Chapter 4 of #Cerberus blog series is now out. "Mom had painted, molded, pounded, and shaped her emotions into sadness art. Her Cerberus was also her artwork in me. I became one of Mom’s art pieces sculptured against the grain of my own feelings." revthandeka.org/cerberus-chapt…

Chapter 5 of #Cerberus is now out. “I was born in NJ; I am American, and so are my parents. But I have always known that Sue is not my real name. See that tree over there? We could call that tree `Sue’ if we wanted to. But that’s not its real name.” revthandeka.org/cerberus-chapt…

I had spent most of my life learning how to avoid #feelings of #empathy, #compassion, and caring because they were neglected or attacked. Then I cried for six months. #Cerberus #AffectTheology #emotions revthandeka.org/cerberus-chapt…

Chapter 7 of #Cerberus is out. "Had I trained my students to cut out #feelings until the heart went numb? Were my faculty colleagues doing the same thing? Were we manufacturing #ministers who created corpse cold Sunday services?" #AffectTheology revthandeka.org/cerberus-chapt…

Chapter 8 of #Cerberus is out. "I easily identified the pastor's elegantly simple formula for creating feel-good emotions in us. Was his strategy manipulative? You bet. Was I moved even though I knew exactly what he was doing? Much to my surprise, I was." revthandeka.org/cerberus-chapt…

"Thanks to these ongoing experiences in this church, I found what I didn’t know I was looking for until it showed up inside me, namely, an inner sense of being an adored and deeply communal self." Chapter 9 of #Cerberus has been released. revthandeka.org/cerberus-chapt…

Chapter 10 of #Cerberus is out. I had spent years studying Western philosophers who described what happened when they turned their attention in on itself. Now I had to become the active agent rather than the passive reader. So I created my own exercise... revthandeka.org/cerberus-chapt…

For most of my life I couldn't tell the difference between my #thoughts, #emotions, and #sensations for one basic reason: my #ego. The details of my experiences and discovery follow but with a traveler’s advisory note. Proceed with caution. #Cerberus revthandeka.org/cerberus-chapt…

"The role and function of my #ego kept changing like a single story with many endings. My ego began as the rule maker, then became my guardian, and finally my prosecutor." Chapter 12 of #Cerberus is now out. #AffectTheology #neuroscience revthandeka.org/cerberus-chapt…

The racking focus thought-experiment began with a favorite story I loved to recount about my life. After recounting the story, I racked focus to see what got overlooked: revthandeka.org/cerberus-chapt…

"In 1970, Cerberus sent me into the streets as a black woman mad as hell. I was suffering inside me but hadn’t the words, the ideas, or the temperament to face my suffering and acknowledge it." Chapter 14 of #Cerberus is out. revthandeka.org/cerberus-chapt…

#Cerberus egos are not born but made. They are emotionally undernourished, damaged selves. We then, as decimated selves, decimate the wellbeing of others using reason, bullying tactics, and if all else fails, Uzis... But there is a better way. revthandeka.org/cerberus-chapt…

Many UUs have asked me not only to comment on the current racial crisis, but also to offer practical steps forward. #Cerberus, my blog series, is my response to these requests for Cerberus is found on all sides of the present #UU #racial conflicts. revthandeka.org/cerberus-appen…

The #Cerberus Syndrome is a mental health disorder triggered by #business strategies devised to amass and endlessly increase extreme #wealth. Three factors must be kept in mind when tracking how it works: #greed, negative #social impact, and ego hounding. revthandeka.org/cerberus-appen…

With the final appendix released, #Cerberus, my blog series, is now completed. Thank you for taking this journey with me! revthandeka.org/cerberus

#Sermon "Love After #Love" delivered at First #Unitarian Church of Dallas last Sunday. youtu.be/5pH-rdy9dbs

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Sermon "Dear Mom, I Forgive You" Practicing Love Beyond Belief on Mother's Day Tune in live this Sunday, May 9th, at 9:30 & 11:00 AM Central / 8:30 & 10:00 AM Eastern for livestream worship services at FirstUnitarianChurch at Dallasuu.org/live