Dean Brodel

Essays on spiritual awakening, sexual identity, and the grit of life in general. www.spiritualgrit.wordpress.com

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I wish people could just say how they feel like ‘Hey I really don’t like when you do that to me’ or ‘Hey I’m in love with you’ or ‘Hi I really miss you and I think about you all the time’ without sounding desperate. Why can’t everyone be painfully honest and just save people the trouble.

maybe because some people just can’t face and accept the truth (via misjudgments)

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You smiled to me and I thought: Damn, I’m fucking in love with you.

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WHO DID THIS 😂😂😂😂😂

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#winter #spiritualgrit #reflection #lovingwhatis

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This should be read to every child in the world!

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From the sassy @sarcasticlutheran ❤🌈✨⚡️

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This stillness in this space, a balm which seals my soul. The warmth is like God's touch on my skin, 'be here, my love'. Each bird comes slowly to sing their unique songs of renewal, the voice of Spirit. Nature reminds me that I am more than the toxins that fight for my mind; and the wind tells me that my mind is essentially pure, thoughts adrift. Let go. #peace #metanoia #still

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Patriarchy, Equality and Identity

Some thoughts I’ve been processing over the past week about #MarriageEquality. The underlying social framework that is being challenged is Patriarchy, among other things. Patriarchy is a social institution (system of belief and practice) that enables the dominance of the male/masculine gender/sex within society. It often exists to ensure that men control the market, politics, family, religion,…

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Blesss. From @awake_spiritual

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On the point of kindness during the #MarriageEquality situation: Don't give your mind away to distress and confusion. You do have the ability to keep your peace and clarity. Question the thoughts that create the story to suffer. Let yourself discover another way to exist in this situation. Feel your inherit wholeness. Then move forward with action that comes from that power. No one has the power to make you suffer. Take care of yourselves ❤

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The reality is that we are already no one and everything, and it can be no other way. There is no way to be separate from the divine. It is the source of everything. We can not hope to delude ourselves into a miracle achieving ego if we know that we are already inherently miraculous. It's that simple.

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#Spiritualgrit #lovingwhatis #contemplation

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We are addicted to our idea of another time where we will be happy. But there is only now, and it is within us. We have to let go of what it might look like so that we can simply and easily embrace what is, without reservation, and be vulnerably happy with reality. That's it. There's nothing complicated in being naturally content.

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Hope.