> > The Great Riddle!
> >Is he not a body, that from toil doth he bring forth sustenance?
> >Is he not a heart, that from anguish doth he glean understanding?
> >Is he not a mind, that from choas doth he wrest order?
> >And is he not yet more than this, that from emptiness doth he
> > harvest creation?
> >Think well upon this, for this be thine only key to the great riddle.
> The immediate answer is a question : "What is Man ?"
> And sets you on the Holy Grail Path.
I posted it mainly becuase I think the Riddle contains at least a
superficial answer to Richard's question about the "Heart" and "Spirit".
Is he not a heart, that from anguish doth he glean understanding?
Emotional suffering leads us to a better understanding of *ourselves* as
well as those around us.
And is he not yet more than this, that from emptyness doth he
harvest creation?
The spirit! It is the "part" of us that /gives meaning to our lives/.
> Then it's "Man is God" as 2nd answer.
In a way, you are right... interesting... (tangental thoughts fly all
over)
> Then I guess you try to find out what the God is and where's the
> Godlike part in you.
"There is a God sized hole in my heart" ??? -- not in mine. More and
more, I am comming to love the Church of Freethought quotation: "My Lord
and Savior?!" but she had an answer too: "Save me from what?"
http://church.freethought.org/9608.amanda.html
ERiC