Life and its understandings are founded on the concerns in this table and the basic spirits by which we address them. The depicted array grew out of a startling experience All at Once the Web and the publication of the courtship letters of my parents. The array is brought to life an operatic-like finale, Joy in This Life and the Life Hereafter, that contrasts the desires and spirits of our egoistic, altruistic, and holistic self-orientations. Its nature, development, and implications amply serves as a basis for soul-searching discussions. Suggestions and supporting material will be presented below on a weekly basis and announced on my Facebook page. Send a note to mark@ourtruthgalaxies.com should you rather be notified by email.
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The preface to Abiding in God was added at the suggestion of a Kirkus collaborative editor. It raises the issue of the songs we sing in our understandings and actions. It opens with our need to "start singing a new song if humanity is to survive on earth." What songs do you want the leaders you support to start singing. What songs do you like to sing and to hear others sing? What songs might you start singing to make our Earth a better place of live. What songs do you feel better off not singing?
The download describes a revelatory moment in which my competitive big-self orientation was subordinated to an inclusive little-self orientation. The experience raised many questions. As noted on page four, in one sense nothing changed and in another sense everything changed. A discussion of our self-orientations—and the means by which they change and why—is always enlightening.
The fiancé isn’t in the photo, but bits of his expressed spirit are. They reside in the mind of the woman to whom he gave the ring signifying his commitment and joy. She is telling her friends something of the nature of her new soulmate. The download “Watching the Embodied and Expressed Spirits at Play in These letters”illustrates the reality, complexity and influence of the spiritual seeds our attitudes unconsciously sow in others. How do you see the importance of these attitudes that we convey in our interactions and discussions?
The cremated remains of what had represented the embodied spirits of my parents didn’t elicit much comment at either of their funerals. Neither did their material achievements or their family photos. Yet their presence enlivened the program and the conversations that continued long after the service had ended. The
download “Celebrating the Birth of an Expressed Spirit” raises the question of nature of that presence. Its discussion can lead to a freeing and encouraging peace in life.
Unless recorded, our voices die out quicker than echoes, our actions even faster unless filmed. Yet we remember those who touch our lives. We can’t retain the endless details of their expressions. We can share aspects of their spirit that we’ve experienced. This is being done in the publication of the courtship letters of my parents, one being the little girl in the photo. Discussing the download “What Lives On” will bring out the reality of our expressed spirits and the nature of the “much” in the preceding image.
