Thank you for the unfathomable, bottomless depths of experience and, no doubt, of suffering and of sacrifice which alone can have made it possible for you to so faithfully deliver this prophecy to us so immaculately now.
Eckhart Tolle, more than any other writer, has helped me to learn to see things very much as I believe you do.
No doubt, the cosmoses you describe must already be there - "In my father's house are many mansions..." - so that perHAPS "all" that is preventing any of us from accessing and dwelling in them....is us, our egos, individually and collectively?
I wonder if you agree and, if so, what we can do to expedite access, together, please?
Also, I can't help asking Where do Humor, Love and Music fit in here, even as I recall that musician, Leonard Cohen, who repeatedly insisted that "Cheerfulness kept breaking through," and who wrote:
"I'll try to say a little more
Love went on and on
Until it reached an open door –
Then love itself
Love itself was gone. "
Should we not be chuckling all the time, if only inwardly - and, indeed, do we not NEED to be in order to fulfil that reported prophecy of that other great prophet - you know, that mere "Joseph's son" who had compared himself and his efforts to the prophets Elija and Elisha and to their efforts shortly before his audience tried to kill him? - who reportedly predicted that we could and would perform works such as he had accomplished AND greater works, too?
Heartfelt and soulfelt thanks for so much more incomparable writing, for crystal clear visions not of any future utopias, but of our everpresent pluperfectibilities, of our wholeness, of our common and shared divinity, and for your stirring support, at least as I see it, both of de Chardin's prediction
“The day will come when, after harnessing the ether, the winds, the tides, gravitation, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And, on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire...."
and of John Steinbeck's observation in his Nobel acceptance speech that
"I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man, has no dedication nor any membership in literature,"
and of Marianne Williamson's piece, which I believe points equally towards our hardwiring, as souls, to long to do anything and everything we can to contribute as uniquely and as powerfully as we can to the common good...and to our corresponding fear that we may fail to access and to realize all our of potential to that very end:
Or, as Mary Wollstonecraft put it, echoing not only Epictetus, but anyone who has asserted that "Who KNOWS what is right will DO what is right," or "Forgive them, for they KNOW not what they do!":
"It may be confidently asserted that no man chooses evil, because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks. And the desire of rectifying these mistakes, is the noble ambition of an enlightened understanding, the impulse of feelings that Philosophy invigorates."
Desperately trying to see all the "evil" which we inflict on one another as unconsciously thwarted and subverted attempts to help as best we know how, and with renewed thanks
"Also, I can't help asking Where do Humor, Love and Music fit in here..." -- they don't fit in, they would be more like bedrock fundamentals so I will think about how to describe that more. Storylivingry is meant to serve love, and humour and music are essential ingredients... perhaps I will do more with this here: https://www.storylivingry.studio/
-- Storylivingry being a trim tab tool set for the expansion and virality of love, humor, music and fun.
I will reply again about other aspects of what you wonderfully shared, thank you... and always appreciate your reflections and inquries. There's lots here to chew on.l
Thank you for the unfathomable, bottomless depths of experience and, no doubt, of suffering and of sacrifice which alone can have made it possible for you to so faithfully deliver this prophecy to us so immaculately now.
Eckhart Tolle, more than any other writer, has helped me to learn to see things very much as I believe you do.
No doubt, the cosmoses you describe must already be there - "In my father's house are many mansions..." - so that perHAPS "all" that is preventing any of us from accessing and dwelling in them....is us, our egos, individually and collectively?
I wonder if you agree and, if so, what we can do to expedite access, together, please?
Also, I can't help asking Where do Humor, Love and Music fit in here, even as I recall that musician, Leonard Cohen, who repeatedly insisted that "Cheerfulness kept breaking through," and who wrote:
"I'll try to say a little more
Love went on and on
Until it reached an open door –
Then love itself
Love itself was gone. "
Should we not be chuckling all the time, if only inwardly - and, indeed, do we not NEED to be in order to fulfil that reported prophecy of that other great prophet - you know, that mere "Joseph's son" who had compared himself and his efforts to the prophets Elija and Elisha and to their efforts shortly before his audience tried to kill him? - who reportedly predicted that we could and would perform works such as he had accomplished AND greater works, too?
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%204%3A14-30&version=NIV
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2014%3A12&version=NIV
Heartfelt and soulfelt thanks for so much more incomparable writing, for crystal clear visions not of any future utopias, but of our everpresent pluperfectibilities, of our wholeness, of our common and shared divinity, and for your stirring support, at least as I see it, both of de Chardin's prediction
“The day will come when, after harnessing the ether, the winds, the tides, gravitation, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And, on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire...."
and of John Steinbeck's observation in his Nobel acceptance speech that
"I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man, has no dedication nor any membership in literature,"
not to mention of the Parable of the Long Spoons,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_long_spoons
and of Marianne Williamson's piece, which I believe points equally towards our hardwiring, as souls, to long to do anything and everything we can to contribute as uniquely and as powerfully as we can to the common good...and to our corresponding fear that we may fail to access and to realize all our of potential to that very end:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhZOTveyzGM
Or, as Mary Wollstonecraft put it, echoing not only Epictetus, but anyone who has asserted that "Who KNOWS what is right will DO what is right," or "Forgive them, for they KNOW not what they do!":
"It may be confidently asserted that no man chooses evil, because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks. And the desire of rectifying these mistakes, is the noble ambition of an enlightened understanding, the impulse of feelings that Philosophy invigorates."
Desperately trying to see all the "evil" which we inflict on one another as unconsciously thwarted and subverted attempts to help as best we know how, and with renewed thanks
Tom.
"Also, I can't help asking Where do Humor, Love and Music fit in here..." -- they don't fit in, they would be more like bedrock fundamentals so I will think about how to describe that more. Storylivingry is meant to serve love, and humour and music are essential ingredients... perhaps I will do more with this here: https://www.storylivingry.studio/
-- Storylivingry being a trim tab tool set for the expansion and virality of love, humor, music and fun.
I will reply again about other aspects of what you wonderfully shared, thank you... and always appreciate your reflections and inquries. There's lots here to chew on.l
<3
🌈 I’m all in this storyliving spin 💫