Many techniques of meditation try to achieve the same results, but often they rely on a relatively passive way, involving the body only marginally. In this way, since relaxing becomes more mental effort ("Now I must relax") rather than a natural, physical process, they end up producing more paranoia than harmony. On the contrary, what martial arts point out is that individual harmony can only begin with one's body. - Daniele Bolelli, On The Warrior's Path

0112: Midweek Debrief - The Body As a Temple: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/embed/episodes/0112-Midweek-Debrief---The-Body-As-a-Temple-e1j2f6v

Is the Holy Spirit a what or who? Well, we have good news, he's a who. Usually, it's kind of hard to keep this straight because whenever we use the word spirit, we think of a what, a thing. So we say: I've got school spirit or something like that. Well, that's a thing. It's not necessarily an object. But, it's still a thing, and usually when you say you’ve got spirit or you’re spiritual, it means something you can feel like an emotion. But, here, at Pentecost, the Holy Spirit really is a person and we know that because of the way that the Holy Spirit has been given to us, which happens first in baptism: I baptize you in the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Rather than being confined to a separate dimension, martial arts should be an extension of our way of living, of our philosophies, of the way we educate our children, of the job we devote so much of our time to, of the relationships we cultivate, and of the choices we make every day. - Daniele Bolelli, On the Warrior's Path

The real problem is that the Holy Spirit knows you have to get over your hate for Jesus. This is what actually has to happen to you. This is the comfort the Holy Spirit has to provide. And you will not have the comfort of a true and certain conscience until you know truly and certainly what Jesus Christ is actually saying to you...

Rather than being confined to a separate dimension, martial arts should be an extension of our way of living, of our philosophies, of the way we educate our children, of the job we devote so much of our time to, of the relationships we cultivate, and of the choices we make every day. - Daniele Bolelli, On the Warrior's Path

Book Link: https://www.amazon.com/Warriors-Path-Second-Philosophy-Mythology/dp/158394219X

What is that Name? The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. And where did you first receive this Name? In baptism when you were baptized into the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. That means you take this Name and use it. In the midst of tribulation you call upon the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit who are not righteous by the law and award, but are righteous according to mercy, which pours out of them in love and gives you the Name.

...when any martial art shifts its intent and focus from the reality of combat to the requirements of success in a game, it becomes watered down to become only a shadow of its former self; indeed, the notion that success in competition can be equated to success in an actual armed encounter, is, at best, delusional. - Ben Miller, The Best Defense is a Good Offense... Really?

Article Link: https://outofthiscentury.wordpress.com/2016/03/14/the-best-defense-is-a-good-offense-really/

That's why God never asked if you wanted to be confirmed. Such a question would be inappropriate. This is not for you to decide. You're a sinner after all. You can no more make a lifelong commitment to God than you can make a commitment today to your future wedding plans, what kind of a career you will choose, or what kind of a grandparent you will be. It's all by God's grace and mercy that you are confirmed in baptism and brought here today to confess before witnesses that, yes, for Christ's sake, God is good to you, keeps his promise to be your God, and holds you in his grace and mercy all the days of your life.

"...masters of the past have warned against attempting to overcome an adversary through fury, passion, and aggression. For instance, in an addendum to Johann Liechtenauer’s Recital on the Longsword, a medieval author notes that a person who fences “wittily and without all wrath” will “seldom lose.” - Ben Miller

https://outofthiscentury.wordpress.com/2016/03/14/the-best-defense-is-a-good-offense-really/

So what does it mean for you now, who lives after the end? It means that the answer you have to give to all the books and all the people who are trying to project through the signs: When is the end going to come? When is the end going to come? And you have to say: I'm sorry to tell you this. You've missed it. It's already gone. It's already passed. And you failed. You flunked. You did not get prepared. You did not have oil in your lamp. You thought you could get ready for this, but you're not ready for this.