Sing «Shalom,» remembering that the word
means wholeness or fulfillment as well as peace.
It is a concern epitomized by the Hebrew word shalom, which
means wholeness and harmonious relationship in creation and in community.
If salvation
means wholeness, then salvation has a different meaning for each structure of existence.
I do
mean the wholeness of that which Christ was, taken into, received by, enriching to, and usable for, «the glory of God the Father».
Not exact matches
«Transcendence,
meaning,
wholeness, and ecstasy.»
Here is a consistency to which I bear witness: we are always
meant for community and love, always
meant for
wholeness and for shalom.
What is surprising in the context of this book is the desire of both «life - liberators» and «world - changers» to explore the phenomenon of play as a possible
means toward their respective visions of
wholeness.
If one's dis - ease is in part an existence without a meaningful story by which to integrate present, past, and future, then a prescription for
wholeness will also include a
means by which to write anew one's story.
Not only does the completion of creation in six days correlate with and support the religious calendar and Sabbath observance (if the Hebrews had had a five - day work week, the account would have read differently), but also the seventh day of rest employs to the full the symbolic
meaning of the number seven as
wholeness, plenitude, completion.
What this
means for the minister as counselor, is the importance both of striving for inner
wholeness for oneself and of looking at one's counselees and parishioners as whole persons, individuals who are free to grow into whatever their own potential dictates rather than according to some arbitrary cultural or religious standards of «femininity» and «masculinity.»
If one does not become what one is
meant to be, if one does not set out in the direction of God, if one does not bring one's scattered passions under the transforming and unifying guidance of direction, then no
wholeness of the person is possible.
This self - affirmation in no sense
means real personal
wholeness but just its opposite — a crystallized inner division.
To become aware of a man, therefore,
means in particular to perceive his
wholeness as person defined by spirit: to perceive the dynamic centre which stamps on all his utterances, actions, and attitudes the tangible sign of oneness.
Dewey calls this value «quality,» but by the term he
means neither mathematical nor secondary qualities; he uses the term to refer, first, to the
wholeness or deeper reality, in some aspect of the world, often as that
wholeness is presented in a work of art. 24 If this were called the objective locus of quality, the subjective locus would be the emotional intuition of the objective quality; this subjective quality gives the experience itself the unity which makes it that particular experience.25 It is this empirical discernment of quality which provides the substance of the derivative and propositional resolution of the conflict between the individual and its environment.
For the intrinsic relations between reason and justice, the praxis of reason with its priority of contextual understanding over conceptual expression,
means that the universality of solidarity, or inclusive
wholeness, is a universality that is mediated through the particularity of local and communal struggles to transcend injustice.
Its basic
meaning is
wholeness — a state of harmony among God, humanity and all of creation.
Integrity
means a consistency of principles and a
wholeness of self.
Since peace
means «health and
wholeness,» this may have been his customary word to people he healed.
And what can this
mean except that, like those planetary orbits which seem to traverse our solar system without remaining within it, the curve of consciousness, pursuing its course of growing complexity, will break through the material framework of Time and Space to escape somewhere towards an ultra-center of unification and
wholeness, where there will finally be assembled, and in detail, everything that is irreplaceable and incommunicable in the world.
(6) A
wholeness - oriented counselor - therapist should encourage clients to evaluate as well as energize their life - style by developing a sense of
meaning and purpose in their lives.
Speaking in the tongues of other seekers at Pentecost, then,
means among other things entering deeply into their lives to promote shalom, or
wholeness.
We must stress that this life of faith is a real possibility for us, is in fact the only possibility that yields
meaning and
wholeness and depth of character and right relation to God.
What can this
mean except that its eventual completion and
wholeness must exactly coincide (in full accord with the Law of Complexity) with what we have called the planetization of Mankind?
The teaching of Jesus that those who follow him have eternal life
means that spiritual
wholeness does not depend on marriage or on becoming a parent.
But there is a critical corrective to this misuse within the term «catholic» itself, and the secular
meanings that I cited a moment ago capture, better than our tainted ecclesiastical vocabulary, the gist of that corrective: catholicus, with its Greek background in the idea of «complete
wholeness» (kata holos), defies possession by only a part of the whole.
In the past, dualistic thinking about what it
means to be a woman so strongly associated motherhood with women that childbearing seemed essential to spiritual
wholeness.
Sanctification
means growth in holiness (or
wholeness and health — the root word is the same).
Kaplan can help us to learn what that
means; he can help us to understand that the catholicity of the biblical tradition is not an abstract Greek universal, but a concrete Hebraic
wholeness that is universal in its implications.
Christ came to unveil what it
means to be fully human, and to reconcile us with our Father, and to save us, set us free, heal us, to walk us out into our created purposes and
wholeness.
Hence it is appropriate for us here to consider the
meaning of this action of Christian worship as the historical tradition of Christianity has understood it, always remembering that our primary concern is to show how this action is related to the kerygmatic proclamation, the preaching of the gospel of God in Jesus Christ for man's
wholeness.
The church must become a vehicle of communication in the metropolis, a
means of achieving
wholeness, an instrument for creating community.
Easter affirms
meaning, even though it's not possible for finite brokenness to define the
meaning of infinite
wholeness.
Therefore, in proclaiming the Kingdom of God in our context should
mean taking seriously the cultural and religious symbols and traditions which embody their vision of life and
wholeness.
We are unable to comprehend the
meaning of death and resurrection without metaphysics — not as an intellectual discipline, but in its capacity to deepen and enrich life in its
wholeness, beyond all of its individual manifestations.
Such a dual thrust is more likely to produce a balance between the inner and the outer reality (which was what Jung
meant by
wholeness).
(39) Vital, authentic religion (which satisfies what Frankl calls the will - to -
meaning) is a powerful resource for growth toward
wholeness.
Go into quiet contemplation of the word shalom that we translate as peace... and contemplate its full
meaning, which is perfection,
wholeness and completion... nothing missing, nothing broken.»
But in our view conservation goes far deeper than that; it
means to the civilized land what fitness
means to the educated body, and in essence what the idea of sport itself
means to the human spirit: a
wholeness of mind and body.
Yet the curriculum first and second year medical students learn about finding
meaning in medicine, learning to cope with loss, standing wide - eyed and humble in the face of awe and mystery, and nurturing the
wholeness in ourselves and our patients is often beaten out of doctors during the trauma of the next six to eight years of medical education.
When we can turn toward these aspects of ourselves that appear in dreams during the slow, morning hours instead of pushing them aside as we start our day as quickly as possible, we have the opportunity to create more
wholeness and
meaning in our lives.
This
means that your true self is longing for integration of shadow parts, which will lead to a stronger internal sense of
wholeness instead of the fragmentation and disconnect that define so much of modern lives.
Meaning emerges in context, in experience; holistic education is therefore essentially a responsiveness to the
wholeness of experience as we live it in particular times and places».
Taking as its subject the very worst aspects of human nature - our propensity for crime, cruelty, and bloodshed - it shapes that disruptive material into order,
wholeness, and
meaning.
Some games are silly or have meaningless storylines, and some are too difficult to figure out, and some are just okay, but all parts of this one held together as a
wholeness and made it feel like «I am there» instead of merely playing a game,
meaning that I was immersed in it.
Astronauts speak of an experience of sublime
wholeness when they exit Earth's atmosphere and see the fragility of the «pale blue dot» when it is understood as an object and the sphere wherein all of history and
meaning has unfolded.
Yet it also has a profoundly poetic sense of
wholeness, of evoked
meaning.
In a rare collection of voices, the authors of Simpler Living, Compassionate Life explore voluntary simplicity as a path to
wholeness and abundance, and greater equity and
meaning.
Returning to
wholeness meant adding consistent and intentional habits to pay attention to my own well - being.
Lawyers seek a sense of
wholeness; they want to lead lives of
meaning, connection, and moral purpose.
My aim is to help you understand from an embodied perspective the deeper dynamics of your struggle, strengthen the parts inside of you that can move beyond it and engage in life with a greater sense of
meaning, strength, and
wholeness.»