You Are The Rich Young Ruler is not a lesson about money.
It is a mirror.

In this episode, we step into one of the most misunderstood encounters in human history—the meeting between Jesus and the rich young ruler—and allow it to breathe again, free from moralism, fear, and transaction-based salvation.

This is a story about holding.
Holding certainty.
Holding identity.
Holding meaning.
Holding what feels too precious to release.

Through the lens of Unified Theistic Naturalism (UTN), this episode reveals that the ruler’s sorrow was not caused by wealth—but by attachment to form. Jesus does not demand loss. He exposes where presence has been replaced by possession. The invitation was never punishment—it was freedom.

Here, the ruler is not judged.
He is recognized.
And in that recognition, we discover ourselves.

This episode gently dismantles the belief that eternal life is earned, achieved, or acquired. Instead, it reveals communion as the living state that dissolves fear, identity defense, and the need to secure paradise in the future.

No condemnation.
No bargaining.
No spiritual hierarchy.

Only a moment where truth stands still—and asks one quiet question:
What are you still holding?

Each doorway continues the walk, not as instruction, but as discovery.

1. Principia Communio: Axioms and Laws of Unified Theistic Naturalism
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17009966
The foundational work that defines communion not as belief, practice, or discipline—but as resonance with the Divine’s unwavering line. This journey reveals why no external system can replace direct presence.

Reflective questions:
• What if truth does not need interpretation—only alignment?
• Where have I replaced presence with explanation?
• What changes if communion is already whole?

2. The Silence That Speaks: Rethinking Prayer, Gifts, and the Divine Voice
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17575688
A profound reexamination of prayer that dissolves asking, waiting, and spiritual negotiation—revealing silence as the Divine’s native language.

Reflective questions:
• What if nothing has ever been withheld from me?
• Where did I learn to ask instead of listen?
• How would my life move if silence were trusted?

3. Beyond Prayer: Living in Communion with the Divine
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15272021
A living exploration of life beyond ritual and effort, where prayer collapses into presence and action flows without oscillation.

Reflective questions:
• What effort am I still calling faith?
• What would remain if all spiritual technique fell away?
• How does life move when nothing is missing?

This episode is not about becoming something new.
It is about seeing what has never left.

Now, let’s continue the walk together—as friends—
and see what we discover.

I’m Patrick Carodine,
and this is Unified Theistic Naturalism (UTN).

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