Is he a he? A she? An it? Where is God? I used to think God was “up there” somewhere or “out there” somewhere. But then, when I was young, I had no idea how impossible it is to wrap my head around “out there,”...
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Aug.19.2012
Whether in Christianity, Islam, Judaism, or virtually any other faith tradition, the emphasis is almost always on performing in hopes of pleasing a God is who not only distant but demanding. I hear it all the time. Heck, I preached it for decades.
"Repent!" "Strive!" "Turn or burn!" "Believe and...
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Aug.16.2012
You could not be nearer to the Divine Presence than you are right now. This I will remember today...
* To know God requires no effort whatsoever. When effort appears, struggle surfaces, I will know that is the ego in me. The real me, the higher self, would never struggle to reach God; it is one...
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Aug.15.2012
Mahatma Gandhi said, “Prayer is the longing of the soul…a daily admission of the weakness of one’s soul. Therefore, it is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.”
Heart without words? I have had such times, haven’t you? The inner burden so heavy…so confusing…so...
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Aug.02.2012
Spirituality is not declaring, “The Bible says it; I believe it; that settles it.” That settles nothing. Such proclamations sound absolute…sound certain…sound as if the person making them is living by faith.
Want to know the truth? Most likely, it is this: declarations like these are often confused...
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Jul.24.2012
Benjamin Whichcote said, "The human soul is to God as a flower is to the sun; it opens at its approach; it shuts when it withdraws."
Today, I will approach the sun; I will open to all that is divine. And, the approach? Well, it's just that - a simple acknowledgement...a thought...a desire...a tiny...
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