In the words of my acting coach: "we're everything we have always been and everything we will ever be" I don't remember who she was quoting, but your poem comfirms we're one old living spirit.
Oooo - so near and yet so far; we travel so close in our thinking, and yet then repel, like a magnetic field, it seems to me, Jude - and what I wouldn't give to sit round a table and debate all this stuff! :)) 'Sposed to be polishing off me college work, but just can't resist at this point... Tabula rasa: mind in it's original pristine state; if the spirit is life, then it "precedes" mind's creation and is already, I think, imbued with "something". Nothingness is "chaos", but the mind of "God Who Is Spirit" spoke into that and "breathed" His design, His ordered creation as the life-giver - so, at the very least, spirit must have a god-awareness, even if its mind has not any impressions. Hence, the spirit is constantly looking for "home", yes? Home is God, source of life, spirit and mind. Surely mind must have a "grid" through which to be able to evaluate so as to be able to understand anything? And, even if it makes no judgments about what it receives, it must at least register the impact as "an experience"... otherwise what's to say the event has actually happened? And, if mind doesn't assess it in some way, why should it matter whether something is experienced or not? Perhaps the state of "nothingness" or "blankness" is what is sought to be perpetuated... but that don't make much sense to me - why live otherwise?! Why has the mind of God gone to such trouble to "create" and put that "creator" spirit within us, too... THAT, surely, is a signpost to "Home" :)) I sooo agree with half of what old Enigma says: "he (teacher) can only help us remember what we always knew" - i.e. knowledge of the mind of God that is in our DNA of spirit - and, if we consciously open ourselves to Him, I truly believe we can do all the stuff you talk about - i.e. have His mind, His thoughts, His knowledge and understanding of the beginning and "end" of all things - and, in that way there IS "nothing new under the sun".... or above it! :)) But God is the source, I think... not ultimately us (penultimate stanza). I enjoy the distractions of life, because within them I revel in being able to see the Mighty Mind of God at work in marvellous and complex ways... He is a God of fullness and not emptiness, I reckon ;)
Great poem, Jumping Jude Flash, and one which I could sooooo take a knife and fork to... Like the repetitions of "Here" at the beginning of each verse... reminscent of Designing Thoughts. Second and third stanzas I particularly like for the inverse outside/inside qualities: all the world (people) seen in the externalities of the individual, and the physicality of the individual person not being able to house the fullness (!!) of his soul, but rather vice versa. Wonderful life-affirming and value-bestowing words here... but, being a bit "perniskety", don't the double-negatives in Enigma's first line cancel each other out?!
Sorry - as p.u...! Yes, I'm goin... what on earth am I gonna be like after Wednesday, when I'm shot of college... Keepquiet Kate xx
Oh that we have to be exposed to all negativity after merging from this state, ideally positive input would be fabulous, but we live in an imperfect world, and spend the rest of our days filtering what we believe is Good to us or not...
I particulary abhor those who make a point of polluting the minds of innocence, and God has something to say on that too.
Wonderful Jude, TY
Ch'erie
Wow, fantastic and origianal and so deep I reread it several times to make sure I didn't miss anything. Jude you are the master at writing and evaluating the inner mind and it's spirituality.
The arrows of freedom can be found in "Tabula Rasa", whose contents
are served in a tray of awareness to wake up the minds and clean the eyes of mankind.
I enjoyed the reading of "Tabula Rasa".
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU
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Reviewed on October 3, 2005
When I saw my son being born. Then held him, he looked as if he knew all of life's answers.
As we know we are all one part of the same body.
An interesting theological piece on the eternal pilgrimage' of ones soul.
Robert, I make no pretense in understanding the magnitude and depth that this poem evokes. On your words I find myself being caught up in the many complexities, yet simplicities of life and how we as humans see it. Outstanding piece.
The schematics and semantics, both human build and language skills go hand in hand and work as a gestalt cog in motion, a complete whole in the cycle of our universe. Philosophers have said that babies come into this world tabula rasa. I beg to differ. They have been imprinted in the fetus, both good and bane. A child read to while in the womb already has formed vocal patterns and will be an early reader and high-achieving adults and leaders. Unfortunately, cocaine-addicted babies are not in a blank state either. They just can't function positively. Our spirit emanates from how we were conceived. Tabula Rasa should be posted nearby for any couple thinking about creating a child. Thanks Jude.
We have no eyes until we decide that we wish to see. We are very much like a dry sponge plunged into the pool of life absorbing all that is around us and incorporating it into our being. We do know our destiny and we do know everything we have ever known and all that we will ever need to know. The hardest part is learning how not to let the unimportant passing trends of the world taint our spirit for even one moment. They are simply diversions and mean very little in the grand scheme of things. We stifle our ability to grow by becoming engrossed in things that do not stimulate love within us. Beautiful write, Jude. I could feel the rumble of spiritual evolution thundering through your verses.
Take care,
Sherry
Totally absorbing enlightened poem! We are on the same page
as my poem of Master Blueprint, echoes a similar design premise...
This is so uplifting Jude, thanks for sharing!
A way to use your mind for silent communication. Speaking about the methods in the book I have used since a young age.
21st Century learning. I also have a GoFundMe page to ask for funds so I can research with other people and add their experiences
The second book in the telepathy series. It contains more ways for the up and coming telepathist to experiment with the sending and receiving of thoughts and is at the end of the story about future telepathy people found unexpectedly chosen by the go
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Great poem, Jumping Jude Flash, and one which I could sooooo take a knife and fork to... Like the repetitions of "Here" at the beginning of each verse... reminscent of Designing Thoughts. Second and third stanzas I particularly like for the inverse outside/inside qualities: all the world (people) seen in the externalities of the individual, and the physicality of the individual person not being able to house the fullness (!!) of his soul, but rather vice versa. Wonderful life-affirming and value-bestowing words here... but, being a bit "perniskety", don't the double-negatives in Enigma's first line cancel each other out?!
Sorry - as p.u...! Yes, I'm goin... what on earth am I gonna be like after Wednesday, when I'm shot of college... Keepquiet Kate xx
I particulary abhor those who make a point of polluting the minds of innocence, and God has something to say on that too.
Wonderful Jude, TY
Ch'erie
Felix
he can only help us remember what we always knew” -Enigma
Truly fascinating, Jude.
The arrows of freedom can be found in "Tabula Rasa", whose contents
are served in a tray of awareness to wake up the minds and clean the eyes of mankind.
I enjoyed the reading of "Tabula Rasa".
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU
As we know we are all one part of the same body.
An interesting theological piece on the eternal pilgrimage' of ones soul.
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Tina
very philosophical
but powerful and wonderful, as always :)
love and peace
Huda
Allen
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Take care,
Sherry
as my poem of Master Blueprint, echoes a similar design premise...
This is so uplifting Jude, thanks for sharing!
Love,
Eileen