I saw this bumper sticker the other day, it said, "We are not physical beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a physical experience." I have seen it before, but once again this struck a chord that rings true.
I had to find out where the quote came from so of course, I hit up Google and then Wiki! The quote is by a man named, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, a French Jesuit priest, who lived from 1881 to 1955. He was trained both as a paleontologist and a philosopher.
Wiki had quite a number of quotes by this man and I found another favorite among them, "The truth is, indeed, that love is the threshold of another universe. Beyond the vibrations with which we are familiar, the rainbow-like range of its colours is still in full growth. But, for all the fascination that the lower shades have for us, it is only towards the "ultra" that the creation of light advances. It is in these invisible and, we might almost say, immaterial zones that we can look for true initiation into unity. The depths we attribute to matter are no more than the reflection of the peaks of spirit."
Interesting! I look forward to learning more about this man's life and writings. Much of what he says reflects how I feel myself about this life and what our experiences mean. He also believed in evolution of a kind and I think I understand that. I also believe that we are constantly evolving and I feel that we have to evolve together. We need each other much more than we are aware. This is a hard statement to make because I am a loner. I keep a small group of "loved" ones around me, but I am also able to be content standing outside the main stream of life.
I love people, but I choose not to be in the "thick" of all the chaos. A psychologist stated to me that I "isolate" as if it is a bad thing. I don't find it to be bad. I am a thinker, I am constantly involved in my thoughts and observations. I am also an empath. I find it very hard to survive the barrage of thoughts and emotions that I receive from other people. I don't isolate because I don't like others, I isolate out of self-preservation.
I feel the pain of others acutely and it becomes overwhelming. On the other hand, I also feel their joy, but I must take both in small doses. We are all connected, we are all a part of God and we will only evolve spiritually by realizing how much we need each other. I know this and I look forward to finding out what we can become together when we awaken to our true destiny.
I had to find out where the quote came from so of course, I hit up Google and then Wiki! The quote is by a man named, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, a French Jesuit priest, who lived from 1881 to 1955. He was trained both as a paleontologist and a philosopher.
Wiki had quite a number of quotes by this man and I found another favorite among them, "The truth is, indeed, that love is the threshold of another universe. Beyond the vibrations with which we are familiar, the rainbow-like range of its colours is still in full growth. But, for all the fascination that the lower shades have for us, it is only towards the "ultra" that the creation of light advances. It is in these invisible and, we might almost say, immaterial zones that we can look for true initiation into unity. The depths we attribute to matter are no more than the reflection of the peaks of spirit."
Interesting! I look forward to learning more about this man's life and writings. Much of what he says reflects how I feel myself about this life and what our experiences mean. He also believed in evolution of a kind and I think I understand that. I also believe that we are constantly evolving and I feel that we have to evolve together. We need each other much more than we are aware. This is a hard statement to make because I am a loner. I keep a small group of "loved" ones around me, but I am also able to be content standing outside the main stream of life.
I love people, but I choose not to be in the "thick" of all the chaos. A psychologist stated to me that I "isolate" as if it is a bad thing. I don't find it to be bad. I am a thinker, I am constantly involved in my thoughts and observations. I am also an empath. I find it very hard to survive the barrage of thoughts and emotions that I receive from other people. I don't isolate because I don't like others, I isolate out of self-preservation.
I feel the pain of others acutely and it becomes overwhelming. On the other hand, I also feel their joy, but I must take both in small doses. We are all connected, we are all a part of God and we will only evolve spiritually by realizing how much we need each other. I know this and I look forward to finding out what we can become together when we awaken to our true destiny.
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