Good morning! Back on the "Beaut", and high on life, 1300 feet above the valley! The dawn is a very quiet one. A few hours ago when I awoke, the sky was clear, with the full moon setting, and the last of the stars. Now, the sky is a blanket of soft grey, getting very gradually lighter. After months of transition, we are getting our furniture and belongings today! One of the first things I want to do, is set up a table and chairs in the dining nook, off the kitchen, overlooking heaven, in the back yard, for morning chai. A very good day! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <awoelflebater@...> wrote :
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fleetwood_macncheese@...> wrote : Belief is a thought, that moves us through the gap, from one experience of a subject, to another. For example, we believe the earth is round. This belief remains in place, and helps our world make sense, though there are few times, when we actually observe the curvature of our planet. So it is, with a strong belief in God. Often it becomes the belief in God, that is pursued, instead of a close, immediate, ongoing relationship with Him and Her. I cannot honestly say that I believe in God, yet He and She make their presence known to me, moment to moment, and the relationship is always vital and alive. I did not think up God on my own, just as I would not know how to write, or speak, or drive a car, or try to treat people well. It was taught, this idea of God - many different aspects, over a lifetime. Running the spectrum, from static definitions, with no direct contact; a remote, authoritarian God, to a universe brimming with God, in all of Her and His creativity, endless expansion, and love. A creation that brings so many aspects, so many dynamics, of God to light, that it makes belief in God, irrelevant. Like believing in air and sunlight. So, Barry, I too, do not believe in God, but only one of us is richer for it.:-) Phew, that was a lot of God coming through in you post Mac. Thanks for that.