From: MarshaV (marshalz@i-2000.com)
Date: Wed Oct 13 2004 - 07:38:07 BST
Hi DM, and everyone.
And aren't scientists lucky? The questions is how to promote that
experience for everybody else.
And sharing the experience is also wonderful. I've been to a few all-night
fire/drum circles. There I had moments of the Divine and community. It
was truly wonderful under those stars. I suppose singing in a choir also
provides sharing such an experience.
But there are many ways to experience the Divine. My son is a
firefighter (third generation). One day he said to me "I love my job, I
can't believe I get paid to do it." That's another way to experience the
Divine, through work. There are probably many ways of experiencing the
Divine. Being the solitary-type, it's painting for me. Painting is my
journey.
The Big Three just don't connect any more. That old-time-religion is just
same-old/same-old. A bunch of old-thinkers, afraid of losing their power,
trying to control the rest of us. I think many people experience the
limitations as frustrations. Many don't, but the number of those searching
for something more is multiplying.
The scientists need to speak to us, and their voices must reach us, with
hope. (Not the kind of hope manufactured in an ad room! ) Maybe Buddhism
can show the way. The trinity needs to be replaced by
everything-is-connected-to-everything and still maintain room to exalt the
individual, both man and woman. Where's John Lennon when you need him!
Imagine.
I try to.
MarshaV
At 06:12 PM 10/12/2004 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi
>
>Personally I can imagine once again
>sharing a recognition of the divine with
>my fellow beings. It would need to stand in
>a clearer light than we now have, where
>the differences and compatibility between
>religion, science, philosophy, etc would
>be in great harmony. A sharing closer
>to knowledge than faith but full of the divine,
>as scientists often report as experiencing
>in their relationship with nature.
>
>DM
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