HURRAY
Mr. President
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
The conversation and God
When mom is a fly on the wall:
sib 1 "Is God in the clouds"?
sib 2 "all the clouds"?
sib 1 "no, that cloud there"
sib 2 "Does that mean kids in Florida don't have God because they can't see that cloud"?
sib 1 "No, God is everywhere"
sib 2 "In all the clouds"?
sib 1 "well...yes, in all the clouds"
sib 2 "What about when the cloud rains"
sib 1 "God is in the rain"
sib 2 "God IS the rain"
sib 1 "No, God is IN the rain because God is everywhere so God can't just BE the rain"
sib 2 "If God is everywhere, then God is in everything and everything is God so God IS the rain"
sib 1 "Ok, God IS the rain and IN the rain"
sib 2 "If God is in everything then he is in us"
sib 1 "Is God a he"?
sib 2 "no, but God isn't a she either"
sib 1 "he can't be a her if he's in boys"
sib 2 "he can't be a he if he's in girls"
sib 1 "then God isn't he or her"
sib 2 "can God be both?"
sib 1 "Yeah, yeah, God is both but we can't see God"
sib 2 "but God is in all of us so we are God and when we talk we're God's voice"
sib 1 "hmmm....well, yeah...so we have to do lots of mitzvahs because that's what God wants"
sib 2 "how do you know?"
sib 1 "my teacher told me".
sib 1 "Is God in the clouds"?
sib 2 "all the clouds"?
sib 1 "no, that cloud there"
sib 2 "Does that mean kids in Florida don't have God because they can't see that cloud"?
sib 1 "No, God is everywhere"
sib 2 "In all the clouds"?
sib 1 "well...yes, in all the clouds"
sib 2 "What about when the cloud rains"
sib 1 "God is in the rain"
sib 2 "God IS the rain"
sib 1 "No, God is IN the rain because God is everywhere so God can't just BE the rain"
sib 2 "If God is everywhere, then God is in everything and everything is God so God IS the rain"
sib 1 "Ok, God IS the rain and IN the rain"
sib 2 "If God is in everything then he is in us"
sib 1 "Is God a he"?
sib 2 "no, but God isn't a she either"
sib 1 "he can't be a her if he's in boys"
sib 2 "he can't be a he if he's in girls"
sib 1 "then God isn't he or her"
sib 2 "can God be both?"
sib 1 "Yeah, yeah, God is both but we can't see God"
sib 2 "but God is in all of us so we are God and when we talk we're God's voice"
sib 1 "hmmm....well, yeah...so we have to do lots of mitzvahs because that's what God wants"
sib 2 "how do you know?"
sib 1 "my teacher told me".
Monday, January 19, 2009
Not exactly the beginning but nevertheless
One winter:
The visual input from my daily experience was fairly reliable and almost always predictable. I am on earth, it is snowing, there is ice, the car is moving, the sky is up. So, for several seconds I politely pondered the horizontal aspect of the distant grove of Aspen trees before realizing what a unique perspective this was. Not one to waste an existential moment, I asked myself how did I get here and how do I like it so far”?
The visual input from my daily experience was fairly reliable and almost always predictable. I am on earth, it is snowing, there is ice, the car is moving, the sky is up. So, for several seconds I politely pondered the horizontal aspect of the distant grove of Aspen trees before realizing what a unique perspective this was. Not one to waste an existential moment, I asked myself how did I get here and how do I like it so far”?
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