Comments on: Spirituality and Fatherhood https://www.unitygj.org/spirituality-and-fatherhood/ 2793 Skyline Ct. #C Grand Junction, CO 81501 Wed, 21 Jun 2017 02:14:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: J Douglas Bottorff https://www.unitygj.org/spirituality-and-fatherhood/#comment-354 Wed, 21 Jun 2017 02:14:31 +0000 https://unitychurch.wordpress.com/?p=1785#comment-354 In reply to Truthseeker.

Thank you, Jackie. You always have good insights.

]]> By: Truthseeker https://www.unitygj.org/spirituality-and-fatherhood/#comment-353 Tue, 20 Jun 2017 15:30:42 +0000 https://unitychurch.wordpress.com/?p=1785#comment-353 Doug,
Happy Father’s Day (belated)! The scripture ‘call no man on earth your father’ is closely related to the one in which Jesus tells of the necessity of a second birth, a birth of a spiritual kind, in addition to our physical birth. Once you understand that this spiritual part of us – called in Unity “the Christ” – is the only BEGOTTEN of the Father, more scriptures, such as being ‘heirs,’ ‘prodigal sons,’ etc., take on their true meaning.

When I traveled in India we visited an ashram and there were asked by the head guru, “Who are you?” When we replied with our name or vocational position, he asked again, “Who ARE you?” The answer he was seeking was that we were eternal spiritual beings clothed temporarily in physical bodies.

You stated in this talk, “Souls don’t give life to souls.” In his acclaimed book, “The Prophet,” Kahili Gibran writes, “Your children are not your children. . . they come through you, but not from you.”
Unity was the first “religious” philosophy that united these Eastern concepts with Western precepts of Christianity and what drew me to adherence of Unity teachings. Your continuing to propound these teachings through your ministry is both a service and a blessing. Thank you!

]]> By: J Douglas Bottorff https://www.unitygj.org/spirituality-and-fatherhood/#comment-352 Mon, 19 Jun 2017 01:19:41 +0000 https://unitychurch.wordpress.com/?p=1785#comment-352 In reply to Charles Lewman.

Thank you. I’m glad you found it useful.

]]> By: Charles Lewman https://www.unitygj.org/spirituality-and-fatherhood/#comment-351 Sun, 18 Jun 2017 23:05:19 +0000 https://unitychurch.wordpress.com/?p=1785#comment-351 Reverend Doug, another insightful observation, thank you. I am a longtime Science of Mind and Unity student and this is the most direct reference to reincarnation I have heard. Very refreshing.

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