Those who believe truth to be an endpoint to "arrive at" embody the very poetry of that belief, for upholding truth requires spiritual devotion to the ongoing recalibration towards it.
The tension between being glass veined enough to shine one's truth but not so glass veined that one breaks under spiritual cannon fire is interesting to me too.
Indeed. Which is why I have almost always been at peace internally. Even my errors were the best I could do at the time, and the corrections learnt didn’t need to be learnt again.
Their truth or the truth? Their belief in which? "Just what the truth is, I can't say anymore,...But we decide which is right and which is an illusion." (Nights in White Satin, The Moody Blues, Days of Future Passed, 1968) " A fool sees what he believes." (What a Fool Believes, The Doobie Brothers, Minute by Minute, 1979)
Please explain "holiness." Very interesting read. Your philosophy intrigues. Thank you.
just someone's opinion - holiness = to be whole (literally, whole-ness), which means accepting and integrating all parts of one's self -> including all the dark bits written about. There's a great monologue in the Big Kahuna, about character that rings near to the article: https://youtu.be/wcsBvX10h74?si=hOO_GXQFh2R9Q7di&t=172
That said, so much of modern society is a virtuous mask; "the road to hell is paved with good intentions"; the whole just smile and go with the flow of progress, &c.
Thank you J.A.H. for responding to my request for assistance. I hadn't until reading your response looked up "holiness". I so much wanted to read holiness as wholiness, but resisted the urge to see what the author actually meant. I read your philosophy and sadly concur with your assessment about the masses. Some can glean some insight and start on their own journey away form the security of numbers. "Holiness" in my dictionary had this religious overture and I still desire to know how it was meant by the writer.
I am new to Substack and am finding my place. Comments such as yours make me feel welcome. I will endeavor to read some of your posts with a hope of being able to increase my understanding.
Yes. Resonance. True!
The tension between being glass veined enough to shine one's truth but not so glass veined that one breaks under spiritual cannon fire is interesting to me too.
Amazing as always.
Indeed. Which is why I have almost always been at peace internally. Even my errors were the best I could do at the time, and the corrections learnt didn’t need to be learnt again.
Their truth or the truth? Their belief in which? "Just what the truth is, I can't say anymore,...But we decide which is right and which is an illusion." (Nights in White Satin, The Moody Blues, Days of Future Passed, 1968) " A fool sees what he believes." (What a Fool Believes, The Doobie Brothers, Minute by Minute, 1979)
Please explain "holiness." Very interesting read. Your philosophy intrigues. Thank you.
just someone's opinion - holiness = to be whole (literally, whole-ness), which means accepting and integrating all parts of one's self -> including all the dark bits written about. There's a great monologue in the Big Kahuna, about character that rings near to the article: https://youtu.be/wcsBvX10h74?si=hOO_GXQFh2R9Q7di&t=172
That said, so much of modern society is a virtuous mask; "the road to hell is paved with good intentions"; the whole just smile and go with the flow of progress, &c.
- The separation of the sacred and the profane.
Thank you J.A.H. for responding to my request for assistance. I hadn't until reading your response looked up "holiness". I so much wanted to read holiness as wholiness, but resisted the urge to see what the author actually meant. I read your philosophy and sadly concur with your assessment about the masses. Some can glean some insight and start on their own journey away form the security of numbers. "Holiness" in my dictionary had this religious overture and I still desire to know how it was meant by the writer.
I am new to Substack and am finding my place. Comments such as yours make me feel welcome. I will endeavor to read some of your posts with a hope of being able to increase my understanding.