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Footprints in the Wind^sm # 770

Jesus was here not to promote faith in himself but to give us a new worldview that we might live a more abundant life. That worldview? Us alive.

This is what Jesus was about—helping us see the world differently, see G*d closer and larger, see ourselves larger.

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You see some things
others do not
It is your duty
to share
when it can help

:- Doug.

Humor connects us on a deeper level than everyday surface chit-chat or exchanges of dry information. This is why we are drawn to humor and comedy: it hears us.

:- Doug.

Listening changes little
Hearing changes worlds

:- Doug.

Conversation requires the hearer to be open to the between, to perhaps even call forth the speaking Thou: the hearer has a responsibility. This is a corollary of Faith comes in through the ears: the ears call forth what is inside the person so that the speaking Thou can hear him or her self. Now we see that the ears call forth the speaking Thou so he or she can speak forth his or her self. Expression now is not of any individual self but of the between-self.

Either party can close the door to communication. The hearer cannot always be expected to consciously draw forth the speaking Thou. Nonetheless, the hearing I bears responsibility for the turning that comes: turning away or turning toward. In situations where there is a shield or filter up, the speaking Thou either must redouble his or her efforts, or choose to go elsewhere. The latter may be necessary at some point; the former fits many times. But the speaking Thou must see what is going on, be alert to it, attend to it, intend the turning.

:- Doug.