tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29862938.post6302526126622795441..comments2023-09-28T04:15:14.072-04:00Comments on IndieFaith: There and Back AgainUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29862938.post-16170326257800381422008-07-31T15:04:00.000-04:002008-07-31T15:04:00.000-04:00I'd love to.I'll be taking an M.A. in Theology at ...I'd love to.<BR/><BR/>I'll be taking an M.A. in Theology at Huron College/University of Western Ontario. <BR/>I see you're pastoring now. Last time we spoke you were starting a Ph.D. at McMaster. You'll have to fill in the gaps for me. <BR/><BR/>Maybe we should swap e-mail addresses and move this conversation out of your comment section!Joeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03164710774208321027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29862938.post-86041383997118957612008-07-31T13:22:00.000-04:002008-07-31T13:22:00.000-04:00Cool, that's less than an hour from where I'm at, ...Cool, that's less than an hour from where I'm at, we'll have to connect some time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17045950595392790139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29862938.post-37339001306849091062008-07-31T13:14:00.000-04:002008-07-31T13:14:00.000-04:00What an adventure! (I hope your aged hip returns t...What an adventure! (I hope your aged hip returns to normal).<BR/><BR/>Good reconnecting with you in blog land. I'm doing well - currently living in Yellowknife but will be moving to London, Ontario in the next month. <BR/><BR/>Keep up the blogging - I'm a regular.Joeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03164710774208321027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29862938.post-80389847133635915432008-07-30T10:17:00.000-04:002008-07-30T10:17:00.000-04:00IndieFaith,Congratulations on what looks like a wo...IndieFaith,<BR/><BR/>Congratulations on what looks like a wonderful walk, experience. Having been away from your blog for a while it is nice to see this exciting trajectory from "Life is not for us" to this adventurous setting forth, with Fratello Metallo thrown in, a real joculator Dei and co-pilgrim.<BR/><BR/>Wrote a <A HREF="http://thewhim.blogspot.com/2008/07/my-life-is-looking-for-new-ways-to.html" REL="nofollow">poem </A> last night that relates to the life question. This, jogged by the all of god is insane grafitti, also comes to mind from the the <A HREF="http://discoursesbymeherbaba.org/" REL="nofollow">Discourses</A>:<BR/><BR/>"The whole of evolution, in fact, is an evolution from unconscious divinity to conscious divinity, in which God Himself, essentially eternal and unchangeable, assumes an infinite variety of forms, enjoys an infinite variety of experiences and transcends an infinite variety of self-imposed limitations. Evolution from the standpoint of the Creator is a divine sport, in which the Unconditioned tests the infinitude of His absolute knowledge, power and bliss in the midst of all conditions. But evolution from the standpoint of the creature, with his limited knowledge, limited power, limited capacity for enjoying bliss, is an epic of alternating rest and struggle, joy and sorrow, love and hate, until, in the perfected man, God balances the pairs of opposites and transcends duality. Then creature and Creator recognise themselves as one; changelessness is established in the midst of change, eternity is experienced in the midst of time. God knows Himself as God, unchangeable in essence, infinite in manifestation, ever experiencing the supreme bliss of Self-realisation in <I>continually fresh</I> awareness of Himself by Himself. This realisation must and does take place <I>only in the midst of life</I>, for it is only in the midst of life that limitation can be experienced and transcended, and that subsequent freedom from limitation can be enjoyed." (III.11-12, my italics)<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/><BR/>NicolaNicola Masciandarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01279665722551517693noreply@blogger.com