And Jesus wept

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And Jesus wept

Post by mousey1 » September 12th, 2009, 12:49 pm

It came to me yesterday, during my workaday,
"Be still and know that I am God".

We are not still enough in our spirits
we are twisted mangled heaps of wreckage
trying to fit ourselves back together
without the proper wrenches and screwdrivers too.

The right tool for the job.
The getting the job done without scrobbing a knuckle
or mashing a thumb
or amputating some limb, one which we'd rather not do without.

The struggle should be together
not wallowing alone.
The struggle should be within the shelter
of at least one inviting pair of arms.

We all need hugs.

And I'll take my word hugs where I can get them.

It is not such an easy thing
depending on the strong arm of God.
Knowing without doubt that his
will be done.

As humans we are always questioning
wrangling with our thoughts and feelings
and doubting the wisdom of our outcomes.

I want everyone to live in the peace of their spirit
settled in comfort within their own skin.

Resting in the knowledge
that something greater than our own simple being
is at the helm
if we would but allow it charge and face forward direction.

Too often it is the stumble in the dark.
The lurching forward and the falling in.


"Be still and know that I am God."
Such a simple thing
but within the heart and mind and spirit
oh the wretched creeping in
of our own plan. The pencil line drawing
so often erased and begun again.

The aerial view
would be handy to see.
The aerial view of paths taken
the slug line or centipedal path
we all so stubbornly take. The lone stroll
venturing further and further in
as the forest closes around.
Drunken staggerings that lead
to the eventual time spent on the knees
weeping.

A poem like this
or thoughts like these
could wend their way interminably
except we all eventually
simply
run out of page.

Weep for me
oh human race
and God who always always sees.

And Jesus wept.
I used to walk with my head in the clouds but I kept getting struck by lightning!
Now my head twitches and I drool alot. Anonymouse

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Post by stilltrucking » September 12th, 2009, 1:26 pm

Beautiful poem mousey one
I found a Jesus who smiles at me
Maybe he is Buddha in disguise
To each his own
Personal Jesus
I have heard that still quiet voice in Quaker meetings.
Quakers have a peculiar sense of humor.
I used to have a book called The Humor of Christ by a Quaker name of Elton Trueblood.

This is a Depeche Mode song and I hear they do it better than Johnny but I just like the juxtaposition of picture with the song.

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Post by stilltrucking » September 13th, 2009, 3:52 am

I am no bible scholar just a google poseur. Jesus only wept twice in bible both times for Jews not the world.

Oh well

If you ever need a hug, I can not recommend Quaker hugs highly enough.
I was google(ing) around for Elton Trueblood's book and I stumbled on one citation that Jesus led a laughterless life. I can't believe that. Even if he has been called a man of sorrows.

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Post by mousey1 » September 29th, 2009, 8:56 pm

Hi, stillt, thanks for reading.

Yes, that's an interesting question isn't it. I do wonder what sort of man Jesus was, I expect he was kind and probably smiled and I am sure he must have had a sense of humour...for truly in this madcap world and especially the madcap times in which he lived you'd need a bloody good one...sense of humour that is!

I thank God for mine!!! Image
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Post by stilltrucking » October 12th, 2009, 2:50 pm

I am keeping the faith even if it is the faith of a heretic

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I dig your sense of humor mousey1. It puts the ape in apricot for me.

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Post by mousey1 » October 14th, 2009, 6:59 pm

Thanks, still. And that's one of my favorite songs. Beautiful.

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Post by jimboloco » October 30th, 2009, 11:50 am

be still, heretics, and know that we know mousey
she lives in her temple of skin and cyber friends
we can day dream what it would be like to walk with her down some summer country road or
to sit by the hearth in mute awestruck wonder
sharing the silence of an enclosed space in winter
knowing she feels the same warmth from the fire
and the same warmth from friends, companions, a spirit

a cyber meeting is a whole lot better than nothing
it healed me so much that i returned to the real one
a new man, re-humanised, an emerging into an awakening of sorts
not exactly the zen kwatz! nirvana redux
nope
just the earthy intimacy of soulful company

god is a spirit as i see it
a spirit WHO lives in a deep abyss somewhere in the universe
started by the spirit's causal chain of karma unfolding
and why did we emerge as homo sapiens of knowledge?
beyond homo habilis the builder and homo erectus the wanderer
why this unfolding towards a more humane consciousness?
as history's arrow points onward to this end

jesus wasn't necessarily a socialist, altho he was good at sharing
he was a long haired radical humanist jew
an he lives in you an me
cause he came from that deep spirit
to give us inspiration never mind the dogma
and he ain't the only one nohow no way
there were othhers before like him yet different

buddha taught the ground of being is only found when you become less important than others
jesus taught the need to share and be humble and appreciative of life in community
yeah we do need community
a community of seekers
and mohammed taught people how to live a blessed spiritual life in sacred community, holding all in the light
(that's what they taught)
and there will be others, maybe female next time,
and there were other avatar beinge before written history
evoking love and harmony as well to uplift our shamanic ancestors worldwide into a higher plane of consciousness
we are homo sapiens and we produce messiahs, prophets, enlightened masters beyond the pale

may mousey believe in she am that she am
from that same holy spiriit as somebody else
wrecks transfigured into uplifted beings
inspired to live and give when loving comfort heals us
yes there is transfiguration, a shining out of the soul's eye

there is a greater spirit
look at the deep sky
an infinity shielded by atmosphere
held here by gravity just like us
us and the sky
gotta mean something
a deeper underlying connection
underground streams flowing beneath us
carrying sparkly clean water to nourish us


nothing wretched about our own plans if we listen deeply to ourselves
where else does god live besides in that distant unfathomable abyss
so close
you already know where the courage comes from and the entire rainbow of colours and emotions and querying quandreys that beset us toward answers and wholeness

sometimes i say that too
let go and let god
but it is really an invitation to go deeper,
remembering to breathe
ya it comes and goes
that's why we remember to try again
like meek ones
yes the meek
are the ones who will know a greater song
when they get well.

i like the meek
especially
and know that i can help others
having been thru the meekness course myself

gods will is not for us to suffer
god's will is for us to not suffer others to be less than ourselves

the high shall be brought low and the last shall be first
i dig that levelling into spiritual kinship
which is our destiny as a species
forgetaboutit

somewhere there is a field beyond right and wrong (rumi)
let's have a meeting there

we are diamonds in the rough
in God's loving hands
being polished as we are rolled about
pressing on each other's crudeness
becoming ever more alive and uncovering our light.
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Post by jimboloco » October 30th, 2009, 2:06 pm

ps ya know i am actually feeling a bit depressed today
came upon me yesterday afternoon
it's my moribund long term diagnosis
i took an extra half dose of Pristiq
and scratched out a final joint from the scatterings in my car
bless me
but now i know more or less where i am going
i have a practice that i can nourish taoist tai chi
and a meeting house for the meek to be emboldened
and i have a helping occupation
and time left on earth to somehow
walk the walk and talk the talk
god is willing
already
but it's up to me
to proceed onward
and hoping i am good enough for my wife
but not fearing it too much if i am not
my hope is a lot greater than my fear
now i gotta clran up my mess in the bedroom.
mercy
tomorrow 5 am off to the jewel mine
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Post by mousey1 » November 13th, 2009, 4:12 pm

a field beyond right and wrong
I like that
the great wide open expanse of just being
in friendly cordiality respectful

thanks jimboloco my dear cyber friend
your words lovely
I ate them all
then burping satisfied
regurgitated and ruminated some more

those last lines
"we are diamonds in the rough
in God's loving hands
being polished as we are rolled about
pressing on each other's crudeness
becoming ever more alive and uncovering our light."

just lovely. Image

And I think mostly we have to be at least good enough for ourselves
for aren't we our own cruelest taskmasters.

The trick to getting through this life is to be loved in our state of being who we are. And changing our wrongs not to please others but to please the very depths of ourselves. If we change for others it will likely not stick but if we change for ourselves our success may be assured. I wonder though, if we're not hurting anyone then who are we hurting...ourselves, I suppose, but if we were islands unto ourselves there's a good chance we wouldn't know we were erring...for who could point it out.

I like and appreciate the realness of being real. And it amazes me that anyone outside of our individual selves would even care to read or share in the quandaries of others about. The Net, where fish swim in and sink or swim find lovely companions with which to paddle about!...

or swing!

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You suffer from depression Jimbo? Oh that is difficult. Have you ever tried fish oil? I hear that fish oil in certain doses can really bring some natural relief. Ever tried it?



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Post by jimboloco » December 9th, 2009, 9:38 pm

my goodness i was so sreious at that time

still settling down inside

no mas depression with Pristiq
fish oil gives me the willies
i take triple omega occassionally
no idea where the oil comes from

i was really intense breaking thru
now i am here broke thru with you and another or two

i never had my words eaten before

the taters in a pot rubbibg was a zen story
i changeded themto diamonds in the roughage
altho i might like to press on your crudeness
just a little, please?
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Post by mousey1 » December 20th, 2009, 12:10 am

Press away! I've plenty of crudeness to spare! :P

I enjoyed all your words, Jimbo. Muchly appreciated.
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