Perhaps we are the ones history has been waiting for?< - Glad to be
reminded of this, Doug. Thanks!
Made me think of a new one - perhaps useful in OS / OST meetings.... ??
'This is the story you've been waiting for...'
Glory :-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas D. Germann, Sr." <76066....@compuserve.com>
To: <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 8:43 PM
Subject: Keepin' Busy
Paul--
Thanks for your thoughtful response.
<< I don't want my
<< children taught ID, which I regard as a abomination and total
stupidity,
<< nor
Not sure I know what ID is. Besides, I thought I was talking to that
distinguished looking grey-bearded gentleman whose children are probably
all grown, and who would probably be talking about grandchildren by now.
Must have the wrong guy in mind.... <wink>
<< unconditional love and acceptance on all parts of those there. I've
<< never seen it sustained. Never experienced it on a sustained basis
<< despite having had some fairly incredible numinous experiences of that
<< state of being, temporarily.
Surprisingly, Buber takes the position that it is not possible to sustain
life and live in this place (which he calls I-Thou). He says I-It is
absolutely necessary and that we need to live moving back and forth
between
both places. I am sure I do not fully understand him on this, nor life
itself, but it seems to be true.
So take heart, friend: the numinous experiences may of necessity just have
to be passing. But they lift us to see that they are possible, and when we
go back to I-It, we do so with a longing and looking for I-Thou, equipped
to perhaps find it a little faster next time, a little more surely, or to
help another do so.
Perhaps we are the ones history has been waiting for?
:-Doug.
What wants to happen in your communities?
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