Wow! Thankfully the block of ice i've been chipping at, broke! An almost relentless plight for the search for something to sustain, and keep me afloat. I must admit, I was almost on the brink of retreat. Toeing the line of apathy as it were. Endless promises, and a trail of unresponsive recipients. The balance of the universe beckons the desperate to remain calm, help is on the way. Negative energy and positive energy certainly comes in waves. I liken it to plate techtonics. Each plate shifting and grinding against each other and the end result is an earthquake. At least this is my unscientific dummed down version. Perhaps, I'm both of these dimensions' truth? It was a long cycle which, at some point had to be shattered! Enough of this digression. We've certainly embraced these ideas in some form or another for way too long.
Currently, I'm reading Thomas Merton. Easily one of the more brilliant writers and spiritual minds, the western world has been spoiled with! He is very tranquil at times, and then surprisingly bitter. Then with sheer force he always returns back to center. He was very liberal for a monk in the 1960's. He would associate with all manner of people which, in my estimation is always the mark of genius. By that I mean, radicals, communists, socialists, conservatives, liberals, and many others from around the globe. The ability to recognize that monk or not, man or woman, each and everyone of us can indeed learn something from each moment, and each person. To me, that's comforting, and very realistic! It's frustrating when you look around in life, watching many people, blinded by the beaming light of ignorance!
My confidence is being rebuilt after yesterday's successes. Strata by strata we're refining and blowing away the dust of the negative breeze that came through and camped out, for way too long.
A quote from Merton's book, The Other Side of the Mountain. This was a response to LBJ and Vietnam. "Johnson says he isn't going to be the first President to lose a war. So a few more thousands of people have to die to save face for him (Merton, p. 65).... I thought this was a very witty reflection on a turbulent part of history and perhaps a failed Presidency!!
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