On the spiritual path, all the dreck and misery is transformed, maybe not that same day, but still transformed into spiritual fuel or insight.
-Anne Lamott
Peace and Love
2006-07-24 01:14:17 · 8 answers · asked by digilook 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
We need lots more Peace and Love in the world
2006-07-24 01:18:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"On the spiritual path, all the dreck and misery is transformed, maybe not that same day, but still transformed into spiritual fuel or insight. "
Paris, Monday 24th.
Thank you for that beautiful question.
It is again a question that has more than 5000 years of existence so to pretend to add anything to all the comments already made would be bizarre.
At a first reading, anyone of us who has gone through a couple of decades of life will agree with it, but in a twisted way.
Yes, the misery of life has made me grow. But I carry a fear in my heart that this growth has been similar to the grown of the oak tree grown under a bombed building, and which comes out one day to sunlight all twisted and strange looking, just good enough for firewood, not even good enough to be used by children for playing.
The worst I have had to endure has been being the guardian of my Alzheimer mother. It killed the one I once was. It killed any desire to enjoy life and to believe that anything good could come out of life.
But even then, worse events can be given to be endured.
How about a mother who sees her children die?
What kind of spiritual life remains to you once you have seen what should be hidden to the eyes of any living human?
And to this there is an answer.
Life is not as describe in your question as a succession of happy moment full of sunshine and tender morning dew and other moments when the skin is burned by the flame of hell.
Life is a continuum of events, some we are conditioned to accept as “enjoyable”, others we are programmed to experience as painful.
Day to day events of our life, happy events, dramatic events, horrible events, all of this is part of one lecture of life, to bring us to the understanding that this cannot have any sense, unless we try and see beyond the veil of our tears.
Our tears are the answer.
Long numerous days we we cry for ourselves.
One day we cry for our brother, our sister.
Life had a meaning.
Whatever happened, it was worth it if I can cry for you.
2006-07-24 08:32:18 · answer #2 · answered by taberg40 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's 2 points
2006-07-24 08:20:05 · answer #3 · answered by rangedog 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah...Good. Make the life full of peace.
2006-07-24 08:24:11 · answer #4 · answered by griffinswinsky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peace and love? WHAT?
As a greeting or salutation?
2006-07-24 08:19:20 · answer #5 · answered by scooter47 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agreed.
:)
2006-07-24 15:21:34 · answer #6 · answered by Hibernating Ladybird 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's great.
2006-07-24 08:18:41 · answer #7 · answered by Da Great 1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True.
2006-07-24 08:17:17 · answer #8 · answered by IN Atlanta 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋