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Yes, it makes you think when that happens, that beyond all logic, still alive (and barely wounded!)
(And people say the brilliant White Light I saw right then was just endorphins in the brain....)
Of course that doesn't necessarily mean you have to be anything special, all it has to mean is you ARE here for some good reason.
(And people say the brilliant White Light I saw right then was just endorphins in the brain....)
Of course that doesn't necessarily mean you have to be anything special, all it has to mean is you ARE here for some good reason.
That would get me thinking too, Ginger :-))
When did I start wondering "Why are we here"?
When one day I should have been killed and wasn't. That's when.
When one day I should have been killed and wasn't. That's when.
I began questioning everything... authority; religion; politics; the sex revolution; the women's lib movement; the Vietnam War; my reason for being... etc. around the
early 1970s, when I was maybe, 16 years old. I had just finished reading Aleksander Solzhenitsyn's compelling novel, "The Gulag Archipelago" and I remember thinking to myself... "there's got to be more to life than pain, suffering and man's inhumanity to man."
To Myown: take it from me, an old hip chick "flower child".... there's no shame in being a flower child!
early 1970s, when I was maybe, 16 years old. I had just finished reading Aleksander Solzhenitsyn's compelling novel, "The Gulag Archipelago" and I remember thinking to myself... "there's got to be more to life than pain, suffering and man's inhumanity to man."
To Myown: take it from me, an old hip chick "flower child".... there's no shame in being a flower child!
I like what you wrote, Myown :-)))
I too think a lot has gone "undone"....many people haven't believed they had any gifts or didn't develop talents,etc. Some chose not to pursue things for their own reasons. I like to encourage others to pursue their dreams if they have them. I believe also that abilities are there to share/bless others with. Our presence should be one that others are enriched by in some way.....not wanting to stay the h... away....lol!
Of course, someone could say that they are lessons on how not to be.....lol!
I too think a lot has gone "undone"....many people haven't believed they had any gifts or didn't develop talents,etc. Some chose not to pursue things for their own reasons. I like to encourage others to pursue their dreams if they have them. I believe also that abilities are there to share/bless others with. Our presence should be one that others are enriched by in some way.....not wanting to stay the h... away....lol!
Of course, someone could say that they are lessons on how not to be.....lol!
It started sometime when I was young, a child or maybe teen, I can't remember exactly when,,but it came when I lost that feeling that I would always be here. That moment or time when you realize you will die someday. That is when I wondered what is the purpose of living - what is my purpose. We all have a purpose, but not everyone finds their purpose and some do, but some never walk in it or fulfill it.
Our destiny is our purpose and our destiny and purpose affects other peoples destiny and purpose IF we do attain it. How many books go unwritten to the grave, how many songs go unsung, unwritten.. Someones purpose unfulfilled and sometimes a life that never reaches its true meaning or purpose. Everyone has a gift - we have all been given one and some have more. Our gifts are not our own but to be used to bless others, a reason for being here that brings a sense of fulfillment and satisfaction, and rids anxiety and brings inner peace...I hate the way this reads, sounds like a ~flower child~ wrote it, but its the way it is or at least how I think it is.
Our destiny is our purpose and our destiny and purpose affects other peoples destiny and purpose IF we do attain it. How many books go unwritten to the grave, how many songs go unsung, unwritten.. Someones purpose unfulfilled and sometimes a life that never reaches its true meaning or purpose. Everyone has a gift - we have all been given one and some have more. Our gifts are not our own but to be used to bless others, a reason for being here that brings a sense of fulfillment and satisfaction, and rids anxiety and brings inner peace...I hate the way this reads, sounds like a ~flower child~ wrote it, but its the way it is or at least how I think it is.
:-))) I like what you wrote. Sounds like a good man/teacher :-))) Sounds like he set a good example for you to remember after all this time.
I think the realization came gradually. I learned more about the world and how to better express myself; to think, draw conclusions, realize...
Charles E. Horner was a great teacher, one few outside my hometown would know. He was a 7th Grade science teacher, something for which he had a passion.
Above the door to his room was a plaque bearing the words: Ignorance is our most important product.
After several years, I realized that he was trying to show us that one of the purposes of knowledge is in seeing how little we really do know. He always goaded us into looking at nature with an eye to gaining knowledge, but in a manner that the basic reasoning skills with which he imbued us would lead to understanding, and more questioning.
I think that it was in 7th grade I started a serious quest for understanding...
take care - Pip
"Science: Organized knowledge of facts, concerning nature, which man has come to accept as useful." - Charles E. Horner (RIP)
Charles E. Horner was a great teacher, one few outside my hometown would know. He was a 7th Grade science teacher, something for which he had a passion.
Above the door to his room was a plaque bearing the words: Ignorance is our most important product.
After several years, I realized that he was trying to show us that one of the purposes of knowledge is in seeing how little we really do know. He always goaded us into looking at nature with an eye to gaining knowledge, but in a manner that the basic reasoning skills with which he imbued us would lead to understanding, and more questioning.
I think that it was in 7th grade I started a serious quest for understanding...
take care - Pip
"Science: Organized knowledge of facts, concerning nature, which man has come to accept as useful." - Charles E. Horner (RIP)
Was it like one day you woke up and realized you were "alive"? The bollix seems to be when we have more ways to rearrange our ideas in trying to understand who, what, when, and where and why's......how to's and should's get in there too and it becomes a "free for all".
Good way to phrase it, Piparskeggr :-)))
Good way to phrase it, Piparskeggr :-)))
I have been aware of wondering as far back as I remember...who am I, how this all got here, why we have so many different views, what a bollux we can make of the differences, where is my place in the scheme of things, when will I find out...the search is a lifelong occupation...which could be THE reason ,-)
Loving God being fore-most .....for me. In loving Him, He teaches me to love others. Draws my attention back to what it means to love others, when I am tantruming over what so-so did or didn't do, or when I am afraid or too busy, or _______.
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:-)) nice answer. I am not judging, just enjoying :-))
I can't remember the exact moment of "awareness". Many memories have been buried amist others, etc. I do remember that my 20's was a time of pursuit. I had intellectual questions about life/dinosaurs and how they fit in with humans if they co-existed at the same time. Didn't make sense to me how they could have, and not devoured man being so much larger, etc.
Tried accepting that each day of creation must have lasted many years......
After spinning in circles and realizing that the quest was "never-ending" and I would never read every book out there or become an expert under every kind of teaching, I finally have accepted that I must work with the limitations of my own "self-hood" and accept that others also do.
I have decided to stand by something that the seeds were sown early on in life .....to learn to love others. I believe that is a life-long process whether the life is short/long...it is the choice and the living out of that choice.
That brings up the question ...what is love?....:-)))
I can't remember the exact moment of "awareness". Many memories have been buried amist others, etc. I do remember that my 20's was a time of pursuit. I had intellectual questions about life/dinosaurs and how they fit in with humans if they co-existed at the same time. Didn't make sense to me how they could have, and not devoured man being so much larger, etc.
Tried accepting that each day of creation must have lasted many years......
After spinning in circles and realizing that the quest was "never-ending" and I would never read every book out there or become an expert under every kind of teaching, I finally have accepted that I must work with the limitations of my own "self-hood" and accept that others also do.
I have decided to stand by something that the seeds were sown early on in life .....to learn to love others. I believe that is a life-long process whether the life is short/long...it is the choice and the living out of that choice.
That brings up the question ...what is love?....:-)))
The first day I received the invite. The same day the answer was received better to be here. It is safe.
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