Keep going: the photo is a metaphor. ^_^
Alright, you saw my very Capricornian side the other day with the post about Lions Roaring… Now you can visit my Sagittarian side (or whatever this is— help me out, Dubby! lol) by joining me in the reading of THIS… I find this to be quite as compelling, maybe more so, than the idea of grabbing up those Bad Guys.
When I used to be a member of Christianity (and in some ways, I probably still am), I spent a lot of time considering what this simple phrase might mean, or was meant to mean: “Resist not evil.” After pondering that for years, I decided that instead of pushing back against evil, we simply leave it alone, and DO THE GOOD WORK ANYWAY. In spite of it. Regardless of it. Work around it…
Maybe that’s in the same camp as this post. I feel irresistibly pulled toward the thinking of this post… And thinking about it, I can hear imagined responses to it, such as, “Magical Thinking!!” and similar kinds of things. I don’t know, but I DO know that I have experienced plenty of interesting things in my life that are not “explainable,” and that something about this post is “clicking” in my conscious thought.
Well, this is a HUGE subject, doncha think? Or maybe it’s tiny!
I am NOT suggesting religion is The Answer. I’m thinking about Belief. I’ve never been one to feel that dogma is helpful. For me, rigidity is not helpful. I hesitate to say I believe in “God,” or, “Goddess,” because it seems too small of a box, too… Human. Anthropomorphic, if you will, because it’s very understandable that we human types might want to interpret something really difficult to name as a kind of benevolent parent “up there,” or “out there,” when it seems far more likely that it’s within all of us…
Let’s talk about this, I want discussion, please. I left Facebook because of its corporate disregard for free and open debate and conversation— I still want it! So please, leave a comment, your thoughts, ideas. That’s why (other than just being my writer self) I share these kinds of posts… Exploration, my friends, exploration. xo