ORDINARY LIFE - Thoughts and Ideas to Help You Live a Happier Life

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Summary of Ordinary Life for March 17, 2024

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Dear Ones -

Based on the responses we got, both in person and via e-mail, the shared teaching Dr. Holly Hudley and I offered in Ordinary Life this week spoke to a need. If you attended or watched the live-stream, you likely picked up on the fact that we didn’t finished what we prepared. As I indicated at the end of the time, we’ll pick the matter up again next week, beginning with the fact that each of us deals with the need for the healing of our depression and anxiety.

All wisdom traditions deal with the fact of human suffering. In the Jesus tradition we learn that his first emphasis was on healing as an expression of compassion. I spoke some about the historical accuracy of the Jesus narrative. Holly spoke about the difference between transformation and transmutation. Even though we are born into the inevitability of pain, we are also into the possibility of healing, of recovering our wholeness.

That’s a brief summary of this week’s time in Ordinary Life.

The audio version of the talk has some significant differences from the text we spoke from. You can find the text of the talk, the presentation slides and the audio version of the talk using the links below.

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Be well and much love,

Bill Kerley

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