Philosophically, there’s a difference between questioning what we can see and questioning what we can’t.
Loved the perspective you have brought in. Do you see simplicity, everlasting and a questioning attitude a recipe of inner actualisation or external empowerment?
Considering the exhausting amount of stress and strain poured into futile questions, that would be nice…but it’s a tinny, hollow faith that is too afraid to ask questions. The real leap of faith is believing the answers. Once again–fabulous piece!
Anyone who has read this as referring to the believer’s forfeiting questions, please look again at the syntax of the poem, and then reconsider its meaning… It is koan-like in its simplicity.
This is brilliant Charles – particularly relevant today with all the issues of child abuse, etc., – these institutions need a massive shake up and reality check in the modern world – they should be a force for good but are heading in the wrong direction by a mile.
Sounds like a good deal :-) —- or is it?
A brief prescription!
if i interpret it in the correct way, it IS a good deal..
though we should never stop asking questions….then maybe not such a good deal..
Philosophically, there’s a difference between questioning what we can see and questioning what we can’t.
Loved the perspective you have brought in. Do you see simplicity, everlasting and a questioning attitude a recipe of inner actualisation or external empowerment?
Shakti
That’s not a good deal; and not the one I signed up for :)
Not what I expected from the title
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so much said in so few lines. great piece.
Yes – second-party salvation. Not a good offer…. My turn to say “Bravo!”
so interesting… tantalising in its perspective…. intriguing in its composition
Considering the exhausting amount of stress and strain poured into futile questions, that would be nice…but it’s a tinny, hollow faith that is too afraid to ask questions. The real leap of faith is believing the answers. Once again–fabulous piece!
Raw deal.
Exactly the problem with it all. But, I guess, it’s the way many get through life…
Anyone who has read this as referring to the believer’s forfeiting questions, please look again at the syntax of the poem, and then reconsider its meaning… It is koan-like in its simplicity.
This is brilliant Charles – particularly relevant today with all the issues of child abuse, etc., – these institutions need a massive shake up and reality check in the modern world – they should be a force for good but are heading in the wrong direction by a mile.
Organized religion, as it promotes brainwashing, gives me the shivers,
and it works too