Jun 30
I had an opportunity to see the traveling exhibition, Ink & Blood in Lexington, KY. I highly recommend it. It will be there for a couple of months before moving on to South Carolina. The exhibit traces the path of our modern English Bible from the very beginning through present day. It also records the amazing amount suffering and death that thousands throughout history have endured to make it possible. Read more
People say I’m crazy doing what I’m doing. Well they give me all kinds of warnings to save me from ruin. When I say that I’m o.k. well they look at me kind of strange. Surely you’re not happy now you no longer play the game.
People say I’m lazy dreaming my life away. Well they give me all kinds of advice designed to enlighten me. When I tell them that I’m doing fine watching shadows on the wall. Don’t you miss the big time boy you’re no longer on the ball. Read more
Jun 21
I get asked to recommend books from time to time, so I figured I would start by recommending the books I’ve read so far this year:
And, here’s my reading list from last year. It’s not as many as I’ve read in even half of the time because it took me almost 6 months to read Ulysses. I still don’t know what that book is about.
From the Bhagavad Gita, “Though they, blinded by greed, do not see evil in the destruction of the family, or sin in being treacherous to friends. Why shouldn’t we, who clearly see evil in the destruction of the family, think about turning away from this sin, O Krishna?
With the destruction of the family, the eternal family traditions are destroyed, and immorality prevails due to the destruction of family traditions. And when immorality prevails, O Krishna, the women of the family become corrupted; when women are corrupted, social problems arise.”
Few people in the United States have heard of Heinrich Zimmer — and fewer still would know who he was had Heinrich Zimmer and Joseph Campbell never met. It’s just as likely that Campbell’s life would have followed a far different trajectory, absent this relationship. Zimmer exerted a profound and undeniable influence on the direction of Campbell’s career, honing Joseph’s realization of his own passion for comparative mythology. References to Zimmer abound throughout Campbell’s books and lectures – including favorite, oft-told tales such as “The Humbling of Indra” or the “Tiger Among the Goats.” Indeed, Heinrich Zimmer was for Campbell one of those doors we come across that open, “where you would not have thought there would be doors,” when we follow our bliss…
Original post by Joseph Campbell Foundation
Jun 9
I was watching the news last night and there was a report on how the military was having a hard time finding new recruits. I thought to myself, once upon a time I was young and reckless and I would enlist just to serve my country. I guess now I’m old and reckless because I went and talked to an Army recruiter today.
After high school I gave serious thought to going into the Navy. My friends even had a going away party for me and everything. At the last minute, a friend asked me if this was really what I wanted to do or whether I would rather go to college. Luckily she helped me from making a bad decision. I went to college and life was good. Read more
Jun 4
I’m not sure if I’ve been so aware of consciously being at a cross-roads in my life. The vice grip in my chest is getting tighter and tighter tonight. It’s not just east coast v west coast. It’s not just job v no job. There’s something greater at stake now and I only have the vaguest intuition of what it is. I’ve been delaying becoming an adult for so long now that it just feels natural to prolong it a little longer. How do you know if you’re on the path you’re supposed to be on? How does anyone know? Read more
I don’t eat only vanilla ice cream. I’ve read a diversity of views and continue to. I didn’t start asking about God at age 7, I started asking about evolution. Have you ever read Paley’s Natural Theology? It’s a brilliant book written about intelligent design. Though his arguments are solid, his imagination has always seemed so limited – even for the 19th century. Read more
Jun 2
Today seemed full of strange coincidences. Jung used to call this synchronicity – like the popular 80′s tune by The Police. I decided to come up to Philly on a trial basis to see just how messed up this organization is. If it’s beyond repair, I told them I would give them some recommendations and be on my way.
Anyway, as I get into the heart of Philadelphia, ‘Philadelphia Freedom’ starts playing on my iPod … out of the 8,000 + songs. There were some other weird things, too, but none of these events seemed to contain any real meaning. These seemed more to make sure I was paying attention. Then, I check into my hotel room – room 316. Last night I was reading an old yearbook.
My freshman science teacher was a retired minister. He signed my yearbook, John 3:16. He was always trying to preach to me … in a good way. I was never turned off by his message. His intentions were too pure. So, here I am … hit over the head with 316′s. Obviously, synchronicity only works if you’re paying attention and making connections. Whether they are caused by something supernatural is another discussion. The key is that the connections are meaningful to us. It usually means that something deep inside of us is trying to communicate a thought or an idea. So, why would the one key passage to the New Testament be a message that something inside of me wanted heard?
3:16 is too literal to be taken as purely symbolic, though the passages before it are about being born again: dying to our past and being reborn. Nicodemus asks how it’s possible for an old man to be born again. Jesus’ response is that being reborn is dying to the flesh and being reborn to spirit … only then does 3:16 apply. I think that means that you have to be willing to die, yourself, before you can be reborn. I guess that makes sense. Those that stop short of really being willing to die, are never really saved. Of course, only God would know who the tricksters are. I guess baptism could be a sort of symbolic drowning. So, back to me… I’ll keep you posted. I’m not sure what it means. ;-)
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