Book of Mercy #11-15

lazariuk · Post by **lazariuk** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:46 pm

What seems different in this prayer is Leonard's use of the word "we".
His first use of it seems so vast and empty like a heart in the shape of a begging bowl and as the prayer proceeds it gets filled for all of us.

Manna · Post by **Manna** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:33 pm

lazariuk wrote:Getting comfortable with saying "I don't know" is easy enough with one life. But maybe some of us need more than one life to do it but all we get is that much more to not know about. Seeing someone trusting their own experience rather than what they are told from people who can have no experiential knowledge of what they are telling is like watching the moon in the sky. It can be very beautiful.

It actually took me quite a while to learn to say that I don't know, but now I'm hooked. This discussion group has been great for me. I thought I had gotten beyond all this philosophical musing and stuff. I considered it part of my adolescent mindset for about 7 years, but I'm over that now. I'm having a lot of fun here with you (all of you) learning about all the stuff I don't know. I feel like I'm getting closer to something too.

Thanks, Jack. That's a really nice compliment.

Boss · Post by **Boss** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:12 am

Wave farewell to G-d
That's what he's doing to us
As he gently hands over the reins
The onus is on us

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lazariuk · Post by **lazariuk** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:42 am

Adam ben Meyer wrote:And, most of all (for me at least), our religion needs to expound that no one is perfect.

Maybe the point could be made if all babies came out holding a sign asking the question "What do you want to do? Punish me for loving you?"

DBCohen · Post by **DBCohen** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:13 am

Well, folks, it’s been quite a while since a new prayer from BoM was introduced. I don’t mean to disturb your discussion, which can go on here regardless, but for the next prayer (I.16) I’ll start a new thread, as was agreed earlier.