Keepin' Busy

[Glory Ressler]

>Perhaps we are the ones history has been waiting for?<  - Glad to be 
>reminded of this, Doug. Thanks!

Made me think of a new one - perhaps useful in OS / OST meetings.... ??

'This is the story you've been waiting for...'

Glory :-)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Douglas D. Germann, Sr." <76066.515 at compuserve.com>
To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 8:43 PM
Subject: Keepin' Busy


> Paul--
>
> Thanks for your thoughtful response.
>
> << I don't want my
> << children taught ID, which I regard as a abomination and total
> stupidity,
> << nor
>
> Not sure I know what ID is. Besides, I thought I was talking to that
> distinguished looking grey-bearded gentleman whose children are probably
> all grown, and who would probably be talking about grandchildren by now.
> Must have the wrong guy in mind.... <wink>
>
> << unconditional love and acceptance on all parts of those there.   I've
> << never seen it sustained.  Never experienced it on a sustained basis
> << despite having had some fairly incredible numinous experiences of that
> << state of being, temporarily.
>
> Surprisingly, Buber takes the position that it is not possible to sustain
> life and live in this place (which he calls I-Thou). He says I-It is
> absolutely necessary and that we need to live moving back and forth 
> between
> both places. I am sure I do not fully understand him on this, nor life
> itself, but it seems to be true.
>
> So take heart, friend: the numinous experiences may of necessity just have
> to be passing. But they lift us to see that they are possible, and when we
> go back to I-It, we do so with a longing and looking for I-Thou, equipped
> to perhaps find it a little faster next time, a little more surely, or to
> help another do so.
>
> Perhaps we are the ones history has been waiting for?
>
>                              :-Doug.
>                              What wants to happen in your communities?

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