Thank you for this, you’ve got me on the edge of my seat for the next post. I think about these things every day. The door that opens within an individual to come out of the state of separation and into the state where we are so interwoven within what you name the Transcendent is what rivets me the most. I want to help at that intersection. I can see that it changes everything.
Richard, this part of your poem does not make sense to me: "all the participants free from impunity." Impunity is defined as "exemption from punishment." If one is free of that exemption, it means they are subject to punishment, not free of punishment.
As I indicated in the introduction, while not a Christian — I grew up in a secular Jewish household — I have taken the core message of Jesus to heart. TO ME reads funny- Jesus was a Jew and so his message was a Jewish one! I wonder if there are other Jewish thinkers that were similar in approach??
Ironic, no? Well, the answer gets complicated. Yes, he was a Jewish teacher, but the claims of the earlier followers (who came to be called Christians) saw him as the actual embodiment of the Logos. Think of this as God wanting to redeem and teach us by taking on human form and being born, living amongst us, dying, and being resurrected. He was God among us. So, to me Jesus wasn't just a wisdom teacher, but he was both human and divine in a way we can follow but not be the same as.
In that sense he was a singular figure different than all other religious figures or deities.
Thank you for this, you’ve got me on the edge of my seat for the next post. I think about these things every day. The door that opens within an individual to come out of the state of separation and into the state where we are so interwoven within what you name the Transcendent is what rivets me the most. I want to help at that intersection. I can see that it changes everything.
It's great to hear from you Mary. Looking forward to continued interaction as we build a community of wonderful people like yourself.
Richard, this part of your poem does not make sense to me: "all the participants free from impunity." Impunity is defined as "exemption from punishment." If one is free of that exemption, it means they are subject to punishment, not free of punishment.
As I indicated in the introduction, while not a Christian — I grew up in a secular Jewish household — I have taken the core message of Jesus to heart. TO ME reads funny- Jesus was a Jew and so his message was a Jewish one! I wonder if there are other Jewish thinkers that were similar in approach??
Ironic, no? Well, the answer gets complicated. Yes, he was a Jewish teacher, but the claims of the earlier followers (who came to be called Christians) saw him as the actual embodiment of the Logos. Think of this as God wanting to redeem and teach us by taking on human form and being born, living amongst us, dying, and being resurrected. He was God among us. So, to me Jesus wasn't just a wisdom teacher, but he was both human and divine in a way we can follow but not be the same as.
In that sense he was a singular figure different than all other religious figures or deities.