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Cheshire Cat's Cradle

Philosophical and Spiritual fragments ranging from speculation to personal experience.

  1. How Many Pins Can Dance on the Head of an Angel?

    Did you know that the term "How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?" was actually a derrogatory phrase? It was used to discredit scholastic philosophy at a time when it still played a significant role in university education.

    Well, that's what some people believe.

    There are others that teach that this question is unfairly attributed and originally comes from medieval epistemology: that the question was not how many angels could dance on the head of
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  2. Set in Stone...or Not.

    I don’t believe that the future is set in stone.

    I’m of the impression that our higher selves sat down before we came to this particular incarnation and said “this is what I want to happen” in this lifetime. It’s a broad sketch, an outline if you will, giving the life they are about to embark on purpose and meaning.

    How we accomplish the purpose, how we fill in the outline or color in the sketch is completely up to us. That is our free will.

    What happens,
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  3. Dancing Madly Backwards

    "Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels." Faith Whittlesey said those words, and I tip my hat to her for her insightfulness. Especially after my own run-in with ballroom dancing.

    It was a gift from my father, about six years ago - a series of 12 ballroom dancing lessons from a local dance studio for my husband and I, and I'll be the first to say that it was an eye-opening experience.

    "The secret to successful
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  4. The Power of a Mother's Touch

    I want to share with you something that happened to me yesterday. What I’ve written here is accurate and as complete as I can remember. Thank you for letting me share.

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    I guess it would be safe to say that there is a lot going on in my life right now. The specifics don’t matter, just suffice it to say that Sunday morning everything finally caught up with me. I was, however, able to hold off until I made it to the shower.

    Now in my house, with
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