(his was started last night... as I could not get to sleep worrying I would forget this....)
SO:
I want peace ... in the world. I am pretty certain I want peace... for myself and for others and for all. A prayer will say is translated to ask G-d to "grant universal peace". There are other ways to translate it .. but I have often thought -- WOW - might that mean a end to all life as life is never? generally -- at peace. There is always a fight... a struggle..
So - certainty is something many want... I'm pretty certain. But where in this wide world will we ever find certainty? Some say - the only things that are certain is death and taxes. Others will note that there are many people who evade taxes and as for death - many believe in life after death or resurrection or rebirth, etc... So - what is certain?
The only thing that is certain is CHANGE... and even change is challanged by the idea there is nothing new under the sun... However - cycles do recur throughout history and so change seems to certainly happen. And sometimes there is peace and sometimes taxes get paid... and sometimes ????
SO - no absolute certainty .... EXCEPT??? - momentary certainty about what is here and now for me. Simple and fleeting. The moment passes and is gone. Plans made in the moment for the future are changeable by us and by others. NOW, for the moment is what is most real. The past does feed the present and the present feeds the future. AND then there is the idea that such linear thinking about time is not the only way to view time.
So - I say - Aaahhhh... and OY!
It is 8:45am -- and I wonder about the rest of my day. Breakfast now. Then piano. Then Rachel. Then workout. Then zoom w/Portugese fellow travelors/FRIENDS. And then ????
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