Thursday, September 12, 2013
BEING TEMPORARILY LOST AND TEMPORARILY FOUND
Being temporarily lost is a natural consequence of being human.
Certainty about everything is a kind of being lost that is most difficult.
If we think we have figured everything out, it just may mean that in the small patch of experience called our life we have concluded that we are certainly good, certainly right, certainly admired by the right people, certainly certain.
Being found is also a temporary experience that simply allows us to see our previous certainty to have been limited and not the ultimate view of reality.
Being found is also cause for celebration and rejoicing, but it does not produce certainty, but rather awe and wonder.
Being temporarily found leads to an openess as to how we live our lives and how we relate to others. Love is the GPS (God Positioning System) that ultimately finds us and rescues us from deadly certainty and returns us to the human family where being found is cause for celebration and thanksgiving.
Certainty about everything is a kind of being lost that is most difficult.
If we think we have figured everything out, it just may mean that in the small patch of experience called our life we have concluded that we are certainly good, certainly right, certainly admired by the right people, certainly certain.
Being found is also a temporary experience that simply allows us to see our previous certainty to have been limited and not the ultimate view of reality.
Being found is also cause for celebration and rejoicing, but it does not produce certainty, but rather awe and wonder.
Being temporarily found leads to an openess as to how we live our lives and how we relate to others. Love is the GPS (God Positioning System) that ultimately finds us and rescues us from deadly certainty and returns us to the human family where being found is cause for celebration and thanksgiving.
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