Hi Gav,
On Sep 22, 2009, at 1:00 AM, gav wrote:
wow! brilliant post steve - important!
Thanks!
faith is about trust - trust in oneself and the whole shebang. it
is not about hope really - for hope implies a hope that things will
turn out okay - faith accepts that even if things don't it is still
for the best.
faith is something that seems to grow gently and quietly and then
it flowers....and without knowing exactly when it all happened
there is a trust and acceptance of life- acceptance, letting go,
surrender - these are all aspects of faith.
faith needs careful attention, even when it has flowered...each
act in our lives that comes from a trust in our selves - our
centre; or from a similar trust in the honesty and love of another,
will nurture faith.it is a pragmatic test: we learn that faith works.
we can trust ourselves. we don't need to be corrected. whatever we
truly feel/want is right and good - this is what batailles' 'story
of the eye' sorta gets at.
the way is perfect and we only need to be in harmony with it.
faith is authentic spirituality.
undo
(a bjork song - bjork names bataille's 'story of the eye' as the
critical moment in her development as an artist)
I checked out the Bjork lyrics, and it hits the spot. It reminded me
of Jem "It's Just a Ride" which is based on the following from
commedian Bill Hicks:
The World is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to
go on it you think it's real, because that's how powerful our minds
are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round, and it has
thrills and chills and is very brightly colored, and it's very loud.
And it's fun, for a while.
Some people have been on the ride for a long time, and they've begun
to question, 'Is this real, or is this just a ride?', and other
people have remembered, and they've come back to us and they say
'Hey, don't worry. Don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a
ride.' and we KILL THOSE PEOPLE.
"Shut him up! We have alot invested in this ride! SHUT HIM UP! Look
at my furrows of worry. Look at my big bank account, and my family.
This has to be real."
It's just a ride.
But we always kill those good guys who try and tell us that. You ever
noticed that? And let the demons run amok. But it doesn't matter,
because ... It's just a ride.
And we can change it anytime we want. It's only a choice. No effort,
no work, no job, no savings of money. A choice, right now, between
fear and love. The eyes of fear wants you to put bigger locks on your
door, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love, instead see all
of us as one.
Here's what we can do to change the world right now, to a better ride:
Take all that money we spent on weapons and defense each year and
instead spend it feeding, clothing, and educating the poor of the
world, which it would many times over, not one human being excluded,
and WE CAN EXPLORE SPACE, TOGETHER, BOTH INNER AND OUTER, forever ...
in peace.
-- Bill Hicks (1961 - 1994)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMUiwTubYu0&feature=related
Best,
Steve
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