Thursday, 19 July 2007

• through a glass darkly

  

  For now we see through a glass darkly (1 Corithians 13:12)

  "Each of us creates a picture of our world by connecting a dozen or so of the trillions of dots that would need to be connected to make a 'true' portrait of the universe." -- Sam Keen

  Clearly seeing unbiased reality is sort of like being omniscient. None of us are any more capable of this wisdom than we are of absolute purity or righteousness; although it is something that we can and must strive toward; a life-long venture.

  As observers in a life gone mad, stimuli bombarding our senses, knowledge exploding, technology growing at astonishing rates, we forget . . ..

  We forget that our understanding is limited, our perspectives are just a sliver of the whole, our opinions are like grains of sand, shifting with the wind and the tide.

  Like several people witnessing one incident . . . how many perspectives and stories come out of that?

  How many perspectives are there on:

  The war in Iraq?

  The policies of any current administration?

  The fist fight on the corner?

  The bullet holes in my trunk?
  

  The car accident on Hall Street?

  Life is kind of like crime scene investigation,

  We scour the scene for bits of truth

  We look for them in the obvious places

  But we especially look for them in the most hidden places

  We find bits of truth

  Both in the obvious places

  And in the most obscure, unexpected places

  Wherever it turns up, we cherish it,

  And begin assembling it into a bigger picture

  Just remember, assembling the bigger picture is a life-long venture

  If we think we have accomplished it . . . well . . . of course we have . . . as we fade into the oblivion of the proud . . . the dogmatic

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