Guest guest Posted March 19, 2002 Report Share Posted March 19, 2002 Dear Andrew, My apologies for mentioning my Banana diet earlier in my response to what you said. What I really wanted to say was that I understood what you meant and that you are in my heart. What you said Andrew was very authentic, honest, and exquisite. You said one day you saw yourself in the eyes of everyone you met and that in the end you learned to live with a broken faith. You said that, "A shattered faith is far stronger than a whole one." I don't what is stronger and what is weaker anymore Andrew but I know that feeling of seeing oneself in the eyes of others. It still shatters me sometimes and I have learned to bear it and live with it and understand like you that my wholeness includes being shattered. I want to embrace everyone I meet. Those with faith and without faith. Those shattered and those who are whole. I don't really know why I want to embrace everyone. It just seems like the thing to do. The most important and urgent thing to do. Love to all Harsha andrew macnab [a.macnab] Tuesday, March 19, 2002 6:53 PM Re: God and Persons (was: Sigh...) MikeSuesserott wrote: Michael, I don't want to interfere with your faith. Long ago, after my mother died, when I was sixteen, I spent some weeks alone, demanding something. One morning I woke and saw myself in the eyes of everyone I met. For a long time, that revelation was unbearable. We all have experiences, there are so many in every lifetime and there are so many scriptures, biblical, vedic, buddhist... Particular experiences like particular scriptures are grabbed onto, imbued with meaning. Faith is fragile. When it gets broken, do you turn to another faith or live with that broken faith? In the end, I live with the broken faith. There is nowhere else I can stand. A choice had to be made, between comfort and freedom. A shattered faith is far stronger than a whole one. Excuse me if I'm making no sense at all. andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2002 Report Share Posted March 20, 2002 Dear Harsha, Bananas and parsley with chocolate garlic sauce. Mmmm. andrew Harsha wrote: > > Dear Andrew, > > My apologies for mentioning my Banana diet earlier in my response to what > you said. What I really wanted to say was that I understood what you meant > and that you are in my heart. > > What you said Andrew was very authentic, honest, and exquisite. You said one > day you saw yourself in the eyes of everyone you met and that in the end you > learned to live with a broken faith. You said that, "A shattered faith is > far stronger than a whole one." > > I don't what is stronger and what is weaker anymore Andrew but I know that > feeling of seeing oneself in the eyes of others. It still shatters me > sometimes and I have learned to bear it and live with it and understand like > you that my wholeness includes being shattered. > > I want to embrace everyone I meet. Those with faith and without faith. Those > shattered and those who are whole. I don't really know why I want to > embrace everyone. It just seems like the thing to do. The most important and > urgent thing to do. > > Love to all > Harsha > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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