Memorials and funerals are for the living, it is said. It is a time to remember loved ones as well to reflect on our own lack of immortality of existence. It is a time to review the impacts that person has had on our lives, to count our blessings, and yes to peer into the future as to our own demise. As I have grown older I have come to the conclusion that all of these events can be points of sadness or celebration. Attitude is really everything.As spirits on a human journey, we experience all of the human emotions, regardless of our want, to choose one over another as right or wrong, good or bad. We are all here as observers on behalf of the universal consciousness. Buddha speaks to this in much detail as well as the Tao Te Ching. Although it is vital to experience all emotions, we have the individual ability to concentrate our focus on those that will lead to a joyful spirit. In my humble experience, emotions reflecting love are the only ones that terminate in hope. Hope is what gives us life.
A very close friend sent me an email today which conveys much of my beliefs in a beautiful story. It also culminates all my emotions surrounding the passing of Pete Seeger today. Suffice it to say his path has had a strong impact on my life. His music and lyrics struck a strong chord, so to speak, in my early twenties.
I have always wanted to world to be a better place because I was here. Perhaps I have not been the activists that I could or should have been, and that may change going forward. I have always been a fighter for the working man and woman who have labored and toiled for what seems like meager existence, living lives of quiet desperation, as Henry David Thoreau said.
To those much has been given, much is required, the Bible says. Then it is up to each one of us to give as much as possible to those we love and those in need. Activism is simply standing up for what is right, for if we do not stand for something, we will fall for anything.
Kathy and I were like-minded spirits in the late 60’s and early 70’s. We married and spent great times in Germany, Washington DC, Fairfax, VA and Columbus, Ohio. We are to this day, kindred spirits and share many resonant beliefs. Her intuitive insight from the following experience with her mother regarding Pete Seeger is both brilliant and soul touching. It includes much of Pete Seeger’s philosophy, which embodies mine.
Thank you, Kathy!
As spirits on a human journey, we experience all of the human emotions, regardless of our want, to choose one over another as right or wrong, good or bad. We are all here as observers on behalf of the universal consciousness. Buddha speaks to this in much detail as well as the Tao Te Ching. Although it is vital to experience all emotions, we have the individual ability to concentrate our focus on those that will lead to a joyful spirit. In my humble experience, emotions reflecting love are the only ones that terminate in hope. Hope is what gives us life.A very close friend sent me an email today which conveys much of my beliefs in a beautiful story. It also culminates all my emotions surrounding the passing of Pete Seeger today. Suffice it to say his path has had a strong impact on my life. His music and lyrics struck a strong chord, so to speak, in my early twenties.