Discussion made me think of Carl G. Jung's Synchronicity theory and more recently Rupert Sheldrake's Morphic Resonance hypothesis and the current trend of panpsychism in the search for where consciousness comes from. Do you have Netflix? Just watched a great dialogue film called Freud's Last Session - starring Sir Anthony Hopkins playing Sigmund Freud just before he died in an imagined discussion with born again Christian CS Lewis. Leans more toward Freud so there is a script writer's bias coming through but Lewis gets in some great observations during their heated debate on God's existence. Worth checking out - here's the link
Fascinating dialogue and so close to many of my own faith experiences. I have always believed that there is a destination in our lives guided by faith in the path set for us by The Love of us All. We may and frequently due, acknowledge that path and our desire to follow it, but we are human, and our free will frequently wanders from whatever path we are on, even when we think we are on course. It is at those time many of the co-instances in our lives take place. Some good and some not so. Relating to Noel's recognizing that the greatest of musicians make mistakes and continue on, reminds me of a note in one of the songbooks I was using in my quest to be a guitarist, "a great flourish at the end will cover a hundred mistakes in the song".
One of the thoughts on faith that has always stayed with me is that we don't start at the beginning of our journey and build up faith until we are ultimately faithful. Faith can ebb and flow in seconds, minutes, hours, days and years. In part attached to the path we are traveling. We can go from no faith to complete faith in an instant. Complete faith is a blind person trapped in a fire several stories high, following the call of the fireman to jump. I believe our faithfulness is tied to our belief in Love and our journey on life's path.
noel ,it was joshua's addiction going full tilt (see ps) and thats that I couldn't take on that first chapter as much as I wanted to. But God had that all in hand by having Jeanne in your life ! The timing was/is perfect . I sense a hand belonging to God involvement .....
P.S. I would just like to add a note to what I previously wrote. I just want to add that the discussion that is being held here in these notes I do not take lightly.My only son Joshua died of an "accidental overdose" two and a half years ago. I am only now ,after a year of being in shock , have bits and pieces of memories but basically a whole year of my life is gone.Apparently my incredible friends took care of me in shifts so to speak,til I could come to California to be near my daughter. all this to say, I
I don't know how I can best phrase what I want to say, other than I see God moving everyday in small or large ways in my life .I Having Creative ADD, my mind runs pretty fast ,add MS and all that goes with it.
I try to stay aware of minutes coming and going as much as possible .. (not for the faint of heart!) It is like finding that one piece to a puzzle that has eluded you for the last month ! The series of incidents that led up to you finding it are sometimes clear then. i'm not saying our every hiccup is from Gods plan, but I aware that it maybe was being used to find my puzzle piece or the the kids' across the hall. God knows every feather on a sparrow (good for a name of a song!),would it not make sense that God knows every hiccup ? Hope you find your missing puzzle piece !
Discussion made me think of Carl G. Jung's Synchronicity theory and more recently Rupert Sheldrake's Morphic Resonance hypothesis and the current trend of panpsychism in the search for where consciousness comes from. Do you have Netflix? Just watched a great dialogue film called Freud's Last Session - starring Sir Anthony Hopkins playing Sigmund Freud just before he died in an imagined discussion with born again Christian CS Lewis. Leans more toward Freud so there is a script writer's bias coming through but Lewis gets in some great observations during their heated debate on God's existence. Worth checking out - here's the link
https://youtu.be/hPJM9lEMyV4?si=221E0H64jJjrpgnU
Fascinating dialogue and so close to many of my own faith experiences. I have always believed that there is a destination in our lives guided by faith in the path set for us by The Love of us All. We may and frequently due, acknowledge that path and our desire to follow it, but we are human, and our free will frequently wanders from whatever path we are on, even when we think we are on course. It is at those time many of the co-instances in our lives take place. Some good and some not so. Relating to Noel's recognizing that the greatest of musicians make mistakes and continue on, reminds me of a note in one of the songbooks I was using in my quest to be a guitarist, "a great flourish at the end will cover a hundred mistakes in the song".
One of the thoughts on faith that has always stayed with me is that we don't start at the beginning of our journey and build up faith until we are ultimately faithful. Faith can ebb and flow in seconds, minutes, hours, days and years. In part attached to the path we are traveling. We can go from no faith to complete faith in an instant. Complete faith is a blind person trapped in a fire several stories high, following the call of the fireman to jump. I believe our faithfulness is tied to our belief in Love and our journey on life's path.
Dave Anderson
noel ,it was joshua's addiction going full tilt (see ps) and thats that I couldn't take on that first chapter as much as I wanted to. But God had that all in hand by having Jeanne in your life ! The timing was/is perfect . I sense a hand belonging to God involvement .....
P.S. I would just like to add a note to what I previously wrote. I just want to add that the discussion that is being held here in these notes I do not take lightly.My only son Joshua died of an "accidental overdose" two and a half years ago. I am only now ,after a year of being in shock , have bits and pieces of memories but basically a whole year of my life is gone.Apparently my incredible friends took care of me in shifts so to speak,til I could come to California to be near my daughter. all this to say, I
am a student of this discussion .
I don't know how I can best phrase what I want to say, other than I see God moving everyday in small or large ways in my life .I Having Creative ADD, my mind runs pretty fast ,add MS and all that goes with it.
I try to stay aware of minutes coming and going as much as possible .. (not for the faint of heart!) It is like finding that one piece to a puzzle that has eluded you for the last month ! The series of incidents that led up to you finding it are sometimes clear then. i'm not saying our every hiccup is from Gods plan, but I aware that it maybe was being used to find my puzzle piece or the the kids' across the hall. God knows every feather on a sparrow (good for a name of a song!),would it not make sense that God knows every hiccup ? Hope you find your missing puzzle piece !