Post by gruntal on Mar 4, 2018 19:10:47 GMT
Going to the annual meeting - swap meet at the local railroad club I belong to I managed to hobble around the grounds rather well for my age. 55 years ago the same experience was a lot different. I was young and spry back then but the museum had little infrastructure; mostly it just existed in the middle of nowhere because in our imagination we thought it could be possible. So much enthusiasm ! It could just as easily have failed but instead it prospered beyond anything we dreamed of. The highlight of the day in 2018 was a two car train of modern electric trolleys that were not even built yet when the museum started in 1956!
I am in one fraternal group struggling to establish itself; other groups quit when they thought it was time to pass on the torch to another. Interest in Metaphysics seems to be constant these days but that only makes the vehicle all the more susceptible to the whims of passing humanity. The brick and mortar churches with the stained glass at some level became obsolete because the congregation became so transient. At some level that is very sad. At another level it was just the natural progression.
How many of us are so psychic we can predict the future? We start projects in good faith and envision what we want but all we see is much potential and little else. I guess if it was so obvious it would have already existed. But then it seems everything that ever came to being was a surprise even to the person creating it. The reason being we have a dream but don't know what it feels like to touch it or live it yet.
As above so below. Maybe our physical reality isn't so much a frail mistake as it is a exercise in feeling. Our five senses - and beyond - have little to recommend themselves if they don't have something real to interact with. But at first it is scary. Anything can happen. Or a big nothing. A waste of effort. At one level it is nice to be born into comfort. At another level is is a great privilege to be born in an age to experience the thrill of being a PIONEER.
Or just being born period ....to start another beginning.
I am in one fraternal group struggling to establish itself; other groups quit when they thought it was time to pass on the torch to another. Interest in Metaphysics seems to be constant these days but that only makes the vehicle all the more susceptible to the whims of passing humanity. The brick and mortar churches with the stained glass at some level became obsolete because the congregation became so transient. At some level that is very sad. At another level it was just the natural progression.
How many of us are so psychic we can predict the future? We start projects in good faith and envision what we want but all we see is much potential and little else. I guess if it was so obvious it would have already existed. But then it seems everything that ever came to being was a surprise even to the person creating it. The reason being we have a dream but don't know what it feels like to touch it or live it yet.
As above so below. Maybe our physical reality isn't so much a frail mistake as it is a exercise in feeling. Our five senses - and beyond - have little to recommend themselves if they don't have something real to interact with. But at first it is scary. Anything can happen. Or a big nothing. A waste of effort. At one level it is nice to be born into comfort. At another level is is a great privilege to be born in an age to experience the thrill of being a PIONEER.
Or just being born period ....to start another beginning.
