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Throne and Crown

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Queen Elizabeth II died yesterday afternoon but here on earth throne and crown stand steadfast, singing, ‘God save the King!’ and in heaven, throne and crown are timeless, glorifying not only a mortal queen but also Christ, the immortal king, enthroned and crowned in his invisible Kingdom.  Earth and heaven eternally wed in the Holy of Holies, resurrecting our queen and all… Read more »

Persecution of the Name

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Persecution of the Name is rife in an age of nihilism, although the Name extinguishes fear and hallows the persecuted.  Elders take heart when the Name is hallowed, enthroning saints in glory, crowning them with wisdom.  The Name searches minds and hearts, revealing grace from beginning to end and from first to last.   Suffering for God’s Name is often excruciating, severing… Read more »

Realms of Glory

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When glory is aware of itself, it is wisdom and when wisdom is aware of its heavenly realm, it is glory.  The reciprocity of wisdom and glory lies hidden at the heart of the Name, aware and present in each person of the Holy Trinity and therefore: ‘thrice-holy.’ The Name saves by virtue of the wisdom and glory it reveals.  Realms… Read more »

Purity of Heart

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Purity of heart is enlightened by virtue of the purity of God, for there is no conditioned way or external means to enlighten it, because it already is light knowing light through light.  Self-centred effort and self-willed struggle point beyond themselves to the good news of the Gospel of grace.  Glory already is uncreated light, freely given by grace.  The… Read more »

Holy Trinity

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The Name is revealed by all three persons of the Holy Trinity, each of whom is the completeness of God in person, revealing the completeness of God in his Name. Mirroring Holy Trinity, the Spirit unveils the Son in the heart of the Father, revealing God in Holy Trinity through the thrice-holy Name, indivisibly communicating God, through God in God,… Read more »

Theosis

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Theosis, deification, is the hidden secret of wisdom, concealed ever since the foundation of the world, waiting to be revealed in glory to those who turn and see. Theosis remains hidden until grace reveals wisdom in glory, unveiling the countenance of God.  The unveiled face reveals the image and likeness of God, transforming sinners into saints, opening heaven to earth in… Read more »

Theoria

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Theoria is wisdom enlightening the mind in the heart, uniting awareness with energy in uncreated light, uniting visible and invisible realms in uncreated glory.  To see with the eye of wisdom in the heart is to behold glory in the age to come, centred on the axis of the revelatory Name, pivoting between the uncreated and the created where the invisible… Read more »

Metanoia

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Metanoia means change of mind that passes beyond, meta, mind, noia, beyond, that is, both conventional mindfulness and mindless dissipation.  Metanoia turns the mind inside out and outside in, reversing self-centred mind-sets so that God-centred wisdom is revealed.  Metanoia unites heavenly glory with earthly awareness, that is the function of wisdom, which, like glory, is uncreated.  Metanoia appears to begin as something created… Read more »

Uncreated Light of the Name

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The Name of God is uncreated light, turning awareness round from divisive separation into indivisible union, awakening wisdom through glory in realms of uncreated grace. Turning reverses the fall from grace by purifying and illumining the heart, awakening wisdom that glorifies God.  Effort is employed for a time to discover effortless grace, revealing the wisdom of theoria that discerns the glory of… Read more »

Way of Truth and Life

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The way of truth is eternal life for seers who see as they are seen, know as they are known, glorified by God through God in God, Holy Trinity revealing wisdom and the way of wisdom, wisdom’s truth and life:  glorification.   But the way was lost among those who read down wisdom to ways and means to acquire it, distancing union and… Read more »