living authentically

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Posted by PS on March 19, 2005 at 02:32:32:

In Reply to: smelly old belly posted by jonvon on March 16, 2005 at 18:06:56:

There is too much here, too much in this whole thread. I cannot deal; I cannot begin to respond to it as a whole. OK, I can grab one thing at a time and speak.

This one is way out of the context of the thread...

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: truth is also expressible in acts of compassion, and in acts of / states of power. not sure how to word that. there is more to life than art, i guess. but i am an artist. i'm not much good beyond that, i don't think. i'm not sure if this makes me terribly selfish. or shell fish. it might. i have spent a lot of time trying to understand how to live authentically. it is one of my primary drives.

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I remember a night in 1995 when you came to a prayer meeting at Crossover from the mortgage company (?) customer service job you were working. You routinely dealt with hundreds of problems (read: people) regarding late payments and defaulted loans and other headaches you were expected to resolve. Not a position that cultivated compassionate identification with those people you interacted with; rather, an ordered detachment was necessary to do your job well, I would suppose. Anyway, this night you came in to the group and were pretty much overjoyed because God had just melted your heart that day for this one lady on the phone, and you had handled the conversation with genuine empathy for her suffering and an inwardly prayerful desire for her well being. Now you may remember that God had been showing us that the desire and realization of such instances of unnatural, divinely-inspired compassion and willingness to share others' pain were what being Christian was all about (and as such, were also evidence of the reality of the Spirit in us). May I inform you that on that day your compassion had a durable spiritual effect that cannot be undone, and will not be voided or forgotten ever. How can I say this? I remember it vividly; it meant something to me and still does. This is an act both of compassion and power. This is living authentically. I don't know how to explain it any better, except maybe to say that I can hear Jesus saying, "This do, and you will live."

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"This do, and you will live." giveawayboy 16:14:34 03/20/05 (1)
- The myth of the eternal return PS 19:47:10 03/20/05 (0)
another try jonvon 16:03:26 03/20/05 (0)
tea pot goes off jonvon 15:33:39 03/20/05 (0)
Re: living authentically cav 19:50:53 03/19/05 (5)
- Re: living authentically PS 23:03:06 03/19/05 (4)
  - oooohhh- shudders cav 02:56:24 03/20/05 (3)
    - logos katastrofi PS 04:32:55 03/20/05 (2)
      - Re: logos katastrofi cav 07:09:35 03/20/05 (1)
        
        synthesis giveawayboy 16:28:42 03/20/05 (0)

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: There is too much here, too much in this whole thread. I cannot deal; I cannot begin to respond to it as a whole. OK, I can grab one thing at a time and speak. : This one is way out of the context of the thread... : * * * : : truth is also expressible in acts of compassion, and in acts of / states of power. not sure how to word that. there is more to life than art, i guess. but i am an artist. i'm not much good beyond that, i don't think. i'm not sure if this makes me terribly selfish. or shell fish. it might. i have spent a lot of time trying to understand how to live authentically. it is one of my primary drives. : * * * : I remember a night in 1995 when you came to a prayer meeting at Crossover from the mortgage company (?) customer service job you were working. You routinely dealt with hundreds of problems (read: people) regarding late payments and defaulted loans and other headaches you were expected to resolve. Not a position that cultivated compassionate identification with those people you interacted with; rather, an ordered detachment was necessary to do your job well, I would suppose. Anyway, this night you came in to the group and were pretty much overjoyed because God had just melted your heart that day for this one lady on the phone, and you had handled the conversation with genuine empathy for her suffering and an inwardly prayerful desire for her well being. Now you may remember that God had been showing us that the desire and realization of such instances of unnatural, divinely-inspired compassion and willingness to share others' pain were what being Christian was all about (and as such, were also evidence of the reality of the Spirit in us). May I inform you that on that day your compassion had a durable spiritual effect that cannot be undone, and will not be voided or forgotten ever. How can I say this? I remember it vividly; it meant something to me and still does. This is an act both of compassion and power. This is living authentically. I don't know how to explain it any better, except maybe to say that I can hear Jesus saying, "This do, and you will live."

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