I understand this blog seems to be attended in fits and starts. I offer a reason but not an excuse. Work has been all consuming lately, and with the very wet winter we have had since just before Christmas not a lot of anything else is getting done. I did finish, sort of, my book, "God According to God." I say sort of because while I read it entirely I failed to really understand the last 3 or 4 chapters. The book began at a level that pushed my comprehension envelope but around the middle it lost me. After a complete chapter of little understanding I think my mind geared down to a low gear just to pull me through it but without the journey being effective.
As a result, I have been pulling documents straight off the Internet to read. That brings about a whole different set of problems, as Internet veterans understand. First you have to carefully check the validity of the source and you have to know the tenor of the reasons behind the writing. There is so much misinformation and distortion on the Internet one has to be very wary of trusting any content.
I have two more books sitting here waiting my time, but I have also spent considerable time lately searching for and listening to music. I discovered a band quite by accident who produced live music and recorded profusely from 1966 to 2007. The band was Dutch and went by BZN, or Band zonder Naamm, or "Band with no Name." I love their music and wonder why I never heard of them. Anyway, been listening to their music and watching videos late into the night on nights I don't have to work early the next day.
I have been, in my defense, writing off line an entry I will post in the future that explores the idea that truth is different things to different people. And while resolute followers of any religion will ardently argue that truth takes in absolute form, the understanding of those truths will vary in reception and comprehension from mind to mind colored and shaped by the foregoing information and experiences of the individual who houses the mind.
If we as groups of people within religious groups need for everyone to understand each truth in exactly the same way we will have to eliminate the ability of different stimulus and input one receives via all the senses. A tough job I would think.
The entry has been difficult to word because I want to be lucid but very precise at the same time. I often find people get lost when presented with precision because the precision requires precise language and not everyone has the willingness or stamina to obtain understanding of precision language. Many are content with just enough vocabulary to get by.
When I am satisfied with the entry I'll post it. Until then, I'll most likely try to interject snippets of daily living around me.
Cheers.
