Not Old as the Hills Anyway
Date: Jan. 15, 2005
From: MJS
I got an email from a friend Bob today, directing me to a website where I was to put in my birthdate, and then it told me what famous people were older or younger than I and by how much, and some of the important events that occurred during my life time, starting with the bombing of Hiroshima, progressing through our first space walks, the assassination of President Kennedy, the turn of the millennium and 9-11, of course. That list didn’t make me feel any older, really, and certainly doesn’t reflect well on the human race. He left out the happenings of the expulsion of the Dalai Lama from Tibet and the finagling of Vatican II, and how those events brought Eastern and Western spirituality into the global consciousness.
When I visit the desert, or the mountains, or talk to the trees, or consider the stars, I feel really young! And I am still excited about the evolution of life on earth, though it seems pretty brutal at times. I think we are gathering some wisdom, that we are moving towards some sense of worldwide unity. I am really hopeful about everything.
But you can check out that website. Who and what significant events do you think should be there?
Date: Jan. 15, 2005
From: JB
Did you know the layers of millenniums are visible in the walls of the Grand Canyon as several feet of sediment, also to be seen in the walls of the side canyons at Lake Powell, but only a few inches or a foot thick there? That layer stretches like taffy as it moves east and north, thinning. It’s fascinating to observe. I love geology and oceanography.
I find my God’s presence so easy to feel when observing nature. Then there are no distractions of man-made ornaments or ritual as in churches. We once found a magnificent cathedral in a small detached portion of Zion Park, called Kolab Canyon, in Utah. We hiked about three miles in to it and were all alone there. Wow, it still gives me goosebumps remembering the feeling there!
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From: MJS
I got an email from a friend Bob today, directing me to a website where I was to put in my birthdate, and then it told me what famous people were older or younger than I and by how much, and some of the important events that occurred during my life time, starting with the bombing of Hiroshima, progressing through our first space walks, the assassination of President Kennedy, the turn of the millennium and 9-11, of course. That list didn’t make me feel any older, really, and certainly doesn’t reflect well on the human race. He left out the happenings of the expulsion of the Dalai Lama from Tibet and the finagling of Vatican II, and how those events brought Eastern and Western spirituality into the global consciousness.
When I visit the desert, or the mountains, or talk to the trees, or consider the stars, I feel really young! And I am still excited about the evolution of life on earth, though it seems pretty brutal at times. I think we are gathering some wisdom, that we are moving towards some sense of worldwide unity. I am really hopeful about everything.
But you can check out that website. Who and what significant events do you think should be there?
Date: Jan. 15, 2005
From: JB
Did you know the layers of millenniums are visible in the walls of the Grand Canyon as several feet of sediment, also to be seen in the walls of the side canyons at Lake Powell, but only a few inches or a foot thick there? That layer stretches like taffy as it moves east and north, thinning. It’s fascinating to observe. I love geology and oceanography.
I find my God’s presence so easy to feel when observing nature. Then there are no distractions of man-made ornaments or ritual as in churches. We once found a magnificent cathedral in a small detached portion of Zion Park, called Kolab Canyon, in Utah. We hiked about three miles in to it and were all alone there. Wow, it still gives me goosebumps remembering the feeling there!
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