Ever since I heard of this notion it has been a part of my thinking. And maybe it explains how and why things work around here as they do. Then there is the word notion that is vague enough to be very useful. So, yes there is this notion and we have talked of it before and it is popping up again in my mind today. Actually this all started with a conversation that I was in Saturday evening.
Some friends came over to hang out with us after the wedding on Saturday and with these particular friends talk often turns to the Bible and Godly matters after a bit. The conversation prodded me into thoughts about the notion that there are three pathways to God, Truth, Beauty and Goodness. Well, these are the three major attributes of God in a way of thinking and they to me then turn into three pathways. But now over time I have come to view them as three ways or attitudes within me that need to be balanced. My feeling is that they all have their place and my job as a human is to keep them in an equilibrium where they help one another and they are my best connection.
I think that it is easy in our culture to overweight Truth to the detriment of the other two. When it becomes too heavily weighted in that direction the whole fabric of my understanding becomes warped and unbalanced. Somehow in the past it was easy for me to get wrapped up in this way and I have come to realize that. But it is also possible to go overboard in the other two directions.
Yes, it is time to wrap it up for today. Maybe tomorrow we can go further with this but hopefully you get the basic idea. The rest of life calls including a walk here in a moment. Take care, balanced loves, Felipe.
What precious words you used to enlighten others to an idea that rattles around inside me but I never find a way to discuss it. With your permission I would like to share your post with some friends to get their feedback. To Be Continued …
Ron ~ hi to you brother. Hello to Ann. Please share with whomever. Keep in touch, Felipe.
Hola Felipe,
September was my pilgrimage month, and while I may be super busy with other things and may not even have the time to check the calendar, I think my heart knows it and brings memories all the time… When I think of the Camino (and you know this already, as we discussed it in the French Saloon a few times!), my experience was Beauty and Goodness, and I was about to say there was not “truth”, but if i think it over, there was lots of it… the rawness “WITH” I was able to see my life (there was no make-up in the Camino, to cover up flaws!), and the rawness I saw in my life (there was nothing else but me, a tired pilgrim!)… there is where I can now see the truth.
No wonder the Camino is such a “well balanced” experience, even for the non-religious people…
Today, more than ever, Balanced Loves,
Cris
Cris ~ beautiful comment. Yes, the rawness. We were able to relate with each other beacause of that rawness. We had no individual defenses left. I like the French Saloon. Sometimes we do Saloon and sometimes Salon! Funny. Felipe.x