tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432734053115127369.post2281574581892849635..comments2023-07-05T03:28:27.772-07:00Comments on Shalom, Dena: Free Will & Other Dangerous Concepts to Enjoy!Denahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05100904350829701234noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432734053115127369.post-54133224861595571492009-08-02T13:04:28.107-07:002009-08-02T13:04:28.107-07:00Oh, I think we can trust you to respond in your in...Oh, I think we can trust you to respond in your inimitably honest, open and loving fashion, Dena. And lotsa laffin';). This is a Safe Place for all enquirers...<br /><br />Now I'm hitting that ol' Slumber Trail, taking me down to Dreamsville....<br /><br />Good to have this brief chat, Sis!Harry Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14341037712756284832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432734053115127369.post-36267917359371076902009-08-02T12:53:59.273-07:002009-08-02T12:53:59.273-07:00Well then, welcome, John! Chime in if/when you de...Well then, welcome, John! Chime in if/when you desire!<br /><br />All this will unfold as its meant to .... and I trust I'll be prompted to respond with my part.Denanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432734053115127369.post-62498680954632274882009-08-02T12:52:01.268-07:002009-08-02T12:52:01.268-07:00I directed my brother John to you recently, Dena, ...I directed my brother John to you recently, Dena, and he said he thought there was plenty 'to chew on';). He's very much like-minded - he supplied me with all the Conversations with God books. I'm surprised he hasn't commented yet! <br /><br />Yes, this wonderful stuff needs to be more widely known, and every chance I get I'll try to nudge people in your direction.<br /><br />You read so widely, and are able to distil what you read so well, that you're an excellent 'portal' for anyone needing to know more.<br /><br />We'll work on it;)<br /><br />HarryHarry Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14341037712756284832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432734053115127369.post-3894376390240312202009-08-02T12:40:52.954-07:002009-08-02T12:40:52.954-07:00Yes, it's very long ... believe it or not, I t...Yes, it's very long ... believe it or not, I try to keep it "short" LOL!<br /><br />Graham wants to show me how to get the blog "out there" a bit more ... to connect with other like-minded, awakening folks.<br /><br />He knows these things.<br /><br />I be ignorant.Denanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432734053115127369.post-56582424554243492292009-08-02T12:37:54.047-07:002009-08-02T12:37:54.047-07:00Dena - notice it's my 'Extended Creed'...Dena - notice it's my 'Extended Creed';) The short version is the same as yours - God Is. That's Enough, but I like to flesh it out a little sometimes...<br /><br />And then again, words don't ever even <i>begin</i> to encompass the stupendous Reality of what I find opening up gloriously, gently, powerfully within me. It's on a level such that I'm quite content to just Let It Happen, while also co-operating in the Opening.<br /><br />All Truth is One, as we are All One. And Truth is being Soul-Hugged by Love, Who is All There Is.<br /><br />Amen:D<br /><br />PS What's inefficient about this blog? It's just Very Long;)Harry Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14341037712756284832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432734053115127369.post-83970835124110604982009-08-02T10:33:03.645-07:002009-08-02T10:33:03.645-07:00Harry - I love your "creed"...!
I'm...Harry - I love your "creed"...!<br /><br />I'm no longer a creed-hugger, but there are a few succinct phrases that seem to encompass the joy of what I'm experiencing!<br /><br />Thanks for sharing yours!<br /><br />(you show me yours, and I'll show you mine, LOL!)<br /><br />Shalom, DenaDenanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432734053115127369.post-27300533214992525182009-08-02T10:31:45.267-07:002009-08-02T10:31:45.267-07:00Tracy - yes, this is from Rohr's book "Ev...Tracy - yes, this is from Rohr's book "Everything Belongs". I've been really enjoying it -- as well, "Things Hidden". To me, they go hand in hand with what Marcus Borg is writing ... both "Meeting Jesus AGAIN for the First Time," and "Reading the Bible AGAIN for the First Time."<br /><br />Same basic message, through the experiences/minds of two very different men. Methinks they could be buds. If they haven't yet met to schmooze, they should.<br /><br />Thanks for your encouragement -- I'll keep writing (tinkering with the notion of expanding into a book - tantalizing thought that's just crazy enough to intrigue me!). SO glad that our journeys are similar enough to resonate! That's so fun, no? To find someone else who sees as we do? Lovely of God to lead us that way!<br /><br />Shalom, DenaDenanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432734053115127369.post-75854361940440037042009-08-02T10:28:25.094-07:002009-08-02T10:28:25.094-07:00Graham -
Ah, we all have connection to the same S...Graham -<br /><br />Ah, we all have connection to the same Source of Good Stuff...! I just seem to need to share in order to deeply process the good stuff. Perhaps it's because I have 8 children, and my poor brain is pooped -- some folks seem to absorb it at first-glance, and others, like me, challenged by life-events, seem to need to mull it over, underline the snot out of it, take notes, journal, discuss it, and then write it out. I can be annoying -- ask my husband.<br /><br />I do like how so many truths, including those revealed through Buddhism, say the same message. It just seems so clear to me -- it's everywhere! I just no longer deny and suppress it as I thought I had to, as a good and myopic Christian.<br /><br />I totally get your "quibble" ... and, as I'm seeing it, it's about dismantling-in-process ... I find the "illusional" language to be helpful ... though sometimes prefer "seen and unseen" rather than "real and illusion." Fact is, God has put me IN this physical and 'seen/illusional' world, and I'm to be IN it, though not OF it. I'm intensely desirous of learning to meditate, so that I can better tap into the unseen ... so that it's more experienced than *thought*. I do a lot of thinking ... but I want to go deeper.<br /><br />I'm with you -- learning about the self/Self. I figure there's likely a deeper truth to be found in the balance of East/West, rather than fully gravitating to either/or. In fact, that's what I'd planned on blogging about today! Can't wait to see what comes out-of/through me!<br /><br />(& btw, nag me about getting this blog more efficient ... I'm ready!)Denanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432734053115127369.post-58276437620084265472009-08-02T09:57:51.152-07:002009-08-02T09:57:51.152-07:00God is and I am. We're All One. There's en...God is and I am. We're All One. There's enough of everything for everyone. There's nothing we have to do. What we believe creates Who We Are. We are all unique expressions of Love. Jesus is cool.<br /><br />That's my Extended Creed at the moment, but it might change in the next 24 hours;)<br /><br />Thanks again for all your fine stimulating stuff, Dena!<br /><br />HarryHarry Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14341037712756284832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432734053115127369.post-27071231949701177862009-08-02T04:07:44.171-07:002009-08-02T04:07:44.171-07:00Dena, is this all from Richard Rohr's Everythi...Dena, is this all from Richard Rohr's Everything Belongs? I just ordered that book. You and I are SO much on the same page....very refreshing to me :). I've had extremely similar experiences to what you describe in your blog and our journeys are on similar paths as well. Keep on writing, woman!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04353113351333431842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432734053115127369.post-86338600000597010602009-08-02T00:40:43.767-07:002009-08-02T00:40:43.767-07:00I don't know how you keep coming up with such ...I don't know how you keep coming up with such good stuff!<br /><br /><i>'We have the power to decide what each moment means and how we will respond to it... it's not what happens to us that hurts us, it's what we *think* about what happens to us that hurts us.'</i><br /><br />You've pretty much summed up 90% of Buddhism there. <br /><br /><i>'...to be the self, the freedom to live in the truth despite all circumstances.'</i><br /><br />I'd want to quibble with that - though I think it's a significant quibble - and say that the primary (in fact, the real) freedom is the freedom to be. I'm not sure we need to add a qualification to that 'be'. My concern is that if we say it is the free to be the self then we make that freedom an intrinsically (and primarilly) individualistic thing. <br /><br />Of course, my Buddhist friends would say that the self is an illusion. I don't know if it is or not. (By definition, an illusion is pretty convincing!) However, that might be another reason that I quibble with putting 'self' as the central genuine freedom. I don't want to define them out of existence! :-)graham oldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02516464862589120674noreply@blogger.com