I just read your comment that the you used to define yourself spiritually. And I'm smiling. I think it's so important to honor everyone's belief, or for that matter, lack of belief.
I used to tell people I was a pantheistic Gnostic, with New Age trappings, married to a Jew, raised by a Communist, street-wise, with a Masters in Metaphysics. Now at my advanced age, I find myself with more patience toward the fundamentalists & mentally ill that outnumber the rational among us. Liked the brevity, wit, & vertex of your piece.
When I say to someone I believe in God and they say "Cool!", it makes me smile because they respect I believe and not what or how. S'truth. Happened yesterday. Made me smile in idiotic Zen delight for several hours afterward. nice, short non-judgemental poem.
Smiles.. a beautiful earth is A Namaste one where the inhabitants see who they truly are as part of tHe whole now just now.. and then existence becomes heaven now beyond words as traps of human being.. sadly.. humans with all their complex written language.. recorded intelligence and cultures are stunted this way.. below all the other animals by concepts more than just living now at peace beyond the fight and flight for the struggle of survival.. simple or complex.. happy is both simple and free for those who learn to escape illusions of fear in all the colors of culture and religion that sadly come in now as not so well.. yes.. now..:)
Ah.. sometimes it should just be enough that we believe in God.. regardless of religion and faith. Well penned :)
ReplyDeleteLots of love,
Sanaa
Thanks, we agree!
DeleteReally.. this got me thinking.. brilliant in it's briefness.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I believe it's just that simple.
DeleteA brilliant piece - Kudos.
ReplyDeleteThanks, pal!
Delete“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.”
ReplyDelete― Carl Sagan
Question is what does god look like? could be a woman? Alien? Something else?
wow!!! I truly love the way you put and wrote this poem. :)
Excellent my friend.
Thanks, when people ask for details, I tell them that I'm a nontheistic, Christian existentialist. That seems to quiet / confuse them.
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting philosophy!
ReplyDeleteAmen.
ReplyDeleteI get your point...love this!
ReplyDeleteI just read your comment that the you used to define yourself spiritually. And I'm smiling. I think it's so important to honor everyone's belief, or for that matter, lack of belief.
ReplyDeleteShort and you drive home the point Mosk ~
ReplyDeleteI used to tell people I was a pantheistic Gnostic, with New Age trappings, married to a Jew, raised by a Communist, street-wise, with a Masters in Metaphysics. Now at my advanced age, I find myself with more patience toward the fundamentalists & mentally ill that outnumber the rational among us. Liked the brevity, wit, & vertex of your piece.
ReplyDeleteGood point!!!
ReplyDeleteGood point!
ReplyDeleteThere is indeed a distinct difference...
ReplyDeleteWhen I say to someone I believe in God and they say "Cool!", it makes me smile because they respect I believe and not what or how. S'truth. Happened yesterday. Made me smile in idiotic Zen delight for several hours afterward. nice, short non-judgemental poem.
ReplyDeleteShort and to the point. As a former anthropologist of religion, I can fully empathise with that.
ReplyDeleteamazing the terms used in religious circles
ReplyDeletePacks a powerful and thought provoking punch!
ReplyDeleteSmiles.. a beautiful
ReplyDeleteearth is A Namaste
one where the
inhabitants
see who
they truly
are as part
of tHe whole
now just now..
and then existence
becomes heaven now
beyond words
as traps
of
human being..
sadly.. humans with
all their complex
written language..
recorded intelligence
and cultures are stunted
this way.. below all
the other animals
by concepts
more
than just
living now
at peace beyond
the fight and flight
for the struggle of survival..
simple or complex.. happy
is both simple and free for
those who learn to
escape
illusions
of fear
in all the colors
of culture and
religion that
sadly
come in
now as not
so well.. yes.. now..:)
If you told me you believe in God, I would be more likely to ask, "How did you come to know Him?" Peace, Linda
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