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Salt of the earth

2/3/2014

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Salt of the earth  

My intent is not to sound negative.  It is just to chip away at arrogance and self-conceit. What is left should be more authentic. There was a time I looked for salt of the earth people.  Most who I thought were turned out not to be.  A few did seem like the real thing.  Even so, something was still missing.   I recall looking at Dutch paintings of families or farms with cows and chickens, and grandpas and running children.  They seemed so wholesome.  But even this wholesomeness seemed limited.  Previously, I would admire these scenes and envy those portrayed in them.  But now, this wholesomeness lacks something.  The self-contentment showed limitations.  Without a bigger picture, a wider awareness, a need to expand, look up, wonder, this contentment, this salt of the earth character was no more entire and complete than any other character trait of this life that I observed.


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P
2/8/2014 08:25:46 pm




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Steve,

So good to be able to meet you in person. I really enjoyed your presentation and am glad you sent out the email so I would know about it. I've never followed a blog before but have found your writings to be profound and have made a connection with me at this stage of my life. I think we are pretty close to the same age...I recently turned 69. I have volumes of writings tucked away in notebooks, or journals, or sometimes stuffed into a tattered file folder. Some of my poems have been typed and drafted numerous times in a word document, and filed away in cyber space.


I am not a religious person, but I have been on my own spiritual quest (much the way you describe yours) for many years. I believe that as each one of us is a unique individual, we each have the capacity to develop our own spirituality, and to connect with a higher being in our own unique way. More recently, I feel this has intensified for me and I have grown spiritually. Even in the midst of what seems to be an ever-increasing cluttered, chaotic, and materialistic world, I am more at peace.

If you ever have some time after you return from New York, it would be an honor to have the opportunity to get together with you for coffee or something and be able to share thoughts and ideas.

In closing, I had a thought when you showed your drawing of the rocks today...and you determined that they too exist. My immediate thought was: yes they too exist, but do they live?

Wishing you a good trip to New York...and hope the weather improves for you.

Blessings,

P

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steven
2/8/2014 08:27:42 pm

P
Nice comments, all to the point.
Interesting how despite all that is thrown at us there is some peace to be had amidst the storms.
S

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S
2/8/2014 08:31:53 pm


Hi Steve,

So glad to be there. It was a wonderful lecture. Inspiring. Enjoyed your story. Had to run to teach a class at Armory. Enjoy being with your dad.

Will get to your blog...

Soon, s

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