Posted by Cav on December 16, 2004 at 06:55:15:
In Reply to: A long and winding return trip posted by PS on December 16, 2004 at 05:51:02:
: It means nothing to me in the sacred place.
I was thinking a certain thing when I wrote the last post that I couldn't get into the flow of thought so i just dropped it, but you have brought it up again in your post. We keep referring to cycles and spinning, and this reminds me of a line I once heard: that the only place to stand on a spinning wheel without loosing your balance is the dead center. The hub! The point around which everything rotates. So the trick of faith in the whirlwind of controversy and distraction is to constantly return to the center...as you have indicated. In the sacred place, all the noise drops out and the still truth remains.
: I like your conclusion: "It is the simplicity on the far side of complexity." Yeah, that's it.
I like it too, but I can't claim credit. I heard it somewhere...I think it was a professor in college, and I think he was quoting someone...I want to say CS Lewis, but I wouldn't lay any weight on that.
There is a distinct difference in the simplicity of ignorance which characterizes the faith of those who want to be told, and the simplicity of those who have carefully questioned and investigated, and still returned to the simple truth. Of course if you suddenly whacked either of them with a stick both people still get caned, but the latter saw it coming and decided not to move.