Hi Jack Greetings from the other side of the Pacific as we enter Autumn. In a peculiar sense Easter when it comes resonates more deeply as no one expects new birth as the days shorten . . . Anyway- sat here with my 12oz triple shot extra hot cappuccino. . . Wild Christianity is simply finding our way back to Creation, our Createdness, ou…
Greetings from the other side of the Pacific as we enter Autumn. In a peculiar sense Easter when it comes resonates more deeply as no one expects new birth as the days shorten . . .
Anyway- sat here with my 12oz triple shot extra hot cappuccino. . . Wild Christianity is simply finding our way back to Creation, our Createdness, our true being, unaffected like a child. Whatever else Jesus means by becoming like a child, just doing ‘you’ is it’s heart. But we’re lost and the urban jungle is no place for humanity. We both lose and find ourself, that which is hidden with Christ in God, in Silence. May we echo Manley-Hopkins ‘for this I came!’
Funnily enough I’m considering a call ‘home’ at present. . .
Yes, a return to what in Christ the Eternal Tao is called (following Laozi, etc) the Original Simplicity or the Original Harmony. We are often granted glimpses of it. More people than generally admit to it. It takes turning our received world upside down--and turning the real one nightside up. It is amazing to me how much it takes to see the world as it already is.
I have often wondered about the experience of the liturgical cycle on the Southside of the planet.
All is well here. It is starting to warm up slightly. Not so bone-chillingly cold. Pascha is on its way!
It is perhaps reconnecting to a world we receive rather than construct? I am of course referencing McGilchrist here :)
Years ago I used to take youngsters from the inner city into the ‘wilds’
They were so utterly disoriented! A few, a very few, opened up. Most wanted to get home as soon as possible!
Our problem is perception - we think we know, and so go to work on our constructed world, which has hardly any relationship to Creation. This knowing sidelines God, and we just expect to ‘go home’ at the end. As Christians one of the most deadly assumptions is that ‘we’ve got it!’, so we become static, dead.
We know, but don’t Know.
If we knew we didn’t Know, then our Sin would not remain. But the faith construct is highly Left Hemisphere and the LH doesn’t know it doesn’t know . . .
Most of my Spiritual Direction work involves allowing people to experience their not knowing in a safe place, sitting with often unanswerable questions
Hi Jack
Greetings from the other side of the Pacific as we enter Autumn. In a peculiar sense Easter when it comes resonates more deeply as no one expects new birth as the days shorten . . .
Anyway- sat here with my 12oz triple shot extra hot cappuccino. . . Wild Christianity is simply finding our way back to Creation, our Createdness, our true being, unaffected like a child. Whatever else Jesus means by becoming like a child, just doing ‘you’ is it’s heart. But we’re lost and the urban jungle is no place for humanity. We both lose and find ourself, that which is hidden with Christ in God, in Silence. May we echo Manley-Hopkins ‘for this I came!’
Funnily enough I’m considering a call ‘home’ at present. . .
I hope you are well
Words long coming are best :)
Blessings - Eric
Eric-
Yes, a return to what in Christ the Eternal Tao is called (following Laozi, etc) the Original Simplicity or the Original Harmony. We are often granted glimpses of it. More people than generally admit to it. It takes turning our received world upside down--and turning the real one nightside up. It is amazing to me how much it takes to see the world as it already is.
I have often wondered about the experience of the liturgical cycle on the Southside of the planet.
All is well here. It is starting to warm up slightly. Not so bone-chillingly cold. Pascha is on its way!
I hope you are well, also. -Jack
Yes
It is perhaps reconnecting to a world we receive rather than construct? I am of course referencing McGilchrist here :)
Years ago I used to take youngsters from the inner city into the ‘wilds’
They were so utterly disoriented! A few, a very few, opened up. Most wanted to get home as soon as possible!
Our problem is perception - we think we know, and so go to work on our constructed world, which has hardly any relationship to Creation. This knowing sidelines God, and we just expect to ‘go home’ at the end. As Christians one of the most deadly assumptions is that ‘we’ve got it!’, so we become static, dead.
We know, but don’t Know.
If we knew we didn’t Know, then our Sin would not remain. But the faith construct is highly Left Hemisphere and the LH doesn’t know it doesn’t know . . .
Most of my Spiritual Direction work involves allowing people to experience their not knowing in a safe place, sitting with often unanswerable questions
Ramble, ramble
Thank you, I am well :)
A month under a dark sky of stars in the wilderness and much of our metaphysical befuddlement would become moot. Not knowing is most intimate!