• I created MetaNarratives to tell a personal story. It's a journey that began with a dramatic childhood involving a very dysfunctional family (many of whom are still alive), surviving a narcissist wife, alienation from my children, working through trauma memory, healing through journaling, and managing a nervous system that was out of control most of my life. This process has been supported by a few exceptional human beings and, ultimately, the Holy Spirit working through me to transform and rewire my brain.

    The journey involved being introduced to many books by wise people like Thomas Merton, Jordan Peterson, and Michael Heiser, and, of course, reading the Bible.

    The posts were written mainly for myself, but I chose to make them available to the public. If anything I share can is helpful, that's great. Otherwise, this site serves as a digital record of the issues I've been exploring and submitting to memory for various reasons. ~ Charles Hoffman

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The Revelation

What began as the Sam Harris interview triggered a revelation that many of us have been aware of the truth but still had many doubts. That changed for me hearing this interview. It spoke to the fact that I have been on the right path to the truth most of my life. And the people doubting and criticizing me all my life we just wrong. It's how the lost operate.

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Ask, Seek, Knock

Choices that took a while to make were so difficult. One hopes choices that will alter your future for the best.

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Culturally Impacted

The human species has been compromised by the creators of the postmodern culture. And the Culture Creators are not giving up any time soon.

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Ontology?

Ontology was a term used by Thomas Merton to describe man’s nature and this blog is designed to explore our Ontology

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Places I will Go

I want to experience life as a free man. I want to grieve well the losses along the way. (tough work) I want to be the man known by God before I was formed in my mother's womb. Ya has known me for a long time. I want to be a fine art photographer that galleries clamor to represent.

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Culture Creators

We currently live in a culture referred to as Western Civilization or the Western World. Something or something has been directing traffic since the beginning of time, and culture is created for us to assimilate and live in.

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A Free Man

I am connecting something that Julia Cameron talks about with the poetic work of the Spanish priest grilling Christ in the literature. They are speaking of the same thing: freedom or slavery, our choice. The Grand Inquisitor and Julia Cameron in The Artist Way takes a lot of time discussing the elements in our life that hinder our creativity. Nicholas Berdyaev writes volumes about what creativity is and isn't. And in Dostoevsky's writing, he goes straight to the core of the problem.

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A Lost Art

Creativity is an exciting subject and a difficult one to learn. Creativity, as it works out, is a very elusive gift.

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A Road Rarely Traveled

Recent reading made it clear that there are gatekeepers at work, minding the work of the creative. They are the ones that get to say if it is valuable work or not. They are the ones that will tell you “good luck with that”. They are that gatekeepers that determine who is accepted to the MFA programs in this country. They screen your application for the hint of your politics and paradigm leanings. It’s a fact! There, I had my rant!

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