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Doing Your Best
There’s a lyric from a Radiohead song that’s been in my mind a lot recently: “You try the best you can,You try the best you can,The best you can is good enough.” And a person I know has often said to me recently: “God is merciful. You can only do your best.” God said to Continue reading
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The Most Precious Thing in the Universe
As I sit in my living room enjoying a peaceful early evening, I’m so thankful to God. It’s raining, and rain is so precious. While I was on a hospital ward recently after injuring my throat, I was instructed to consume only two teaspoons of water every hour to minimise the risk of choking while Continue reading
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God is Merciful
Bless the Lord, O my soul,and all that is within me,bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul,and forget not all his benefits,who forgives all your iniquity,who heals all your diseases,who redeems your life from the pit,who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,who satisfies you with goodso that your youth is renewed Continue reading
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The Grace of God
Oh, most gracious Lord! You are eternal, unfathomable; mighty beyond measure! You have created all things and this complex universe is the work of Your hands. So far is Your divine knowledge from my shallow human understanding. I cannot comprehend Your way, oh God! In this wonderful mess of life, this perfect chaos, You reign; You Continue reading
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Living in Psychiatric Hospital
This hospital is effectively my home. I eat here, sleep here, wash here, brush my teeth here – these are the kinds of things that define our home, are they not? Oh, and of course there is the yang of the situation, which is that I have been kicked out of my rented accommodation. Things Continue reading
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Is it possible to be at peace in suffering? A conversation with Gregg
Gregg: This quote made me think of you: By realizing Him who is subtler than the subtlest who dwells in the midst of the chaos, who is the Creator of all things and is endowed with many forms, who is the non-dual Pervader of the universe and all good – by realizing Him one attains the Continue reading
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My name is Steven Nicholas Colborne.
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