Richard Rohr speaks much about duality vs Trinity of thought. Duality leads to black/white, yes/no, us/them thinking. Trinity leads to community, conversation, give and take. So not the (old white) Man Upstairs, but here with and within us the Lover, the Beloved, and the Love itself.
I would say that "Trinity of thought" resonates so well. What home or world would not be richer for conversation, give and take and sense of community? Thanks Steve, and Happy New Year to you and all of yours.
I was not aware of it but my wife is a serious gardener and she just explained to me that we actually had one show up in her garden. And why do you ask?
Well, names can be swapped around a bit when they cross the Atlantic, but the Star of Bethlehem we see is about the closest I know to the abstract 'ideal'. I have long thought 'we' would have found it hard to come up with the idea of perfection without flowers and their idealised geometry and responses to sunlight. ('We' seems to go back a long way.)
Richard Rohr speaks much about duality vs Trinity of thought. Duality leads to black/white, yes/no, us/them thinking. Trinity leads to community, conversation, give and take. So not the (old white) Man Upstairs, but here with and within us the Lover, the Beloved, and the Love itself.
I would say that "Trinity of thought" resonates so well. What home or world would not be richer for conversation, give and take and sense of community? Thanks Steve, and Happy New Year to you and all of yours.
Good one
Thanks Alyssa - and Happy New Year!
Oh, yes, Mark! What a brilliant concluding line.
Thank you Joyce for the kind sentiments.
"Labels are quick and easy but so rarely helpful unless our intent is to divide."
So true, Mark. We make too many useless distinctions between people.
That we do. Thanks Jim and I hope your New Year's a gem.
Do you know the flower we call 'Star of Bethlehem'?
I was not aware of it but my wife is a serious gardener and she just explained to me that we actually had one show up in her garden. And why do you ask?
Quote: " though I have seen flawless flowers ..."
Well, names can be swapped around a bit when they cross the Atlantic, but the Star of Bethlehem we see is about the closest I know to the abstract 'ideal'. I have long thought 'we' would have found it hard to come up with the idea of perfection without flowers and their idealised geometry and responses to sunlight. ('We' seems to go back a long way.)
NOW I get it. Very interesting and so true - flowers as the ideal! Thanks for the new perspective and Have a Wonderful New Year Philip.