Journey Reflection

"I Acted and Behold, Service Was Joy.

noreply@blogger.com (Journey Reflection) — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 13:00:00 +0000

Rabindranath Tagore: I slept and dreamt that life was joy. / I awoke and saw that life was service. / I acted and behold, service was joy. *

Journer: Wow, that is profound, Nez!

Nez: And you know what, Journer, life that is service ... action ... and joy is the meaning of our existence, is what real living is all about!

Namaste

* R. Tagore, via Priscilla H. Wilson book, Zero Meridian, Five Degrees North: A Man of Service, pg. 99, 2016 > John P. Cock, Journey Reflection

Here To Love and Serve

noreply@blogger.com (Journey Reflection) — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 11:00:00 +0000

Joy! Joy! I did not know that all this world is so much

part of me, that we are all one army, that wildflowers

and stars struggle to right and left of me and do not

know me, but I turn to them and hail them.

~ ~ ~

Nikos Kazantzakis, The Saviors of God, pg. 124, 1960

Journer: Kaz must of been some sort of awesome presence here on Earth.

Nez: Truly! Kazantzakis helped me to wrestle with where I stand and whose side I am on in this journey called life. He helped me to realize that we are here to love and serve ... till death do us part.

Namaste
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John P. Cock, Journey Reflection

AN OTHER WORLD

noreply@blogger.com (Journey Reflection) — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 11:00:00 +0000

The Other World's poetic topography was delineated as four areas: Land of Mystery, River of Consciousness, Mountain of Care, and Sea of Tranquillity. Each of the four is categorized into 4 treks with descriptions of 4 states of being in each trek ... 64 states of being in total. *

Journer: I really want to find out more about those four "states of being," Nez!

Nez: Mystery, Consciousness, Care, and Tranquillity can help us humans to understand and live out the depth of our profound Journer ... an Other World / World Journey ... so let us journey on!

Namaste
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* Via Ecumenical Institute / Institute of Cultural Affairs > John P. Cock, Journey Reflection

The Profound Journey Called LIFE!

noreply@blogger.com (Journey Reflection) — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 12:00:00 +0000

Sam Keen: The spiritual life is based on a refusal to despair.... We do not know the final destiny of the individual soul ... therefore we work, wait, and hope. And it is enough. *

Journer: That is a profound statement, right, Nez?

Nez: Right, Journer. And our life journey is about the refusal to despair and about work, wait, and hope ... that is enough, for we are on the profound journey called LIFE!

Namaste

* S. Keen, Hymns To An Unknown God, pg. 245 > John P. Cock, Journey Reflection

"The Sacred Resolution"

noreply@blogger.com (Journey Reflection) — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 13:41:00 +0000

JPC: The sacred revolution is about being: grace, consciousness, attentiveness, peace, perspective, attitude, union, spirit, praise, surrender, emptiness, fullness, detachment, contemplation, meditation, prayer. And the sacred revolution is about presence: compassion, honor, dedication, heart, suffering for, attachment, chastity, care, service. *

Journer: Wow, that is a whole lot of being and presence!

Nez: All of these are universal qualities of humanness. We are born with the capacity for each, yet we must practice the art. Does the art come naturally? No and Yes.

Namaste

* John P. Cock, Motivation for the Great Work, pg. 172, 2000 > Journey Reflection

"Speak To All Spirit Traditions"

noreply@blogger.com (Journey Reflection) — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 12:30:00 +0000

JPC: The universal concept of spirit is key. Let us think about these four gifts of the spirit ... presence, grace, communion of the spirit: presence, grace, communion, and inter-communion ... that seem in tune with all spirit tradition. >

Journer: So let us be in tune with all spirit traditions, right, Nez?

Nez: Spirit ... from the beginning ... to everywhere at all times forever ... is that which is the very heart of all being ... including that which is the very heart of all being ... including us!

Namaste

> John P. Cock, Journer, "New Vision," pg. 165, 2005 > Journey Reflection

"We Are Spiritual Beings"

noreply@blogger.com (Journey Reflection) — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 12:00:00 +0000

"We Are Spiritual Beings"... Created to see, to care, to be aware, to live simply, to love creation, to work on behalf of, to celebrate our living, to reflect on the awesome, to serve the shattered Earth, to dream the impossible dream, to be home on Earth as one community. *

Journer: That is a whole lot of our call to be, right, Nez?

Nez: Let us say again > ... All 0f Us are created to see, care, be aware, live simply, love creation, work on behalf of, celebrate our living, reflect on the awesome, serve the shattered Earth, dream the impossible dream, and be home on Earth as one community.

Namaste

* John P. Cock, By Cosmic Design, pg. 103, 2006 > Journey Reflection

A New Beginning For Earth!

noreply@blogger.com (Journey Reflection) — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 12:00:00 +0000

...[W]e are the dreamers of dreams.... / We in the ages lying, / In the buried past of the Earth, ... / For each age is a dream that is dying, / Or one that is coming to birth. *

Journer: I trust we are the "one that is coming to birth," Nez!

Nez: Indeed, let us get over a dying age and begin to give our all for a new beginning for Earth: "These Are the Times ... We Are the People!"

Namaste

* Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy, "Ode," www.bartleby.com > John P. Cock, Journey Reflection

"Find Beneath It ... Love, by Wisdom, with Power"

noreply@blogger.com (Journey Reflection) — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 12:30:00 +0000

Fra Giovanni: Life is so generous a giver, but we, judging its gifts by their covering, cast them away as ugly, or heavy, or hard. Remove the covering, and you will find beneath it a living splendor, woven of love, by wisdom, with power. *

Journer: That is a great green image to go with it, Nez!

Nez: Yes, Journer, so embrace Earth in the great Universe of Being with "love ... wisdom ... and power" ... never forgetting that "Life is so generous a giver" of this awesome life of ours!

Namaste

* F. Giovanni, "Reading," 1513 @ "The Celebration of Life of Evelyn Mathews Edwards" > John P. Cock, Journey Reflection

"Called To Serve"

noreply@blogger.com (Journey Reflection) — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 12:00:00 +0000

JPC: I want to help as many as possible to see the meaning in life and to decide to embrace it ... to live life fully. "This is my bliss," as Joseph Campbell says it. This is my vocation, as the spiritual traditions have said it ... complicity with Spirit. *

Journer: So, "complicity with Spirit" is our "vocation"?

Nez: Yes, our "complicity with Spirit" is about our vocation to serve.

Namaste

* John P. Cock, Called To Be, pg. 295

"Intercommunion"

noreply@blogger.com (Journey Reflection) — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 13:00:00 +0000

JPC: Intercommunion ... is an I-thou ... not an I-it... / ... is a demonstration of unity, soul to soul / ... is lived out in authentic community / ... is an expression of deep care and love for creation / ... is manifest in local and universal sacrificial service / ... is the lifestyle of reconciliation >

Journer: That is a whole lot of "intercommunion," Nez.

Nez: And more: "At one with the heart of creation -- with the power of spirit -- we experience communion ... that motivates us toward intercommunion ... with conscious participation with creation."

Namaste

> John P. Cock, At One With the Heart of Creation, "Intercommunion," pg. 102

Love Is The Way

noreply@blogger.com (Journey Reflection) — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 12:30:00 +0000

Maya Angelou Poem: So say the Asian, the Hispanic, the Jew, / The African, the Native American, the Sioux, / The Catholic, the Muslim, the French, the Greek, / The Irish, the Rabbi, the Priest, the Sheik, / The Gay, the Straight, the Preacher, / The privileged, the homeless, the Teacher ... / History, despite its wrenching pain, / Cannot be unlived, but if faced / With courage, need not be lived again. *

Journer: Bishop Michael Curry said it all right there on page 114 of his book.

Nez: Yes, and he says much more throughout his book, like on his cover ... "Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times." A rather profound book he wrote.

Namaste

* M. Angelou poem, "On The Pulse of the Morning," in Michael Curry's book, 2020 > John P. Cock, Daily Blogs

What Is the Power of Your Being?

noreply@blogger.com (Journey Reflection) — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 12:46:00 +0000

John Donne: Batter my heart , three-personed God, for You / As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend; / That I may rise and stand, o'erthrow me, and bend / Your force, to break, blow, burn, and make me new. / ...Take me to You, imprison me, for I, / Except You enthrall me, never shall be free.... *

Journer: Wow, what a powerful prayer to his God, right, Nez?

Nez: Indeed, a testament that helped him live his life with that Power at the heart of his being. And, Journer, what is the "power" at the heart of your being?

Namaste

* J. Donne (1572-1631), "Batter My Heart" & Michael Meyer, Poetry: An Introduction, pg. 409 > John P. Cock, Journey Reflection

"...Our Real Calling"

noreply@blogger.com (Journey Reflection) — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 12:30:00 +0000

Thomas Berry: The governing dream of the twentieth century appears as a kind of ultimate manifestation of [the] ... deep inner rage of Western society against its earthly condition as a vital member of the life community. ...We can only be sensitized to what is being revealed to us ... our hope for the future for ourselves and for the entire Earth community. *

Journer: Wow, Thomas was laying it out powerfully clear, Nez.

Nez: Indeed, and it is up to those of us who have listened to Thomas and are committed to what it must take to give the 20th Century a living chance. That is now our real calling, Journer.
Namaste

* T. Berry, Great Work: Our Way Into the Future, 165 > John P. Cock, Journey Reflection

"Intercommunion"

noreply@blogger.com (Journey Reflection) — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 12:00:00 +0000

Journer: That is a whole lot of "intercommunion," Nez.

Namaste

> John P. Cock, One With the Heart of Creation, "Intercommunion," pg. 102, 2004

All In All

noreply@blogger.com (Journey Reflection) — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 12:00:00 +0000

Robertson Work: ...Earth, our only home / We vow to let go of violence and greed / And create a new civilization of / Compassion and understanding / Earth, our only home. *

Journer: This is it ... "Earth, our only home"!

Nez: So we give great thanks for being born here, for growing up here, for caring for Earthlings ... and All In All, for our living out our lives here!

Namaste

* R. Work, Earthling Love, "Earthling Wows" poem, pg. 9, 2020 > John P. Cock, Journey Reflection

Mother Earth Needs Us Like Never Before!

noreply@blogger.com (Journey Reflection) — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 12:20:00 +0000

All the earth belongs to all the people:

All the goods of nature belong to all the people [economic]

All the decisions of history belong to all the people [political]

All the gifts of humanness belong to all the people. [cultural]

~ ~ ~

Institute of Cultural Affairs, globally, via Brian Stanfield, 1992

Journer: So all the Earth belongs to all the people, not just some, right?

Nez: Right, and what we are all here to be about is caring for our blessed Earth and all that dwell therein ... who now needs us all working together and caring for her and each other like never before!

Namaste

John P. Cock, Journey Reflection

We Are All Accepted!

noreply@blogger.com (Journey Reflection) — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 13:00:00 +0000

Paul Tillich: ...Simply accept the fact that you are accepted! / If that happens to us, we experience grace. / ...[E]verything is transformed. / In that moment, grace conquers sin.... / And nothing is demanded of this experience, / no religious or moral or intellectual pre-supposition, / nothing but acceptance. *

Journer: So we are all accepted ... right, Nez?

Nez: Yes, Journer ... we are all accepted ... "everything is transformed ... nothing is demanded of this experience ... nothing but acceptance."

Namaste

* James M. Campbell, A Journey Of Beginnings, pg. 83, 2010 > John P. Cock, Journey Reflection

The Meaning and Mission

noreply@blogger.com (Journey Reflection) — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 13:00:00 +0000

Joseph Campbell: The hero is the man or woman who has been able to battle past the personal and local limitations to the generally valid, normally human forms. As a perfected, universal human, they have been reborn. Next is to return transfigured to teach the lesson he has learned of life renewed.

Journer: Nez, you do teach me "the lesson ... learned of life renewed," right?

Nez: Yes, Journer. Together we must be about learning, teaching, and serving the meaning and mission of life lived and served on behalf of the Earth community. So Be It!

Namaste
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* J. Campbell, The Hero With a Thousand Faces, adapted from pg. 20, 1949 > John P. Cock, Journey Reflection

Transforming Event

noreply@blogger.com (Journey Reflection) — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 12:00:00 +0000

Our Universal Spirit Journey: The transparent event is about our human blindness ... and sometimes being given to see. Everything and every event is a window -- a transparency -- to the power at the heart of creation, or "Seeing Is Believing." >

Journer: Doesn't that come after "the grace event" and "the truth event," Nez?

Nez: The transparent event comes after the grace event and truth event ... and is sometimes about "our human blindness" and is sometimes about "our being given to see" ... and finally is about the "transforming event."

Namaste

> John P. Cock, Journer, "Transforming Event," pg. 128, 2005

"New-Awakened"

noreply@blogger.com (Journey Reflection) — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 13:00:00 +0000

[S]tarved from a life of devouring always myself, / ...here was I, new-awakened, with my hand stretching out / and touching the unknown, the real unknown, the unknown unknown. 1/30/23 9:01 AM

Journer: Wow, I think I've had that sort of experience!

Nez: That's good to know, Journer, being "new-awakened ... touching the real unknown" ... ever present. So stay in touch with that most real reality!

Namaste

* D. H. Lawrence > "New Heaven and Earth" > John P. Cock, Journey Reflection

noreply@blogger.com (Journey Reflection) — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 18:36:00 +0000

A New Beginning For Earth!

noreply@blogger.com (Journey Reflection) — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 12:30:00 +0000

...[W]e are the dreamers of dreams.... / We in the ages lying, / In the buried past of the Earth, ... / For each age is a dream that is dying, / Or one that is coming to birth. *

Journer: I trust we are the "one that is coming to birth," Nez!

Nez: Indeed, let us get over a dying age and begin to give our all for a new beginning for Earth: "These Are the Times ... We Are the People!"

Namaste

* Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy, "Ode" > John P. Cock, Journey Reflection

Spirit Is Among Us!

noreply@blogger.com (Journey Reflection) — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 13:00:00 +0000

John P. Cock: Spirit is always already among us, the central dynamism of creation, offering its grace and truth to all beings as sure gift that never stops giving. *

Journer: Is spirit among us now, Nez?

Nez: "Spirit is always already among us" ... and once in a while each one of us is powerfully shakened by its presence ... "sure gift that never stops giving"!

Namaste

* JPC, Journer, "New Vision," pp. 163-4

JOURNEY OF THE UNIVERSE

noreply@blogger.com (Journey Reflection) — Tue, 30 May 2023 12:00:00 +0000

Epic Story of Cosmic Earth and Human Transformation. What is our place in the 14-billion-year history of the universe? ...How do we connect with the intricate web of life on Earth? *

Journer: I can't begin to understand where all that came from, Nez!

Nez: Obviously we are here, and obviously we are here to understand and help care for this Journey of the Universe! No greater awe is ours!

Namaste

* Journey of the Universe, Brian T. Swimme & David Kennard > John P. Cock, Journey Reflection