tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291232662827929830.post1817133070961099141..comments2023-08-12T08:03:41.840-07:00Comments on Poetry Is For Assholes: A journal of the arts: Something for Christmas that isn't depressingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291232662827929830.post-65498975074752733652008-12-16T06:31:00.000-08:002008-12-16T06:31:00.000-08:00jon, agreed, we all need meaning. looking around y...jon, agreed, we all need meaning. looking around you realise that for meaning to be true it has to be simple because frankly many people are simple, it has to also include animals and other fellow sentient beings cos they are surely more than just lunch, and it has to include consideration of our planet. anything else kind of gets us to a very exclusive heaven/nirvana/still with slaughter houses (if animals are only there for food) and i presume where we came from will just be a charred remain!<BR/>shamans, old tribal religions used to be more this way i think rather than our multi faceted sometimes oppressive urban churches preaching good stuff that clearly so few people follow.<BR/>keep searching jon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291232662827929830.post-71406068702480705742008-12-15T22:50:00.000-08:002008-12-15T22:50:00.000-08:00Wow Jon, I didn't see this coming. I am humbled, t...Wow Jon, I didn't see this coming. I am humbled, truly humbled. I came to your blog to catch up on reading. I'm usually a lurker. I didn't expect...Thank you.<BR/><BR/>I love coming here to your blog home. I experience a range of emotions and I ususally leave happy sometimes just down right slapping my knee, holding my gut, laughing (thinking about your reference to "my sparkling pony" which I can't type without laughing). There are times when I leave in silence because you've said something that is simply profound and times when you've left me speechless by reminding me of the pain in each of us and in the world.<BR/><BR/>About The Church...all I can say is I'm just as frustrated as you, but what keeps me there is that I feel connected with those who have gone before. I love the ritual and liturgy of The Church. All of the major religions have their truth and if we would follow the spiritual tenets of our faith tradition instead of trying to force others to do so, I think the world would be a better place.<BR/><BR/>As far as rules are concerned: This is Jon's house and Jon makes the rules.Hagar's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05329175102157599795noreply@blogger.com