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Painter -
Right you are. Perception mucks everything up, not just access to the Holy Spirit.
posted by
sannhet
on July 21, 2005 at 7:20 AM
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Caleb -
I like that Bible study you refer to. It sounds very much like what Thich Nhat Hanh was referring to. It's all about being active, and not passive, in "God".
posted by
sannhet
on July 21, 2005 at 7:19 AM
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Hemlocker -
Thoreau definitely knew his stuff. That is certainly one aspect of the Holy Spirit.
posted by
sannhet
on July 21, 2005 at 7:18 AM
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Frankk -
Good analogy. Thanks for stopping by.
posted by
sannhet
on July 21, 2005 at 7:16 AM
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Avant -
Thanks. Yeah, Ego is a surreptitious little bugger. Even keeping an eye on it all the time won't keep it from taking over.
posted by
sannhet
on July 21, 2005 at 7:16 AM
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too much human perception
gets in the way of receiving the real Holy Spirit.
posted by
Xeno-x
on July 21, 2005 at 6:51 AM
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Experiencing God
I went thru a Bible study popular among Southern Baptists a while back called Experiencing God. I highly recommend it. One of the more thought provoking things the author says is that rather than pray to God "I have this plan for what I want to do for You.. will You bless my plan?" to pray instead "Show me God where You are already active in the world around me so that I can join You in the work You are already doing."
This takes an entirely different outlook on life. It may mean being willing to drop plans and make entirely new, unexpeced plans. In the author's case it meant picking up his whole family and moving to a small town in Canada.
posted by
calebs_blogger
on July 20, 2005 at 8:04 PM
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sannhet
I don't know nothing about religion but when Thoreau was asked his religion, he said "the religion of the woods." I would think that is the holy spirit without "theology." Hemlocker
posted by
Hemlocker
on July 20, 2005 at 4:13 PM
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Theology without the holy spirit is like reading recipes in a cookbook as
opposed to eating a meal..
posted by
frankk
on July 20, 2005 at 4:05 PM
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sannhet
well done. that we are our egos is sometimes hard to see. but, when offense is taken by what someone else says, there it is! good post.
posted by
avant-garde
on July 20, 2005 at 12:44 PM
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