The battle of soul vs. ego will continue, until a person has clearly experienced or discerned living a life based on ego separateness and soul unity, and is drawn to regular spiritual practices, such as self reflection, study and service.
She is discerning religious life and meeting with a spiritual director.
In this way, Damocles learned the truth about the life of a ruler in the ancient world -- or, as JFK wisely discerned, the life of everyone in the nuclear age).
It's not so hard to discern the life force in that forward-moving shape.
The morning Joss Whedon picks up the phone to talk about Avengers: Age Of Ultron, he sounds as if the two years he's devoted to writing and directing the hotly anticipated superhero sequel have left him a husk of a man, unable to discern real life from comic-book lore.
So at best, what we can know from paleontology is that bacteria existed a long time ago, and from isotopic records, we can discern that life quickly took over the planet and eventually altered its chemistry to the oxygen-rich environment we see today.
The final chapters of the Gospel of Luke and the first chapters of Acts finds the disciples and other followers of Jesus regrouping and discerning what a life of faith together looks like after his death, resurrection and ascension.
The New Yorker, September 6 , 1999P. 78 Briefly Noted book review of "T.S. Eliot: An Imperfect Life" (Norton; $35) by Lyndall Gordon... [H]er biography is a nuanced, discerning account of a life famously flawed in its search for perfection... View Article By Anthony Lane By Rebecca Mead By John Cassidy By Jia Tolentino.
Greg Rowland believes all this is a crucial part of a child's education, equipping them to be discerning consumers in later life.
As a proxy of costs related to death, we studied the healthcare costs in the last year of life (LastYL), discerning between deaths caused by a specific cancer (focusing on cancers for which screening is recommended or at least under discussion) from deaths due to any cause.
