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Footprints in the Wind^sm # 819

G*d must be full of wonder, too!

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Blake was, in painting and poetry, in art and prophecy, working to draw very clear lines.

:- Doug.

Finn Voldtofte reminded us
“There is only one life”
Only one life
We are of that one life
Would that we all touch that
Only one life

:- Doug.

Do for the sake of the whole. In all that you do, do for the sake of the whole. It is the way of the one life. Anything else is lost in time. Wasted. It is not a mind thing. It is to be done with the gut, the lower the better. It is to be done with feet and hands and heart. It is to be done with abandon, with one’s whole self. Give abundantly and we will have life abundant. Give abundantly, pressed down, shaken together, overflowing, for here is the one life.

:- Doug.

Stay in inquiry is a way of saying Be present, but in an extreme, to the far end of the scale, for we are saying be not just empty but be actively pursuing what is going on. What other ways can this be viewed? How is this different from what I have seen before? Humans want to categorize things and put them into neat cubby holes. We do not want to be bothered. We would like to live our lives without our straight lines being interrupted, without having to get beyond lazy. So: How does this bother me? Like a firefighter, go toward danger.

:- Doug.