Azazel & the Peril of Vanity

December 24, 2008

We often refer to the generation of the 1960′s as the “Me” generation. However, if you look at the current generation, we may be looking at a group more ego-centric than we’ve ever seen. From increases in Narcissistic Personality Disorder to the recent development of the concept of the “Truman Show” Syndrome, personalities in our [...]

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A Gnostic’s Take on Satan

December 7, 2008

I know I said I wouldn’t make the focus of KeithGoode.com religious discussion, but I saw something in the news this weekend that I wanted to comment on. As part of the launch of their new television channel, NET, the Catholic dioceses has invoked an old adversary to help them promote it. “Satan” appears in [...]

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Incarnation within the Matrix

December 4, 2008

I guess as long as civilizations encourage greed and attachment to the physical world, messengers will need to enter the Matrix and teach us again and again: “This isn’t real. You’re being duped. This is not who you are.”

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Restarting Once Again, Choosing My Direction

November 30, 2008

It has been about, oh, 11 months since I last updated this blog. Life has a way of either getting in the way or offering better options for using my time. I have been blogging some, under a nom de guerre, on Google’s Blogger platform. I mainly post items there that are of a religious/spiritual [...]

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Ethical Will of 2007, Part 1

January 2, 2008

As the New Year begins, it’s a good time to reflect on the past year and see if there are things I’ve learned that I can apply to my life in the days, months, and years to come. The tradition of the ethical will (Heb. “Zevaoth“) comes to us from Jewish moralists, who wished to [...]

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The Gnostic Gospels (according to the Vatican)

December 30, 2007

I saw this comic strip today and thought it was worth sharing. Click on the image to see a larger version of it.

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The Porcelain Doll on a Grave

December 16, 2007

The news came out today that Dan Fogelberg died this morning after a long battle with cancer. His album (yes, it was vinyl) “The Innocent Age” was one of my favorite albums growing up. Once my mom left to go to work, I’d spend hours listening to it as loud as I could on her [...]

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My Blog Inaction Day Contribution

October 17, 2007

This week, on October 15th, the blogosphere celebrated Blog Action Day, a day on which hundreds of bloggers wrote about a specific topic. This year’s topic, not surprisingly, was the environment. In response to this day of collective yapping, I’m holding my own blogging event. Only, I’m the only participant, and I won’t delude myself [...]

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Mid-Life Reflection, Lifelong Fascination, and Longing for Something Unknown

October 8, 2007

Thoughts are the rudders for our lives. When they are jumbled, the rudder spins in all directions, and the ship becomes lost or doesn’t move at all. When thoughts are positive and full of confidence, the rudder makes its adjustments as necessary, but no sea of trouble can throw the ship off-course. And when thoughts [...]

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I Are Smart Too!

July 19, 2007

I get the daily e-mail from Daily Writing Tips, so I can keep up with what’s going on in the world of writing (the technical world of grammar and word use, that is, not the world of authors and such). And today’s article, entitled “Putting on Airs” or Expressing One’s Thoughts? really struck a nerve [...]

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