tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post1140746380281286390..comments2023-09-28T10:08:44.827+02:00Comments on Gwynt: Definitions and SynonymsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-85755423823663676472013-06-15T07:39:56.436+02:002013-06-15T07:39:56.436+02:00Thank you Beth.Thank you Beth.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-20830851731765542012013-06-14T21:49:59.645+02:002013-06-14T21:49:59.645+02:00Just keep writing as you climb, Tom, I will be rea...Just keep writing as you climb, Tom, I will be reading!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829062955658284450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-88899890782332216172013-06-13T23:06:40.178+02:002013-06-13T23:06:40.178+02:00My pleasure Marja-Leena. I never expected any of ...My pleasure Marja-Leena. I never expected any of my posts to be described as awesome.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-5141630141419513762013-06-13T21:27:57.702+02:002013-06-13T21:27:57.702+02:00Awesome! What can I add but thanks for voicing so ...Awesome! What can I add but thanks for voicing so many difficult things. I nod and appreciate, and as always envy the wordsmiths I meet. Meanwhile I silently put up images....marja-leenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634791656471132347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-3168047265890902502013-06-13T15:04:37.378+02:002013-06-13T15:04:37.378+02:00Agreed. It also occurs to me that there is someth...Agreed. It also occurs to me that there is something involved here which may be what Maslow called a 'peak experience'.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-27204360015841388832013-06-13T14:49:34.033+02:002013-06-13T14:49:34.033+02:00Tom, thanks for reading. The 'Next' link i...Tom, thanks for reading. The 'Next' link is just there waiting for me to add something else.<br />That particular experience led to many others and in fact was quite life-transforming. But that's another much longer story which I will get around to adding to the autobio...I will!<br /><br />You're right, there's so much more to look into concerning both sides of spiritual experience and origins. I never felt in tune, for example, with that whole scene which goes under the heading of 'spiritism' - the occult, the séances, the 'chanelling' of dead gurus, etc. In my view, nothing to do with what I understand to be God.Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-65021803456602427162013-06-13T13:55:08.968+02:002013-06-13T13:55:08.968+02:00Oh Natalie, I couldn't get enough of that. I ...Oh Natalie, I couldn't get enough of that. I reached the NEXT spot, clicked, but could go no further. How do I say this? It was.....oh God..... it was all about, at least one facet of, that greater experience......that IS God. But you also opened up a line of thinking that is feeding into another path I am investigating, the inner spiritual origins of good and bad, positive and negative, safe and dangerous. <br /><br />Yes! Yes! Yes! It is most assuredly NOT about being controlled. Who wants divine parents for goodness sake? Were not the material ones enough? I want experiential partnership! I want! I want! But it isn't about what I want, is it? It's about divine inheritance.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-16483399058183074212013-06-13T12:34:20.358+02:002013-06-13T12:34:20.358+02:00Tom, I could contribute something to your post, de...Tom, I could contribute something to your post, describing one of my own 'spiritual' (another word that needs refreshing) experiences but you'd have to go to the link where I wrote about it. It's here:<br />http://www.nataliedarbeloff.com/articles3.htmlNatalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-89999868424066856452013-06-13T09:42:37.600+02:002013-06-13T09:42:37.600+02:00Natalie; I quite understand. And I do look forwa...Natalie; I quite understand. And I do look forward to a possible meeting with you.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-43951005932547983872013-06-13T09:15:06.087+02:002013-06-13T09:15:06.087+02:00Zhoen: One of the problems I had to overcome was ...Zhoen: One of the problems I had to overcome was whether or not to entirely reject all imagery and language relating to God and Christianity and go with some other form of expression. In the end I realised that Christian symbolism was the inner language that my unconscious was most comfortable with, and most knowledgeable about. It would have been bad enough taking on my thinking process, I wasn't about to take on my unconscious as well in some tiring, artificial half-life. <br /><br />For me it's a question of self-honesty, as I'm sure it is for you. <br /><br /> Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-71912487680660577582013-06-13T03:04:53.970+02:002013-06-13T03:04:53.970+02:00Tom, like your other posts along these lines (or m...Tom, like your other posts along these lines (or moving in that direction), I feel I have too much to say in response but that it could only be said in a long, 'live' conversation. So I'll end up simply adding my appreciation and saying nothing more relevant than "thank you".<br />Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-42286406129195975602013-06-12T23:37:46.000+02:002013-06-12T23:37:46.000+02:00I prefer the spare hints and pointers of the tao t...I prefer the spare hints and pointers of the tao te ching. Matter of taste. Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-66867308920227247542013-06-12T07:45:52.650+02:002013-06-12T07:45:52.650+02:00Susan; Sometimes I think I do not, maybe cannot, ...Susan; Sometimes I think I do not, maybe cannot, give adequate response to the comments made here. Having read your comment, over and over again, I find myself in the happy position of not needing to respond, other than in the way I now am. Your comment says it all.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-15211407396746788572013-06-12T04:51:43.685+02:002013-06-12T04:51:43.685+02:00Not only did I enjoy this post but I also finally ...Not only did I enjoy this post but I also finally did what I've been meaning to do these past few days and that was to go and read the other nine you've written. I think your intention to use the word God to describe that mysterious presence we intuit is a good one. You're right that there are many but God is description enough for anyone willing to consider there is more to creation than we can define in the materialist sense.<br /><br />I've long felt the universe is always speaking to us and guiding us through magical signs and symbols; it's our job to simply recognize them and then respond sensitively. When we recognize creation is speaking to us through signs, symbols and coincidences our first instinct is to try to understand the message: "What is being said here? What does this mean?" If it's not immediately obvious it can be frustrating, and sometimes as a result we spend too much time trying to make symbols say things that they aren't really saying. It's therefore important that we try to understand signs when they come, but we also have to leave room and space for the meaning of a symbol to naturally emerge, like a conversation.<br /><br />I'm happy after having read those earlier posts that I know you a little better now. I look forward to continuing the conversation.<br /><br />ps: It seems to me oldest children are very similar to only children in bearing the burdens of parental expectations.<br />susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-46843053280509313982013-06-12T03:43:06.846+02:002013-06-12T03:43:06.846+02:00Yes, "the little grey cells" are excited...Yes, "the little grey cells" are excited. (i am particularly fond of David Suchet's Poirot)<br />:^)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-58840883373500572932013-06-11T23:38:54.809+02:002013-06-11T23:38:54.809+02:00I think Prof. Jacob Needleman when he asked the qu...I think Prof. Jacob Needleman when he asked the questions, "What am I?" and "What is God?" also said that they are similar questions, and indeed, they may be the same question.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-84733714477293465452013-06-11T21:15:37.186+02:002013-06-11T21:15:37.186+02:00I would like to say something special that you cou...I would like to say something special that you could maybe clip behind your ears to look at once a while. Yah, and who am I? All I can say for now is that I printed your post and have it lying here on top of my pile of goodies.Ellenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14965850008354379369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-14888160024805573382013-06-11T20:37:42.145+02:002013-06-11T20:37:42.145+02:00I have noticed a certain enthusiasm emanating from...I have noticed a certain enthusiasm emanating from the readers of Gwynt. Who knows, perhaps by contributing our life experiences to the communal pot - so to speak - we may come up with something excitingly new. At the very least, we should perhaps experience a certain enlivening of the 'little grey cells' as Poirot says from time to time. Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-268760654568476802013-06-11T19:14:18.524+02:002013-06-11T19:14:18.524+02:00This post just adds to my eagerness to read your f...This post just adds to my eagerness to read your future posts, Tom. IT is clear to me that your personal studies have been/are different than mine, which makes your blog all that much more attractive, from my point of view.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-85414753195108787392013-06-11T18:57:01.665+02:002013-06-11T18:57:01.665+02:00Just in case!Just in case!Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-21521924529723442512013-06-11T18:46:17.517+02:002013-06-11T18:46:17.517+02:00Ineptly? INEPTLY? Not so, sir.Ineptly? INEPTLY? Not so, sir.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-20047108515863527852013-06-11T12:30:45.550+02:002013-06-11T12:30:45.550+02:00Thank you Rouchswalwe. It is a joy to write for p...Thank you Rouchswalwe. It is a joy to write for people like you.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683318922990064067.post-54390641876835767102013-06-11T12:08:12.645+02:002013-06-11T12:08:12.645+02:00Thank you for this, Tom! Clear and unpretentious d...Thank you for this, Tom! Clear and unpretentious definitions that will no doubt make it easier for me to read with an understanding that leads to deeper questions. So exciting! Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.com