tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34270521.post659800629842845239..comments2023-05-03T07:20:24.588-04:00Comments on Influx Transposer: Theosjsdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02806281216001406716noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34270521.post-52166260206791967132007-01-16T08:28:00.000-05:002007-01-16T08:28:00.000-05:00The "You" is both Robert and my experiences in the...The "You" is both Robert and my experiences in the Sunday School classes - it (being "you") was meant to encompass "my" faith community. The second stanza for me is one of frustration and of hope.jsdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806281216001406716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34270521.post-49590463376135145782007-01-15T21:59:00.000-05:002007-01-15T21:59:00.000-05:00As the ice wave gets ready to roll over us, this q...As the ice wave gets ready to roll over us, this question raised itself with the earlier readings: who is "you" in the second stanza? God behind God? God in front of God? <br /><br />Peace/out.murat11https://www.blogger.com/profile/00663364407992075130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34270521.post-70898397157035473392007-01-15T17:44:00.000-05:002007-01-15T17:44:00.000-05:00Lee: I’ve no idea what the Genesis class is discus...Lee: I’ve no idea what the Genesis class is discussing; an interesting coincidence I guess. Glad you liked it.<br /><br />Murat11: I haven’t heard of Nick Drake, so I went over to Amazon to hear smidgens of his songs, and I can see how his music is a good fit for today – melancholy but so smooth. <br /><br />Ah, the lowercase him was a typo which I like. God has been pounded into me as being male (too many early years in the clutches of Roman Catholicism ;-)) – so God is a Him/him, but I think that He was a he simply to be practical with the times that he arrived in. Society can crucify their fathers but can they crucify their mothers? And when I step outside my faith tradition beliefs God expands and becomes woman. I got this conglomeration of Judeo/Christian/New Age swirling inside – it gets a little confusing sometimes.<br /><br />The poem is a lament – a yearning for, a hunger for God, but feeling so very far away from and yet so close. <br /><br />Peace back at ya - much love – missed you this weekendjsdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806281216001406716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34270521.post-65062723334181592062007-01-15T16:49:00.000-05:002007-01-15T16:49:00.000-05:00Interesting prayer. Is this connection the same on...Interesting prayer. Is this connection the same one that the Genesis class is discussing? It can be lost. It can also be gained. I like this one!Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09527606943179561117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34270521.post-16736292427685606682007-01-15T16:02:00.000-05:002007-01-15T16:02:00.000-05:00Well, the last heap of commentary just got ditched...Well, the last heap of commentary just got ditched to the cyber-heap. See how this goes.<br /><br />Do you know the music of Nick Drake? Wonderful accompaniment to this fiendishly lovely weather we are having. Listening to him as I read "Theos."<br /><br />Delicious perturbations lurking in that there poem of yours:<br /><br />You lowercase him early and capitalize Him late. Whether meant or not, and for the moment letting go of the whole masculinity debate, those H/h's have been an internal subject of debate for me: I believe that many across the "pond" (even C. S. Lewis, if memory serves) keep the lowercase, a habit I have been experimenting with: seems to keep him closer, more inclusive, the polarizing dogs at bay. Hearing into god is more clearly (for me) a hearing into the deep/wide self, where we all live anyway, yes? Hearing "Him," (again, for me) becomes a trick of the mind, lost to the "theological technicians" (cool phrase), and the mind's taste for the polarities of despair, cynicisms, and just plain running amok... <br /><br />These runnings amok, mind you, are not complaints about "Theos." They are affirmations of its courage...<br /><br />Peace to the muses lurking and living on the westside...and much love...murat11https://www.blogger.com/profile/00663364407992075130noreply@blogger.com