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Julia
It can be very frustrating to communicate this part of the human experience. Samuel's right: the words are mostly insignificant.
posted by
avant-garde
on January 28, 2007 at 2:49 AM
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Well, I think you convey the senses of spirituality quite well, Julia
I do understand what you are saying...I think..:)
posted by
Katray2
on January 27, 2007 at 10:49 AM
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richinstore--
thanks for dropping by.
posted by
Julia.
on January 27, 2007 at 10:44 AM
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Ody--
I agree with you. It is not an easy thing to do, to understand the gray areas. I think it takes some conscious effort. Then again, just about anything we humans do with consciousness brings about greater rewards.
posted by
Julia.
on January 27, 2007 at 10:43 AM
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whacky--
if that works for you, then yes...
posted by
Julia.
on January 27, 2007 at 10:41 AM
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waterkat--thank you.
It is very nice when we can meet others with similar views and/or feelings.
posted by
Julia.
on January 27, 2007 at 10:40 AM
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bel--thinking is good.
isn't that what all the teachers say? LOL.
posted by
Julia.
on January 27, 2007 at 10:38 AM
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Julia,
posted by
richinstore
on January 27, 2007 at 6:07 AM
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Julia…perhaps that is the reason that metaphor is so often
employed in religious stories and writing….I think it’s part of the spiritual journey to develop and exercise ones discernment, for use in defining “what is what”, from out of the “gray area”.
posted by
telemachus
on January 27, 2007 at 5:26 AM
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So we are reading the white spaces between the lines?
-^..^- Bo sees.
posted by
Whacky
on January 26, 2007 at 8:33 PM
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re-Language of the Soul
This is an excellent explanation of the Spiritual using such a limited tool as our human language is. I agree with your views completely, this is the message I try to convey through my own writing. Its great to come across another likemind/soul.
Regards Waterkat 
posted by
WaterKat
on January 26, 2007 at 6:00 PM
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This one I have to think on a bit
posted by
bel_1965
on January 26, 2007 at 5:31 PM
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Ted--
I am pleased that you enjoyed it. Thanks for dropping in!
posted by
Julia.
on January 26, 2007 at 4:54 PM
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ariel70---
thanks for conversing with Kabu.
posted by
Julia.
on January 26, 2007 at 4:53 PM
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kabu--
Thank you very much for reading today, and commenting!
posted by
Julia.
on January 26, 2007 at 4:52 PM
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Julia, an enlightening post indeed...very nice.
posted by
teddypoet_TheGoodByeFade
on January 26, 2007 at 3:33 PM
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Kabu
Thank you.
I know the feelin' very well. Get it at the Mezquita in Cordoba, the ruins of Cnossos, Seville cathedral, and above all other places, the Alhambra of Granada.
There are things in there that literally disorientate you, cos they're so complex that you don't know what you're looking at.
BTW I'll repost another poem about Ariadne. Then her story in my Fiction blog, then a humorous three part version. Yep, yer gotta love them Greeks!LOL
posted by
ariel70
on January 26, 2007 at 2:30 PM
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ariel 70 of course I knew all about the vopurs the Oracle sniffed. I had
included it in my comment but then deleted it as it was irrelevant to what I was trying to imply. The spiritual well being and awesome love of nature. God, whatever each of us calls it.
By the way while on the subject of Greeks. I did enjoy your poems.
posted by
Kabu
on January 26, 2007 at 2:24 PM
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Kabu
At the risk of raining on your spiritual parade, I guess you don't know that scientists have discovered emissions of natural hallucinogenic gases at Delphi.
This implies that the Oracle was high half the time, though precisely what effect, if any, this had on the prophecies can only be surmised.
I've never been there, but I can imagine the feeling. I'm just racking my brains to recall the Latin name for the spirit of the place ... something locus.
Senior moment, see? Late too.
posted by
ariel70
on January 26, 2007 at 2:03 PM
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I was standing at the ancient ruins of Delphi
and I looked out over the beautiful silent valley. My heart began to sing. I knew why the Greek civilisation made this of all places a spiritual shrine.
posted by
Kabu
on January 26, 2007 at 1:57 PM
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