Thanks so much Lucy. And any clarifying steers you may have at any point are super welcome. Worried I might end up thinking out all my own questions but no one else's
What continues to come to mind while getting tastes of your posts is a deeply moving notion that we are the ones we have been waiting for. Having not yet read your book, I cannot reflect on its pages. I just looked up the origins of "messiah" and "anoint" -- the latter in Aramaic and Hebrew means: to smear, saturate, to pour on. To me, it sounds rather creative, all that smearing, rubbing, and saturating. More like kids giving themselves over to a riot of finger paint or a delightful episode with Prue and Paul Hollywood.
What are we waiting for that isn't already here in our hearts - and in the hearts of each other? This reminds me of the beautiful quote by Thomas Merton which seems chock full of seen and unseen blackberries:
"Then it was as if I suddenly saw the secret beauty of their hearts, the depths of their hearts where neither sin nor desire nor self-knowledge can reach, the core of their reality, the person that each one is in God’s eyes. If only they could all see themselves as they really are. If only we could see each other that way all the time. There would be no more war, no more hatred, no more cruelty, no more greed…I suppose the big problem would be that we would fall down and worship each other."
No 'isms' here, just appropriate recognition and response.
Hi Susan. What beautiful words from Merton. I concur: faithful improvisation, creativity, play. I should add that in my book I propose that the messiah is always someone else, an autonomous Other beyond our own agency, but I'll write more about this in a future post. Blessings and thanks for reading along
As one of your curious askers I'm grateful for this deeper dive 🙏
Thanks so much Lucy. And any clarifying steers you may have at any point are super welcome. Worried I might end up thinking out all my own questions but no one else's
David, your questions invite us to ask different questions, often the better question.
Thank you Lee 🙏🏻
What continues to come to mind while getting tastes of your posts is a deeply moving notion that we are the ones we have been waiting for. Having not yet read your book, I cannot reflect on its pages. I just looked up the origins of "messiah" and "anoint" -- the latter in Aramaic and Hebrew means: to smear, saturate, to pour on. To me, it sounds rather creative, all that smearing, rubbing, and saturating. More like kids giving themselves over to a riot of finger paint or a delightful episode with Prue and Paul Hollywood.
What are we waiting for that isn't already here in our hearts - and in the hearts of each other? This reminds me of the beautiful quote by Thomas Merton which seems chock full of seen and unseen blackberries:
"Then it was as if I suddenly saw the secret beauty of their hearts, the depths of their hearts where neither sin nor desire nor self-knowledge can reach, the core of their reality, the person that each one is in God’s eyes. If only they could all see themselves as they really are. If only we could see each other that way all the time. There would be no more war, no more hatred, no more cruelty, no more greed…I suppose the big problem would be that we would fall down and worship each other."
No 'isms' here, just appropriate recognition and response.
Hi Susan. What beautiful words from Merton. I concur: faithful improvisation, creativity, play. I should add that in my book I propose that the messiah is always someone else, an autonomous Other beyond our own agency, but I'll write more about this in a future post. Blessings and thanks for reading along
I finally just began to read the book 👏
Ah that's great! Hope you enjoy it Michelle 🙏🏻
Greatly looking forward to the directions the quest will reveal.
Thanks for following along Mark 🙏🏻