"If He is not is us, we lie and do not pursue the truth..."
Indeed, if we believe in more, then there is something more to be serviced than a fixed object of belief, and it is reflected, filtered into our words, that there is something set and real in the universe, and all is not a dream.
Plato's objective universe, mayhap, and the Roman stoic's formal universe. Truth that superceeds and eclipses the shifting sands of what we call reality. Something fixed and solid.
On the same day, I come across a verse about the Creator's intention to the believer in two of the major "books", that being Jeremiah 29:11 and An-Nisa 79(Quran 4:79).
Observe.
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." -Jeremiah 29:11 (King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Whatever good happens to you is from Allah; and whatever misfortune smites you is because of your own action. -Quran surah An Nisa, ayat 79
We have to stop worshiping the past sometime, and then killing ourselves for the future; these things accounted for, the future then begins to bloom.
"Revenge is a dish best not served." -Ryan Holiday.
"Do not render evil for evil." -Paul the Apostle.
The end of harvest, in many quarters, with fields turning empty, and many farms turning-in, anticipating the winter season. Historically, there are harvest festivals, in celebration, along with each having its own traditions, such as bonfires and things.
This year, in the Western Hemisphere, the East Coast of the United States, New Moon roughly coincides with Friday October 13th, leaving only a slight sliver on the actual day itself, then going almost full dark the next day, that Saturday, with the Full Moon anticipated on October 28th, 2023.
"Don't take yourself too seriously. A countless number of people have come and gone. Why constipate yourself?" -Sahdguru.
"Life is a brief sparkle." -Sahdguru.
From the Tao Te Ching: "To master others is strength, but to conquer oneself, is true mastery." -Lao Tzu
Thank Christ and thank the world. They told us He would come back, and the manifestation is ongoing; we're making it happen, looking for the joy of the world to return.
"Not as I would, but as thou would."
Our thoughts and actions are Christ incarnate in an otherwise indifferent world; the Christian and the initiate are the cause and hope of those lost, while the Christian believers themselves observe the originator as their own cause and hope.
The very zen-like amazement of it all is that Contemplation so many of the monks and mystics observe.
The clouds this morning parted like a curtain as the sun neared breaching the horizon; it was cosmic, almost miraculous, almost too perfect, and left in the sky after were joyous downy wisps.
