Hello Rod, John, Platt and All,
Quite a challenge expressing my views on spirituality. I feel I must give a
little description of how I got there. I have been accused of acting as
though "fish fly," when I am pursuing a line of thought. I am an "everyday"
Roman Catholic. I have learned Latin and some Greek, so I would say I am
tied to the Graeco-Roman outlook. I have concluded Faith is a personal
experience. An institution hasvalue as a connection to culture and history.
I sing, though not while plumbing.
I am doctrinaire and was certain of the theory of knowledge, abstraction,
espoused by Aquinas as taught by Dominicans. I was certain conscription was
moral until I worked at the Catholic Worker for a year. Radical, pacifist
ideas took hold and my doctrines became tattered. I became certain of other
doctrines while working in Miss. in the summer of 1964. I am like silly
putty when it comes to an outlook.
I debated in school, "what you say is more important than how you say it"
from the negative. I did not convince myself. Uncovering my views on
spirituality. I am scared shitless of what I think Hiroshima and Nagasaki
represent, a callous disregard of moral order by social leaders seen as
virtuous self-defense. A theory of knowledge must be unified--as above so
below, the way up is the way down. I think I experience endlessness. I am
amazed that we all have different fingerprints. My soul will be a step up
evolution, not guaranteed, and there are existing levels. There are
processes involved in learning, and communication by words is at the lowest
end. Experience and reflection stand tall. MoQ has just begun, and my
description of it for me provides a better way to conscience.
Joe
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