Nothing New Here

In the lazy days of summer, looking back, I have been reading notes I wrote over the last four years. If you want to take a look, click open notes from the list in the current Blog Archive on this page. Or open previous blog archives using the links in the profile "About Me". 

Some ideas keep repeating. Like these...

Existence is a miracle.

God is an empty word into which we pour our best understanding of the miracle of existence.

If we imagine we have captured the Truth in words, we ignore what we don't know, which is almost everything; and that is the definition of ignorance. Intelligence is knowing that our words are inadequate and we are missing something.

Knowing that we don't know, we may pay attention to the way things are, imagine how they might be better, make a plan, try something, pay attention to the results, revise the plan, and repeat until it's over. This is how we participate in the miracle of existence.

We have some guidance participating in the miracle. The zeroth commandment is to eat and not be eaten. The first commandment directs us to the Mystery to keep us wondering and rethinking the miracle of existence. A bunch more commandments tell us how to manage better, living the miracle with a little help from our friends. The last commandment (John 13:34) is how to be a friend making the other commandments redundant.

Human activity with limited understanding, poorly restrained appetite, and little concern for others with whom we share the miracle of existence has unintended consequences. 

We have a choice:

try to do better,
or try not and take what's coming. 

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I may have missed something.