Light and Dark

Oh, yes.

A Zen master lay dying. His monks are all gathered around his deathbed, and the senior monk leans over and asks the master for any final words of wisdom for his monks. The old master weakly says, "Tell them Truth is like a river." The senior monk relays this message on to the other monks. The youngest monk in the group is confused, and asks, "What does he mean that Truth is like a river?" The senior monk relays this question to the master, and the master replies, "O.K., Truth is not like a river."

Ha!

Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride

It has everything :-)  Joy, loneliness, fear of mortality, delight, courage, terror, unexpected loss.

Well said.

http://becoming-vapor.blogspot.com/2010/12/god-vs-god.html

So here's the thing

Stuck in a metaphor

You really DON'T have to stay on the rocks.

I have never read Emerson

Every man is a divinity in disguise, a god playing the fool.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Perhaps I should.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

It's all about perspective :-)

Mercury Falls

by Robert Kroese

"Uzziel told me that Heaven is where God is."

"Well, yes,, technically that's true.  On the other hand, God is not limited by time and space and therefore is everywhere.  Or nowhere.  The point is, calling Heaven the presence of God is like defining the Universe as where all the stuff is."

This book is making me laugh often.  Part of it is his turn of phrase but a lot of it is his take on the ineffable.