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Sunday, August 30, 2009
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Ellen Kushner has a radio show with music illustrating different themes, such as
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
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Presents ... High in the heavens
After, perhaps, a little too dogmatic in my previous post on the Assumption, now I feel the need to return to earth, to something more concrete. Give me a good quote on occasion. It reads: "People become gifts when I have more expectations from them. As exchange relations." (1)
That, in my opinion, a great rule of conduct: no longer have any expectations! Is this realistic? Let's see what this implies. It is not indifference, far from it! Not having expectations does not remove the desire of many of the best man or woman to whom I expect nothing. But, I just does not even mentally, without the express form of property that seems appropriate for this person.
Then she feels free of any influence. It can become itself without having to defend a foreign intervention that would seek to direct it. Such freedom is not "after everything, you might as well do what you want ...". It takes place in a constructive dialogue, active listening. I listen, I understand, and I try to reflect his thinking. If my image is not good, she corrects me. Thus, we clarify things and we move forward together.
This kind of dialogue is not limited only to a simple conversation well done. It is also and above all, a style of being together which should result in a change and respect for an unknown to me. But while the ignorant, I can deeply want. So, feeling welcomed as it is, the other can become a gift for me. And vice versa.
If relationship was rather difficult, in perpetual confrontation, or being broken, here's the obstacles that disturbed the relationship gradually disappear. A climate of freedom is established and brings happiness to the exchange. Thus we become "gifts" for one another.
"It's good, it is sweet, for brothers to dwell together "says the psalm. Is it too idealistic? This happiness is received, but it is also an achievement. The good old moralists once said that happiness is a virtue. They don ' were not wrong, because access to happiness is not without difficult moments. In the case of a relationship, I can bear to see another take a direction I do not see the result. And I want to respect its own path. Am I really no expectations? It is sometimes difficult to meet deadlines.
This "kindness" and this "softness" Psalm speaks, she always made available in the "living together" . But let's be realistic! A inevitable suffering will also coexist. I can overcome that by giving people the "brothers" at an intelligence that I am loving and acting in them: that the great Life. It is neither a coincidence nor a surrender to ourselves. In reality the change can be harder than you think. Because there is resistance from both sides of the relationship. Time can defeat them. But I have to bear the slow pace of progress. Mine first, then those of the other.
All this is evident in the non-verbal. I seem anxious sometimes. The inner attitude is not what it should be. That is, without doubt, part of the packaging of the gift. The bottom line is still wrapped in artifice trying to hide what is not yet healed. But, after all, Life, the great, does not it is given to be transformed?
(1) Yves Girard, in "Blades and Lights," p. 148. 
After, perhaps, a little too dogmatic in my previous post on the Assumption, now I feel the need to return to earth, to something more concrete. Give me a good quote on occasion. It reads: "People become gifts when I have more expectations from them. As exchange relations." (1)
That, in my opinion, a great rule of conduct: no longer have any expectations! Is this realistic? Let's see what this implies. It is not indifference, far from it! Not having expectations does not remove the desire of many of the best man or woman to whom I expect nothing. But, I just does not even mentally, without the express form of property that seems appropriate for this person.
Then she feels free of any influence. It can become itself without having to defend a foreign intervention that would seek to direct it. Such freedom is not "after everything, you might as well do what you want ...". It takes place in a constructive dialogue, active listening. I listen, I understand, and I try to reflect his thinking. If my image is not good, she corrects me. Thus, we clarify things and we move forward together.
This kind of dialogue is not limited only to a simple conversation well done. It is also and above all, a style of being together which should result in a change and respect for an unknown to me. But while the ignorant, I can deeply want. So, feeling welcomed as it is, the other can become a gift for me. And vice versa.
If relationship was rather difficult, in perpetual confrontation, or being broken, here's the obstacles that disturbed the relationship gradually disappear. A climate of freedom is established and brings happiness to the exchange. Thus we become "gifts" for one another.
"It's good, it is sweet, for brothers to dwell together "says the psalm. Is it too idealistic? This happiness is received, but it is also an achievement. The good old moralists once said that happiness is a virtue. They don ' were not wrong, because access to happiness is not without difficult moments. In the case of a relationship, I can bear to see another take a direction I do not see the result. And I want to respect its own path. Am I really no expectations? It is sometimes difficult to meet deadlines.
This "kindness" and this "softness" Psalm speaks, she always made available in the "living together" . But let's be realistic! A inevitable suffering will also coexist. I can overcome that by giving people the "brothers" at an intelligence that I am loving and acting in them: that the great Life. It is neither a coincidence nor a surrender to ourselves. In reality the change can be harder than you think. Because there is resistance from both sides of the relationship. Time can defeat them. But I have to bear the slow pace of progress. Mine first, then those of the other.
All this is evident in the non-verbal. I seem anxious sometimes. The inner attitude is not what it should be. That is, without doubt, part of the packaging of the gift. The bottom line is still wrapped in artifice trying to hide what is not yet healed. But, after all, Life, the great, does not it is given to be transformed?
(1) Yves Girard, in "Blades and Lights," p. 148.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Word Confusion Symptom
I was recently asked: What is Assumption of Mary into heaven? A little surprised, I knew I mumble an unsatisfactory response. I'll try here to give a little more thoughtful in addressing the possible unknown who would pose the same question.
France, however, whether secular , was the feast of the Assumption one day of official leave. In the heart of summer, it can not refuse! But the younger generation probably do not know why. Caught in the social context of our times, I can understand.
The Catholic Church defines the Feast of the Assumption : "At the end of his earthly life, the Immaculate Mother of God was high, his body and soul, to the glory of heaven ". I do not presume that everyone knows what " The Immaculate Mother of God. Of course, nobody knows qu'immaculé means unblemished. But applied to Mary, Mother of Jesus, how to understand it, and how to explain it without going into long and tedious theological explanations?
In short, say that "The Immaculate Mother of God" means that this woman has not been marked by what in us is the cause of pride, hatred, jealousy, the selfishness, etc.. Basically, all that on earth, is spiritually at the origin of evil and death (original sin). In this, his Son Jesus, Son of God incarnate in her, (by virginal conception) has come to heal us. Hence the phrase: Savior.
This absence of staining, or "purity" has earned Mary being preserved from the corruption of death (in his case, also known as "Dormition" in Oriental). So, like Christ after his resurrection, it will be, too, raised the "sky" in the Kingdom of his Son, with his body and soul. That Assumption of Mary. These things are not said explicitly in the Gospel, but the conclusion of theological reflection, along with the popular belief for many centuries. The council
Vatican II in 1964, could say of her: "The Immaculate Virgin, preserved free from all suffering from original sin, when the course of her earthly life, was taken up body and soul to the glory of sky, and exalted by the Lord as Queen of the Universe, to be the more fully conformed to her Son, the Lord of lords and conqueror of sin and death "
is what I wanted to tell the person who I asked. Short explanation for such a great thing. For more information, click on the link below, will say more:
http://catholique-nanterre.cef.fr/faq/fetes_assomption_sens.htm
Sunday, August 9, 2009
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A bird without wings
Without wings, is it still a bird? He can walk, peck, sing, but essentially he has lost. He can not fly. This could illustrate our lives if we lose our spiritual dimension. The essence of our being scrapped!
As the bird without wings, we can still eat, drink, sleep, work and function more or less normally in the world, but we can not rise above everyday reality, absorbed by them, we remain stuck in ground. With the habit of such a situation, we forget that we could fly. Our wings, virtually present, but unused and driving, we ignore them. We then seek to satisfy our many desires to the ground. Soon we will once again hungry and unsatisfied. "You made us for thee, my God, and our heart is restless until it rests in you." It St Augustine speaking. He too has been looking elsewhere. He knows what he is saying.
The human being as three dimensions. A bit like the three Russian dolls that fit into each other: the average in the large and small in average.
1. The great: our physical body. It is expected to pass through death.
2. The average psyche psychic or soul. (Emotional, etc.).
3. The small: our essential being or spiritual soul.
Unfortunately, often seen as a human being is a body and psyche. That's pretty useless to us. It is truncated. It lacks the essentials: his wings, his spiritual soul. This third dimension, the little doll, small in size, not the least important. It allows us to relate to things from above , a kind of openness to the infinity and eternity of the divine. It is faith, trust, which enables it. It gives the opportunity to pray, talk to God, to tell him our suffering and joys, to thank him for the gift of life and give us the hope of one that never ends. This is what flying, while keeping feet firmly on earth, knowing why there are, what you must do, and what awaits us after. All earthly joys could be amplified by being already colored by those of heaven.
So many people, even knowing laughter are fundamentally sad about not knowing how they work. We must go beyond the absurd to find true joy. Generally, this is not our comedians who are going to give it. It allows us to better get through the trials that can overwhelm us. And if we believe what Paul said St : "Everything is good to them that love God," we have enough here to bear more cheerfully many penalties.
Remember this tripartite conception of the ancients. It has not changed: body soul psychic and spiritual soul. The latter being the wings. It will be said again, more carefully: soma, psyche and pneuma (or breath, spirit). We can find this anthropology under different terms. So check whether we have kept alive the small doll, the innermost! 
Without wings, is it still a bird? He can walk, peck, sing, but essentially he has lost. He can not fly. This could illustrate our lives if we lose our spiritual dimension. The essence of our being scrapped!
As the bird without wings, we can still eat, drink, sleep, work and function more or less normally in the world, but we can not rise above everyday reality, absorbed by them, we remain stuck in ground. With the habit of such a situation, we forget that we could fly. Our wings, virtually present, but unused and driving, we ignore them. We then seek to satisfy our many desires to the ground. Soon we will once again hungry and unsatisfied. "You made us for thee, my God, and our heart is restless until it rests in you." It St Augustine speaking. He too has been looking elsewhere. He knows what he is saying.
The human being as three dimensions. A bit like the three Russian dolls that fit into each other: the average in the large and small in average.
1. The great: our physical body. It is expected to pass through death.
2. The average psyche psychic or soul. (Emotional, etc.).
3. The small: our essential being or spiritual soul.
Unfortunately, often seen as a human being is a body and psyche. That's pretty useless to us. It is truncated. It lacks the essentials: his wings, his spiritual soul. This third dimension, the little doll, small in size, not the least important. It allows us to relate to things from above , a kind of openness to the infinity and eternity of the divine. It is faith, trust, which enables it. It gives the opportunity to pray, talk to God, to tell him our suffering and joys, to thank him for the gift of life and give us the hope of one that never ends. This is what flying, while keeping feet firmly on earth, knowing why there are, what you must do, and what awaits us after. All earthly joys could be amplified by being already colored by those of heaven.
So many people, even knowing laughter are fundamentally sad about not knowing how they work. We must go beyond the absurd to find true joy. Generally, this is not our comedians who are going to give it. It allows us to better get through the trials that can overwhelm us. And if we believe what Paul said St : "Everything is good to them that love God," we have enough here to bear more cheerfully many penalties.
Remember this tripartite conception of the ancients. It has not changed: body soul psychic and spiritual soul. The latter being the wings. It will be said again, more carefully: soma, psyche and pneuma (or breath, spirit). We can find this anthropology under different terms. So check whether we have kept alive the small doll, the innermost!
Saturday, August 1, 2009
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A piece of light
I just read a quote from Louis-Ferdinand Celine : "Life is a bit of light that ends up in the night." I do not know the innermost thoughts of the author, but rather I want to say exactly the opposite: Life is a long way in the darkness that ends in the light ".
From birth, we are already inhabited by the hope of eternity, the light that never goes out. Already the glow of eternity illuminate the childhood. expectancy may seem a long sleep. One can not wake her up: a sunset, a word of love, a flower, music, prayer or song of a bird. Then the shadows of life and full light closer. It has already, in this semi-darkness , what is expected in full.
Childhood and old age, which seem so different, resemble each other and coexist, until the difference disappears in the full light finish. The age no longer exists, once freed from the grip of time. But as the ages are different, the exception can be felt, as a poet could also write: "The sight of old age child reaches the middle of its games" (1). Amid the decline of old age, the child is still there, and the old man is already present in the newborn.
Why say that life "ends up in the night"? Sunlight and that of reason may well die, but who cares when they are replaced by one that does not turn off!
I'm not sure what you meant, Mr. Louis-Ferdinand Celine . In a citation, you can not see everything. You are no longer of this world, but maybe you knew all that ...
(1) Christian Bobin , in "On the eighth day of the week," p. 38 
I just read a quote from Louis-Ferdinand Celine : "Life is a bit of light that ends up in the night." I do not know the innermost thoughts of the author, but rather I want to say exactly the opposite: Life is a long way in the darkness that ends in the light ".
From birth, we are already inhabited by the hope of eternity, the light that never goes out. Already the glow of eternity illuminate the childhood. expectancy may seem a long sleep. One can not wake her up: a sunset, a word of love, a flower, music, prayer or song of a bird. Then the shadows of life and full light closer. It has already, in this semi-darkness , what is expected in full.
Childhood and old age, which seem so different, resemble each other and coexist, until the difference disappears in the full light finish. The age no longer exists, once freed from the grip of time. But as the ages are different, the exception can be felt, as a poet could also write: "The sight of old age child reaches the middle of its games" (1). Amid the decline of old age, the child is still there, and the old man is already present in the newborn.
Why say that life "ends up in the night"? Sunlight and that of reason may well die, but who cares when they are replaced by one that does not turn off!
I'm not sure what you meant, Mr. Louis-Ferdinand Celine . In a citation, you can not see everything. You are no longer of this world, but maybe you knew all that ...
(1) Christian Bobin , in "On the eighth day of the week," p. 38
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