Comments on: A Truth Beyond Words

By: Will

Will — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:34:20 +0000

Lili–
The spirit is that awareness that remains after words are quieted, judgment suspended, and emotions stilled. I’ll leave aside the question of whether the spirit resides entirely within the brain, or exists independently from the physical body. I have some ideas about that, but they are not simple to state. Besides, the nature of being is not relevant to the value of remaining in touch with it.
–Will

By: Lili

Lili — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:14:57 +0000

So offer me an opinion. If you could turn the definition of spirit into a sentence(it’s your personal dictionary and you can make up whatever you like) what would it be?

By: Will

Will — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:44:45 +0000

Margaret–

It’s nice to hear you speak of your forest. There is a serenity in your comment that sounds different from the edginess I heard earlier, when you first wrote on this site. It seems like you are in a more comfortable place now, and I am very pleased for you.

–Will

By: Will

Will — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:42:34 +0000

Michael–

The ‘speech ripe’ quote sounds very much like a Quaker concept. And a good idea, too, as most Quaker philosophies are. I think the awareness that’s come my way will be ripening for the rest of my life. I’m taking the step of tentatively writing about it, but I’m still skirting the core experience. Perhaps the most intimate revelations were for me alone. The larger issues, that one can experience transcendence in the absence of supernatural beliefs, and that becoming selfless in that way has the potential to free one from self-hatred and despair, seems to be the more public message. I am starting with that.

–Will

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:36:17 +0000

I like that you are waiting for the experience to “mature” before writing about it all. A wise man who taught about ways to talk about profound dreams sometimes said “it was not yet speech ripe”. I can be patient.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:42:00 +0000

Will, I too find that my optimal place to contemplate + meditate is within a forest. This is where I see God’s creativity and find true serenity. In many ways the trees speak to me. Walking amongst the same trees in the nearby forest for 21 years has been a consistent source of peace + comfort for me.

I look forward to hearing more of your experiences + insights.