David Given Schwarm

Married, Father, United

The Secret

Lisa and I stayed up late and watched this–it is not really in a movie, more a collection of good ideas from today’s top metaphysical thinkers. Stuff by the guy who wrote Chicken Soup for the Soul, stuff from the Men are From Mars guy, some whacky scientists that I have never heard from–that kind…
Sandwhich, Apple, and Water

This was a veggie chicken nugget, cheese, onion, and blue cheese dressing sandwich. It was very good. The apple was hard and Lisa made fun of me for eating so loudly.
Three of Swords–Sorrow

This is the happiness of the Buddha at enlightenment–the sorrow without form or reason. I am really not sure what this means, but it sounds fairly positive. “Disruptions, interruption, separation, quarreling; sowing of discord and strife, mischief-making, sorrow and tears; yet mirth in Platonic pleasures; singing, faithfulness in promises, honesty in money transactions, selfish and…
27. Humility

Mighty Tao is all-pervading.It is simultaneously on this sideand on that.All living things come from it,and all are its care.It works, it finishes, and knows not the name of merit.In love it nurtures al things,and claims no excellence therin.It knows neither ambition nor desire.It can be classed with the humblest of things,for all things finally…
23. Apprehending the Supreme

Before Heaven and Earth existedthere was in Nature a primordial essence,serene and unfathomable.It was omnipresent and suffered no limitation.I regard this essence as teh supreme.I do not know its name, but I call it Tao.If forced to qualify it, I call it boundless.Since it is boundless, I call it inconceivable. Tao is supreme,Heaven is supreme,Earth…
XVIII–The Star

This is the ultimate card of hope. Not a bad card to select for the week. I like the three stars, the pouring water on herself, and the cosmic orb. Also the butterflies and roses are a very nice touch.
The Road

This is a great book. The ability to create a great sentence is obvious from the start. The use of punctuation, paragraph, and chapter may be some of the best I have ever seen. Themes are developed and jammed on for incredibly long periods of time without becoming repetitive or even obvious. An amazingly fun…
Sacred Marriage

“God made marriage to make us holy, not to make us happy.” is the theme of this book. I got this book to work on the topic of Marriage (the M I use in my personal focus study). I ended up liking it a lot–as a christian marriage overview. There is lots of good stuff…
Qur’an

This book took me a very long time to read. I did not get all that much out of it–I read it so that I would have a more deep understanding of the beauty of Islam. I did not get that–I got a lot of hate. I really wanted to find the part that right…
Surah CXIII

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