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The House Of Many Rooms
On November 5th, USA TODAY had an article entitled, ‘A discovery out of this world; Earth-like planets.’ It went on to say that the space observatory, the Kepler telescope has shown that about 8.8 billion stars in our galaxy have planets nearly the size of earth with a surface temperature that could support life. …
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Where The Heart Is
Are you connected to your home? Would removing you from it remove you from your memories, to what you have learned, to what you love not because of how it looks but because of what you have invested? A wandering brother once said that he never felt like I did and he had lived in…
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There Is A Place
When I posted on this blog a letter I had written to the Professor of Theology and Philosophy in 1991, I mentioned Robert Nozick’s book called The Examined Life (published in 1989) and the possibility that we might be in the creation business as apprentices. I recalled a conversation I had with our son David …
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Hopes and Desires
Those of us who have hopes, hold tightly to them. I have found during this life that there is insufficient time to enclose them all. There is not enough time to focus on them as well as our commitments. And we don’t know this up between the eyes at the time we make our first…
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The Mills Grind Slowly
Dear Dr. . . . . I presume it is Dr. though I did not see the title, I feel it is richly deserved. If you would please excuse me for not offering my gratitude for your perusal and comments on my work. Life has a way of intervening and commitments cannot wait. The work…
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On Growing Up And Growing Old
To know when one demeans one’s own value system, is to debase the Spirit within. It is all a value system. And a value system worth its salt will not be maligned in any manner, not even by systems beyond what one knows. The value system of behavior based on high premises will be honored. …
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Roses And Evergreens
“ Do you wear the rose perfume?” she asked. Yes I said and then she said that every time she caught the scent she wondered from where it comes and who walks with a bouquet of roses. I wish it were so. I would give you a rose. . . . .thorns to be sure,…
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About The Journey, The Process
One brother told his other brother and underscored that the journey is the only thing, the process if you will, is the only thing worth the struggle. And I found the following notes in my work from the Teacher and the Teacher said: To be able to come to this conclusion, truly is what we…
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Wrongful Death
We have put so much faith in the medical profession but they ultimately cannot deliver us from death. Oftentimes in our western culture, agonies are prolonged as surrounding relatives make their peace with what a very wise teacher once said to a student, the only thing you have to do is die. The homework is…
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Begin With A ‘Maybe’
Oftentimes in my comments I will say that if I can introduce a `maybe ‘ into someone’s thinking, we can help broaden premises. Because I have lived long enough to see old ideas fail, am I open to new ideas. After due thought, I incorporate them but also realize that others are not as eager…