Sentences with phrase «sacred thing on»

And just when I start to buy the lie that my schedule is the most sacred thing on the planet, I am interrupted by a reminder to stop, acknowledge the time, and read the appointed prayer for this appointed day on this appointed hour.

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I just don't buy the popular notion that a person's network on LinkedIn is some kind of sacred thing that needs to be protected.

«It will actually be within your power to experience a crowded, hot, slow, consumer - hell type situation as not only meaningful, but sacred, on fire with the same force that made the stars: love, fellowship, the mystical oneness of all things deep down,» he said.

Asserting that all innocence has been lost, Zizek claims that an object is no longer considered art «simply [on] its direct material properties, but [by] the place it occupies, the (sacred) Place of the Void of the Thing.»

The act of writing was invented, after all, to convey the sacred: Permanent things must be passed on in a permanent way, hence the hieroglyphs on Egyptian tombs.

The right to liberty takes on particular importance when addressing the most important» and sacred» things.

It could very well be that the rallying of encouragement and affirmation for Julie is a sacred, holy thing and more important than anything on this blog.

The basic conviction was that of a legitimate distinction between sacred and secular: between things which by nature and circumstance belonged to God and through which he might be known, on the one hand, and those which belonged to the world and tended, therefore, to separate a man from God on the other.

Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed:: Profane and sacred all at the same time.

When this type of reasoning is applied to a sacred text, one is placed in the awkward position of either affirming the whole thing or selectively denying it on very tenuous grounds, such as one's present world view.

And for whom the literature we are told to revere as sacred and revealing of god's plan on earth was written by people who did not understand a simple bladder infection amongst many other things.

Whether formulated by Durkheim (a system of beliefs and practices related to sacred things), by Weber (that which finally makes events meaningful), or by Tillich (whatever is of ultimate concern) religion in its «classical» sense refers not so much to labels on a church building as to the imagery (myth, theology, and so forth) by which people make sense of their lives — their «moral architecture,» if you will.6 That human beings differ in their sensitivity to and success in this matter of «establishing meaning» there can be no doubt.

The sacred authors wrote the four Gospels, selecting some things from the many which had been handed on by word of mouth or in writing, reducing some ofthem to a synthesis, explaining some things in view of the situation of their churches and preserving the form of proclamation but always in such fashion that they told us the honest truth about Jesus.

An intriguing touch in a film ready to skewer everything — there may be something sacred after all, it's just the thing that's hardest to put on screen.

Save on the less important things like oatmeal and spend more on the «sacred foods».

I am allowed to have my own emotional response to published statements on the internet, which is an entirely different thing than working with a mother in a situation where I feel that I have a sacred duty to support HER feelings, whatever they are.

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If either of us wants time with the other, it gets scheduled as a date on our calendars and we are both sure that all of our separate life things get sorted before so that we can keep that precious «us time» sacred.

Sathyananda — I follow your free lessons — My view on what the troubled lady is getting very upset about is — Reiki is a beautiful energy that can do no - one any harm, it is for the highest good of all — and when give or sent the higher self of the other person will accept only what is good and right for them — As for displaying the Sacred Symbols — well we must live and let live and not judge what others do - we must do what our own conscience lets us do — personly I do believe to keep them quietly sacred and only seen by us as Reiki Healers - but I do not get so angry and judgemental as it seems the Lady does — sorry just one more thing — Reiki symbols seem to have different forms of interpretation when drawn — there again I believe and trust that it is intention when using them — thank you for your time

I have more respect for the hard - ass who doesn't hold the sames things sacred that society does, than I have for the immature who get off on being «naughty».

To help your senior cat get to those sacred places more easily, consider adding things like ramps or small steps so there is less of a need for your cat to jump and put unnecessary pressure on their joints.

On landing there, the first thing you experience is a dense crowd: skilfully turbanned Sikhs, women swathed in shimmering saris, young people dressed in Western style, rickshaws and sacred cows.

I could go on about the game's writing with more examples but I want to keep some of these things sacred as they are best experienced while in the mood and / or atmosphere that the game builds up.

Christianity is a rather widespread religious base, but one thing I'm sure everyone can agree on is that sex is the sacred method created by our Heavenly Father for us to bring life into this world.

Headon said lawyers need to reflect on the fact that while lawyers tend to hold much of what they do and how they do it to be sacred, most other professions have moved on with the times to embrace technology and other service providers in an effort to get things done more efficiently.