tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post8729404629959478931..comments2024-03-29T12:03:37.344+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Thirteen strategies for leading a spiritual lifeBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-39447643502334320592016-06-01T06:25:45.142+01:002016-06-01T06:25:45.142+01:00@aardvark - From William Arkle I got the insight t...@aardvark - From William Arkle I got the insight that we are given minimal guidance, because God wants most of all for us to work things out for ourselves, and learn from the experiences - including mistakes. Of course, that would not mean *contradictory* guidance! So I assume that when 'the signs' appear to be contradictory, that must be a mistake in our interpretation - or guidance making two complementary (not contradictory) points (such as "this path would be more pleasant, but this path would be more interesting"). Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-29778882795548915152016-06-01T05:43:53.724+01:002016-06-01T05:43:53.724+01:00How important, then, are the times in our lives wh...How important, then, are the times in our lives when some of the items on your list begin to conflict. For instance, one could easily see how you could feel very strongly a divine call to go down one path (#8), but simultaneously experience a set of synchronicities (#7) that suggest another (I can speak to that from personal experience).<br /><br />So what is to be done? I appreciate that you ended the list with the letting go of old spiritual experiences when given new. Viewed in that light, perhaps when we feel conflicted spiritually we are really being given an opportunity to become the co-creators of our own reality (material and spiritual). The choice becomes ours to make, and if indeed our life is being properly led, we can be confident in that choice wherever it may lead.aardvarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-54997135547442513432016-05-31T21:02:07.878+01:002016-05-31T21:02:07.878+01:00@Nathaniel- Excellent. Maybe *that* was exactly wh...@Nathaniel- Excellent. Maybe *that* was exactly why I wrote it!Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-36642397126746815102016-05-31T20:48:37.019+01:002016-05-31T20:48:37.019+01:00Thank you Bruce! I was waiting in a sterile medica...Thank you Bruce! I was waiting in a sterile medical facility, which I tend to find somehow depressing and crushing, and your post reminded me of how wonderful reality really is, and how we can seek God anywhere and everywhere.Nathanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04531664498277638757noreply@blogger.com