Lots To Tell

I've probably said this many times already, but it bears repeating; I am an ignorant man, so I realize that my judgement and opinions aren't worth squat. If anything I say (or write) appears judgemental then it is only because our language has evolved primarily to express judgement, not reality or even truth. So it is hard, nearly impossible at times, to express anything using words that does not sound judgemental. In most cases it is judgemental, but not here. Everything I write for this blog is intended to express either past views - which were certainly judgemental at times, but are expressed here for the record and for understanding - or my current views that reflect not just how I see others, but also how I see, or rather, perceive myself at the same time.

For example, when I harp on Christians for being so ignorant, in words and deeds, of Christ's message, I am expressing my own ignorance as well. I may think I understand the message of Christ better than a typical Christian - better even than the pope himself - but I fully realize at the same time that their ignorance is my ignorance too. The contradiction and duality that appears here is due only to the limitations of human language. Words were not meant to express the true nature of things, and in fact serve only to obscure it, as it does here. But if you understand the true meaning of "One God", then you know there is no contradiction when I say, "There BY the grace of God go I!" (The Christian priest who famously said, "There BUT FOR the grace of God go I", as he watched condemned men being paraded past his house, was expressing the duel view of God that Jesus himself spoke so often against.) There is no us and them, no you and me; there is only God, "... so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, (and us in them)" (John 17:21, excuse me for quoting the Bible here, I really try not to, but this time it seemed so pertinent, and there just happened to be an old tore up Bible in this cell that someone left. I don't keep a Bible around personally anymore because it's too tempting to use it to support what I say, and I prefer to let what I say stand on its own if it can, or fall on its face if it can't).

So anyway, please try to read past the limitations and syntactical bias of human language as you read this blog. It is important that you try to take all my words in the broadest context possible, so you can see the real meaning BEHIND the words rather than the superficial meaning IN them. This is why I sometimes say, if you have come here in order to pass judgement, then you should leave now, before you get hurt (i.e. "offended" by your own judgement). But, if you have come seeking to understand yourself, then stick around; I have lots to tell you! :)