Category Archives: Spiritual blindness

They just don’t get it!

Posted on August 3, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

There’s an old legend about a beautiful swan that one day alighted on a lake where a crane was wading around in the shallows searching for snails. The crane looked at the swan in wonder, then asked where it came … Continue reading →

Posted in Beauty, Blessedness, Heaven, Spiritual blindness | Tagged Cranes, disatisfaction, indifference, Snails, Swans | Leave a comment

Touching the invisible

Posted on July 13, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

The capacities of various creatures to connect with their environment is truly amazing. We only perceive thirty percent of the range of the sun’s light, and one seventieth of the spectrum of electromagnetic energy, but many animals do much better. … Continue reading →

Posted in Discernment, Faith, Fingerprints of God, God, Knowing God, Seeing Jesus, Seeking and Finding, Spiritual blindness, Spiritual discernment, Spiritual Insight, Wonder | Tagged Atheism and Faith, Bats, God With Us, Intuition, Meaning in Life, Spectrum, spirituality | Leave a comment

Your room is ready

Posted on May 10, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

The Winchester Mystery House is a favourite tourist destination in California. It belonged to Sarah Winchester, widow of the man who invented the Winchester Rifle – the gun that won the West. Sarah was troubled for her soul and her … Continue reading →

Posted in Anxiety, Death, Futility, Guilt, Heaven, Spiritual blindness, Spiritual Darkness, Winchester Mystery House | Tagged anxiety, Seances, Spirits, Winchester Rifle, worry | Leave a comment

Everybody’s dancing

Posted on May 10, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

There’s an old story about a spider, who built a beautiful web and kept it clean and shiny so that flies would patronize it. Each time he trapped a fly he would clean up on him so the other flies … Continue reading →

Posted in Following the Crowd, Foolishness, Self Destruction, Spiritual blindness | Tagged Dancing, Everybody's doing it, Flies, Foolishness, Highway to Hell, Spider to the Fly | 1 Comment

An Endless March to Nowhere

Posted on April 24, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

Jean Henri Fabre was a French naturalist who, fascinated by the sight of processional caterpillars marching in a long unbroken line, each one touching the one in front of it, decided to try an experiment to see if they would … Continue reading →

Posted in Apathy, Death, emptiness, Journey, Life's journey, Living Life, Spiritual blindness, Spiritual Insight, Wisdom | Tagged Aimlessness, anxiety, Caterpillars, futility, God's Will, Jean Henri Fabre, March to nowhere, Meaning in Life | Leave a comment

Heaven for Twenty Dollars

Posted on April 24, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

A Canadian news report into a website called Heaven’s Registry tells us that for a mere twenty dollars we can have “guaranteed admission into heaven.” The certificate is also available for “cherished pets” at a cost of fifteen dollars. The … Continue reading →

Posted in God, Heaven, Hell, Hope, Religious Scam, Self Deception, Sin, Spiritual blindness, Spiritual discernment | Tagged faith, forgiveness of sins, God's Will, Hope, Penance, Religious Scams | Leave a comment

What’s in the bag?

Posted on March 26, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

There’s an old legend about three men each carrying two sacks, one on their back and one on their front.. When asked what was in the sacks, the first said, “On my back are all the good things that have … Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciation, Attitude, Bitterness, Blessings, Contentment, Encouragement, Futility, Hope, Inspiration, Life's journey, Living Life, Making the most of what you've got, Seeing the possibilities, Spiritual blindness, Spiritual discernment, thankfulness, Troubles, Trust in God, Wisdom | Tagged anxiety, disatisfaction, fulfillment, happiness, Hope, Legend, peace with one's self, rich inner life, Sacks, spirituality | Leave a comment

Creating things that devour us

Posted on March 26, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

There’s an ancient legend from India about four princes who went off to develop special powers and then met to reveal what they had learned. The first said, “I have learned how to take a creature’s bone and create flesh … Continue reading →

Posted in Foolishness, Life's journey, Self Deception, Self Destruction, Spiritual blindness, Spiritual Darkness | Tagged Lion, power | 3 Comments

The Dollar isn’t God

Posted on March 24, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

On the anniversary of nine/eleven, the boys choir of Saint Paul’s Cathedral in London visited the trading floor of the British arm of Cantor Fitzgerald, a stock broking company whose six hundred and fifty eight American employees all perished in … Continue reading →

Posted in Awareness, Discernment, God, inner peace, Inspirational, Law of Jungle, Money, Remembrance, Self Deception, Spiritual blindness, Spiritual Insight, Terror, Terrorists, Trust in God, Uncertainty of Life, War, Wisdom | Tagged anxiety, God With Us, Hope, Nine Eleven, Peace, Stockbrokers | Leave a comment

A little silver changes everything

Posted on March 6, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

There’s an old Jewish story about a rich man who went to see a rabbi because he couldn’t understand why he always felt so unhappy even though he was wealthy. The rabbi took him to a window and asked him … Continue reading →

Posted in Attitude, Compassion, Discernment, emptiness, Life's journey, Living Life, Money, Riches, Self Deception, Spiritual blindness, Spiritual discernment, Spiritual Insight, Unselfishness, Wisdom | Tagged disatisfaction, happiness, Meaning in Life, peace with one's self, Rabbi, rich inner life, satisfaction, Selfishness, Silver, spirituality, wealth | Leave a comment