tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552586506974947829.post5819729869392770747..comments2018-08-04T10:58:59.347-04:00Comments on Heart of Being: Meditation in ActionJoel D Zeniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14722320579695770813noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552586506974947829.post-38858826796575946062010-11-20T18:30:09.712-05:002010-11-20T18:30:09.712-05:00Dear Joel: A most interesting and evocative essay!...Dear Joel: A most interesting and evocative essay! Love your bodhi tree description! Trees mark time, as we do, and we need "things" to remind us, to trigger our memories. As trees complete concentric rings in the centre, we try to use things to create this same physical marking of time in the physical which does transfer to our core and is stored there. These rings reflect previous rings/lives, we must trace them from the beginning to know the end is near or far, we can perhaps glimpse future worlds in this way, once we understand the circle route of our lives.<br /> It is human nature to want to complete the circle of life, to make it perfect before death, to come to an understanding of our standing in the universe; to connect the dots.We want our lives to make sense and have significant meaning to others so that our memories are kept alive in other souls that are really part of us, part of the circle.<br />It does not matter the seeming insignificance of "things" that are similar to "manure". Everything is important to understanding how and why things took on a certain form and certain times in one's life. <br />"Know thyself" Plato. We need to know the positive and negative aspects of our existence, not dwell on it, but understand it, get over it, wish it good bye and get on with living in the now. <br />The past is past, and if we can go way back to a previous lifetime we are able to fully understand our position in the universe, where we stand, spiritually speaking. We need to seek and find. This helps grow out of the old and into the new. Ja-Len Jones FBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com