Why do I want a blog?
Actual millions of blogs have been started, ignored, and abandoned. What do I feel that I have to say that can
make a difference that gets noticed? I
like conversation, when I feel that it’s constructive, mutually-respectful,
encouraging, and fun. That’s the type of
conversation I hope my blog will stimulate.
You see, I want a conversation because I’m actually here to learn and
engage much more than I’m here to expound.
I’m willing to open up and share some of my experiences in life, because
I think that that’s going to be necessary to explain some of the perspectives I’ve
developed. I’m going to anticipate the question,
“Gee, Joe, what makes you think/believe that?”
I’m not necessarily looking for agreement, but I’ll do my best to share
my understanding of how I arrived at my conclusions and/or speculations. That’s what I consider to be respectful of
your (it is my assumption) intelligence.
I’ll try to keep my speculation to a minimum.
What I like to talk about is the ways to live more
peaceful, fulfilling, harmonious lives, individually and communally/societally. I’ll be starting another blog whose theme is
auto-didacticism or self-directed learning and life-long learning. Actually, I don’t think that any of us ever
learn very much unless we become self-motivated students, and I believe that
pursuit can be a major key in maintaining a rich and enjoyable experience of
Life. You may notice that I capitalize
the word “Life” quite often. This is a
reflection of my current belief in the nature of Divine Presence. At a certain time in my life, after leaving
all-male, Catholic prep-school education, to venture out into the brilliant
adventure of life in the 1960's here in the U.S., I told myself that I was an
atheist. Then I spent a number of years
not thinking much about what I thought in regard to God/creation, but referring
to the label of atheist when the topic arose in conversation. In my circles then, that was a rare occurrence.
I’ve always read a good bit more than the American
average, and in fact celebrated 40 years in 2012 since having given up any
regular indulgence in television and other forms of major media “information.” Those 40 years provided me with a lot more
reading time. Now, I’m going to share
something that some may take differently than the way that I actually feel
about it. About coincident with my
abandonment of television and “news”-papers, I began reading almost exclusively
how-to and other non-fiction. This is
mostly due to my interest in learning to do practical things. I grew up largely without male influence in
our home, so there were a lot of handyman and mechanical skills that I just wasn't exposed to as a youth. I don’t
dismiss fiction; it simply didn’t have as high a priority in my life as other
things I was determined to learn. Now
that I have more experience in Life, I accept the premise that sometimes the truth
of human experience is sharing more easily in fiction than in non-fiction. It will also become apparent along the way
that a major premise of my world-view has become that almost everything we
think we know is actually a fiction. We
are story-telling animals, lulling ourselves into a trance through the
unquestioned (on any serious investigative-analytical level) repetition of
rationalized, socialized, and enculturated perspectives.
This is going to complete my introduction. I think I’ve put forth enough of my point of
view and intentions for you to find a point of engagement, a reason to relate
or reject, or whatever you may wish (consciously or unconsciously) to interpret
as my meaning. It’s approaching my
sleepy-time, so I bid you farewell. All
the best to you and yours, through all the vagaries of Life! Peace, Light, Joy, and Fulfillment, in all
you do, and everywhere you may go!
Joe
Oh, yeah, next time I’ll remember to explain why this
blog is titled, “A Timeless Revelation.”
I imagine some of you can’t wait.
I hope you’ll be back for the “revelation.”
