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Daily Question, January 22

What are some of the deepest convictions I have yet to give voice to?

  • Nina

    This may be too personal, political to answer.

  • reality

    None. Yet, as of late, I’ve not evoked about struggling against human-centricity and for Earth First as much (because it’s a presidential election in 7 months; GOTV, please) 🙂 reality

  • Tahsin Tabassum

    I don’t know

  • Malag

    I assume this is outer voice not inner voice. I’m not one to hold back on voicing my convictions. So nothing springs to mind.

  • hinewai

    I’ve been moved from house to house, town to town when i was younger and i still am I’m in between three mainly two houses and its stressful seeing I’m still doing school work so I really don’t have time for study and its hard trying to keep up with work

  • Dusty Su

    From having been a non-salaried full-time volunteer and activist in some form or another for 43 years, my convictions are changing. Particularly after companioning people in end of life and all they teach me. Beginning with a state of being and reflection, transformation, then mindful action based on response rather than reaction. It’s a long game, and the state of being a deeply compassionate presence after years of a firebrand reactionary is a growing conviction.

  • typhoon syndrome

    I shouldn’t say them out loud here.

    They are personal.

    Maybe I just need to do them not talk about it then no problem.

    Nothing that important just dear to me.

    Wouldn’t make a spiritual master proud be because it isn’t that grand in terms of spirit.

  • Ose
    That if we team up all together, in the sense of the good old German expression “zusammenspannen”, meaning being ready to work together, each one sharing the individual talents, our hearts and mindful joining in order to serve love, we can change our world to the better, wherever we are and against all odds. This is one of my deepest convictions, which became alive again due to this question. I will try to target it in my writing, to begin with it. Thank you so much for this question, dear ...

    That if we team up all together, in the sense of the good old German expression “zusammenspannen”, meaning being ready to work together, each one sharing the individual talents, our hearts and mindful joining in order to serve love, we can change our world to the better, wherever we are and against all odds. This is one of my deepest convictions, which became alive again due to this question. I will try to target it in my writing, to begin with it. Thank you so much for this question, dear Gratefulness-team! 🙏

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  • Cailinrua

    I agree that it’s an excellent question and makes me wonder about what I ultimately believe in. Food for thought today. Thank you all for the posts below.

  • Ed

    I’m not sure I have any convictions.
    I try to live with my heart open, listening, correcting when I feel myself closing…as best I can… 😉

  • Deb

    I am ready to be silent and listen.

  • Antoinette

    I long to be a monk and devote my life to practice. However I have responsibilities to family and I know it would be selfish to abandon them.
    I try my best to to incorporate the spiritual path into my everyday existence.

    • Deb

      That is precisely what monks and monastics do, Antoinette! Keep up the good work!

  • Linda

    I am frightened by what is happening in our government, and feel I must start talking about this more. We are beginning to normalize things that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. We must all speak up before it is too late.

  • Rebekah H.

    Grateful for the opportunity voice these convictions and without meaning to sound conceited or selfish, I share this. The new realization (grateful to be aware and awake!) and conviction that I am special, the same as you all, that I deserve to be treated as equally human, that my needs are as important as those of the people around me, that it is good and right for me to care for myself – these are some of my deepest convictions. There. I have given voice to them. The next step is action.

    • Ed

      Rebekah, as I read your message I feel a deep and wonderful love for you.
      Thank you for giving me this opportunity.

      • Rebekah H.

        You’re welcome. And thank you for your heartfelt compassion. Received with joy and passed to another. 🙂

    • Ed Schulte

      i can detect no conceit in you voice Rebekeh. What I do hear is an eloquent description of one’s conviction for Self Realization. An objective which is first and foremost importance in order to Love and assist others……… and the planet.

      God’s speed in your actions

      • Rebekah H.

        Grateful for your encouragement, Ed. I am beginning to see how action must follow realization if there is to be any fruit from the seed.

  • Ed Schulte
    Having been exposed to the Judea- Christian tradition ( RC ) in early life ( up to 18 years ) and then continuing to observe it RC and the other Judea-Christian traditions on forward, I have been observant of their many variations of the definition of "Holy Spirit". Including not wanting to acknowledge Holy Sprit at all! Yet others are brushing it off as some sort of "Fairy Tale" So one of my "deepest convictions" is direct experience with the Holy Spirit. It is one which by its very na...

    Having been exposed to the Judea- Christian tradition ( RC ) in early life ( up to 18 years ) and then continuing to observe it RC and the other Judea-Christian traditions on forward, I have been observant of their many variations of the definition of “Holy Spirit”. Including not wanting to acknowledge Holy Sprit at all! Yet others are brushing it off as some sort of “Fairy Tale”

    So one of my “deepest convictions” is direct experience with the Holy Spirit. It is one which by its very nature cannot be “given voice to” in any verbal way BUT can be expressed by living in greater awareness of its nature and its relationship to the Holy Logos within the Holy Trinity.

    Others have “given voice” to the ‘Mystery of the Holy Spirit’ and reduced that Mystery by way of their brilliant presence, their ability to be a conduit for the Holy Spirit, and their teachings .

    One example

    The Holy Spirit, in the service of the Divine Will of Absolute Beingness, is enriched with Total Wisdom, Total Power and Total Love. It is the Orchestrator, which keeps the universes in harmony.”

    DASKALOS

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  • Debra
    Perhaps I have given it voice, but seemingly ineffectually. And that is voice to find equitable standards for woman in the workplace. Woman are still significantly underpaid vs. men for the same position and in many instances better performances in those same positions than men for less pay. Kudos to the men that recognize this, acknowledge this and do more than simply pay homage to it. Unfortunately it is still a bias patriarchal society. Men think they have to take ‘care of woman’ an...

    Perhaps I have given it voice, but seemingly ineffectually. And that is voice to find equitable standards for woman in the workplace. Woman are still significantly underpaid vs. men for the same position and in many instances better performances in those same positions than men for less pay. Kudos to the men that recognize this, acknowledge this and do more than simply pay homage to it. Unfortunately it is still a bias patriarchal society. Men think they have to take ‘care of woman’ and woman buy into that. And heaven help you think you will get any insight and /or clarity of male/female roles from Alison Armstrong! I threw her book ‘Queen’s Code’ up against my bedroom wall when I was finished. It really should have been flushed down the toilet. She lives in the 18th century at best. My conviction is for woman to ‘step out’ and take responsibility and be heard In a resounding manner. Inequality of women must end. That is my conviction that needs more than my voice.

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  • BabaYaga
    I belong to an Anglican (Episcopal) parish. On Sunday, the priest said that all of us should be evangelizing so more people join the church. She said that "private piety" is not enough. Evangelizing is a mandatory Christian obligation. We're supposed to point to Jesus and say, "He's the one!" Then we're supposed to say, "Come and see." My deepest convictions are quite the contrary. I find the instruction profoundly arrogant and disrespectful of people who belong to other religions, not to mentio...

    I belong to an Anglican (Episcopal) parish. On Sunday, the priest said that all of us should be evangelizing so more people join the church. She said that “private piety” is not enough. Evangelizing is a mandatory Christian obligation. We’re supposed to point to Jesus and say, “He’s the one!” Then we’re supposed to say, “Come and see.” My deepest convictions are quite the contrary. I find the instruction profoundly arrogant and disrespectful of people who belong to other religions, not to mention disrespectful of those with mystical leanings. Am I supposed to convert my Jewish friends? My Hindu cousin by marriage? My Muslim colleagues? I refuse. But I have yet to give voice to my reaction publicly. I am reflecting on how best to do this. Among other things, I risk social censure if I speak up.

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    • Michele

      Thank you for your post. There’s a simple saying “to each their own” 🙂

    • Cathy

      I applaud your post, BabaYaga. You’ve put words to one of my inner feelings – convictions if you will. Thank you.

    • Ed Schulte

      BabaYaga I salute you!

      You have here given voice to your reaction. Your heart driven honesty prompted me to post my expression here to-day as well.

  • Skeeter

    The inequality of poor women in the world. And the isolation of many seniors in our society.

  • Trish

    The misuse of power in the non.profit world is something that I don’t articulate unless I’m in a trusted space. There are lots of icky decisions made that impact many people. It’s highly troubling… & yet, I sit & watch and accept a paycheck. This is a growth area for me.

    • Ed Schulte

      Trish
      You are not along in your observations. I find the situation is shielded by counters such as “don’t be too quit to judge” and “it is not a perfect world” …etc etc

      If you haven’t yet been introduced to Pierre’s Pradervand and his talks and books ,
      gentleartofblessing.org , he shares his life experiences wrt “misuse in the non-profit world “….with some surprising and enlightening conclusions.

      Be Well Be Present

      EdS

      • Trish

        Thank You, Ed. I have not been introduced to Pradervand & will most certainly check him out. I appreciate your understanding & resource.

  • Javier Visionquest

    I have become the madman that mutters at the gates of the circus.

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