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“There is motion in stillness just as there is stillness in motion.” -Alyjawan The Great 10/2023 This statement is paradoxical on the surface, yet it represents the feedback between action and awareness, doing and being. Motion in Stillness is the interior work that goes on in the inner world. When a writer sits still, eyes closed in focus, the mind moves with rapidity through memory, possibility, and meaning. Meditation, contemplation, even rest—these are not stagnancy, bu

Pretend for a moment that greatness has already affected a man. What distinguishes a good man from a great man who is also good? To understand this nuance, we have to look deeper than the remedial association with one’s success, power, or legacy. A man who is good behaves with decency even when no one is looking; his goodness is founded on humility, integrity, and quiet power. A man who is great and good is even rarer, for he has control and authority accompanied with influen

The issue I have with this remark is that it ignores the authority and supremacy that GOD almighty harbors. We say life is a gift and yet we complain and make crude remarks that ‘I didn’t ask to be here’, but love to engage in the pleasures it provides. How is it that we can claim that Life is the most beautiful ‘gift’ ever and then make it seem as if it was ours from the beginning? If it was gifted to us at birth, then that insinuates that our life was never ours to begin wi

I believe there are three ways a person can die. They can die an animal, a man, or a god. This is relevant because it pertains to how a...

Many will see this title and scoff to themselves saying things like, “ I can’t apologize now??” or “Christians can't do anything without...

A soldier fights out of obligation. He fights so that others won’t need to. He fights because something hangs in the balance if he loses....

Both reasons can be adduced for dominating oneself and subjugating oneself. Although these concepts are related, they subtly diverge when...