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for-granted effectAnother reasonfor this so calledstrengths blindnesscan be ascribedto today’s culture.It is argued thatpeople’s awarenessof strengths isbiased by significantothers, such asteachers, family,and friends,who mainly focus ona person’s weaknessesrather than on thepromotion of hisor her strengths.

salvation, and manyother teachings thatpromote salvation byworks are unscriptural,and yet are promotedin many churches today.They are an affront to God,because they teachthat Christ finished workon the cross was insufficientto pay the full price for our sins.

and mystical senseloses interest in divineor self-objectification.The mystic seeks to gaina direct existential grasp,a personal experienceof the deepest truthsof life and faith, findingoneself in God’s truth.

of sinners and certainlynot deserving of salvation.Yet it was by gracethat God looked downat this legalistic man,who was ravaging the church,entering house after houseand dragging off men and women;putting them in prisonand mercilessly persecutingthe body of Christand use him as His apostleto the Gentiles!

A mystic believes thatby opennessto Buddhism,to Hinduism,and to these greatAsian traditions,a mystic standsa wonderfulchance of learningmore about thepotentiality ofchristian traditions.

into each otherIt is ecstasy.It is deep.It is significantand beautiful.It is divine and humanat the same moment.Then sexual act declinesand fall into a lower level.(Graphic: Sacred union….. …Jeanne Arseneault-RivardLoVe and LoVers)