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I love tunnels. Every time I go into a tunnel I get a rush. I feel like something very important is happening and I am part of it. I am high with anticipation. I think this is part of my particle-self getting together and reverberating like ball bearings rattling around in a cup. Trillions of separate specks that were brought out of the cosmos to make me for a brief time have coalesced and tingle in the tunnel.
I just can’t buy into this idea that the highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This doesn’t mean that I know exactly what my, your, our purpose is or should be but in my definition of purpose there is plenty of space to roam around and accept a great diversity of ideas and expression. I don’t know what the tunnel thing is about but I sense it is something and a great deal more than a bender or unbender of our psyches can explain. Explaining probably isn’t what it’s about anyway.
When I was a real bambino, I was a neutrino
When I was a real bambina, I was a neutrina
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There are hints of intelligence in the universe for those who insist on such things. I have recently come upon one, which I am disclosing here for the first time. Thomas Aquinas spent a lot of time and got a lot of credit for proving the existence of a deity he subscribed to and may or may not have really met. This was important to him because he was a pious man who thought he was doing everyone a favor.
This may not be a favor to you and I make no claim of piety but it is true that I have sought and found a little bit of evidence, which when viewed in it’s proper context, can be seen as no less a contribution than Tom’s.
Here it is. All foods that have been truthfully labeled in accordance with the Truth in Labeling Law have and are being shown to have an even number of calories usually ending in zero. There are many foods out there but when viewed in total, for them to have even numbers usually ending in 0 as their number of calories, suggests divine planning and is a revelation to the least and commonest amongst us. Real stuff is accessible to all.
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Transcendence
Transcendence to me seems to be increasingly n/a or not applicable. The notion of transcendence suggests that one can leave their old self behind and bring on a new and better one. I’ve tried this and it doesn’t seem to work. Kind of like not being able to teach an old dog new tricks. I have also hoped for this phenomenon to manifest itself in others. Same result.
We are what we are. Few things I have learned as I get older but this is one of them.
There are few benefits in getting older. The list is short and I think gets shorter than short the older one gets. I am increasingly aware that I cannot, will not, and now don’t even want to transcend myself. I have given up in resignation and will finish the race with what I have got. Not even new tires will change the outcome.
This doesn’t mean that I have given up unilaterally. This dog knows the few tricks he has pretty well and intends to use them to full advantage if not effect. Now this has to do with point of view. Yours VS Mine.