tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918850549155672250.post7483430525675158711..comments2023-08-26T05:03:39.473-07:00Comments on the submerged submersible: Some Approaches to Identitya penny for the old guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12969815774512734171noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918850549155672250.post-46223180053516009002008-05-16T10:58:00.000-07:002008-05-16T10:58:00.000-07:00Anonymous: i agree. it's devastating.Sholeh: agree...Anonymous: i agree. it's devastating.<BR/><BR/>Sholeh: agree, <EM>especially</EM> His protection one! (& thanks for the quote, I can pretty much just delete the post now and leave that in its stead)<BR/><BR/>Monday's Child: it's too long. But I wrote farther back on my blog a personal statement as Odysseus outlining what he learned on the banks of Troy. That one could work (if I want to get a few smiles and no acceptance letters)<BR/><BR/>Laila: "I like to think each plateau higher than the last"... if that turns out to be erroneous I'm going to jump off something high because there would no longer be a <EM>point</EM> to anything. <BR/><BR/>Capone: will do (just did actually); thanks; and... the red hair thing is for the person who knows what it's about. (you know my writing, all hidden inscriptions and no content)<BR/><BR/>(thanks for reading guys!)a penny for the old guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12969815774512734171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918850549155672250.post-30163084227003680742008-05-16T08:56:00.000-07:002008-05-16T08:56:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Capone:https://www.blogger.com/profile/04430127398093671863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918850549155672250.post-61955328635571064072008-05-16T07:41:00.000-07:002008-05-16T07:41:00.000-07:00I used to think spirituality was ecstasy and happi...I used to think spirituality was ecstasy and happiness. I considered the depression of introspection to be a spiritual low. But then I got to thinking, is that "spiritual low" not a greater awareness of my distance from God and therefore greater humility? Isn't spirituality the awareness that we are so far from it? I have come to accept my periods of "spiritual low" as necessary self-checks that allow me to question my present inner state and outer life and decide where I want to go from there, which then leads to the bliss of action, which later leads (again) to the depression of introspection. We never get to the last plateau (it doesn't exist), but I like to believe each plateau is higher than the last.lailachihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01745885070448423875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918850549155672250.post-8497420930444004152008-05-16T07:05:00.000-07:002008-05-16T07:05:00.000-07:00maybe you should send in this post as your persona...maybe you should send in this post as your personal statement.<BR/><BR/>I am torn between wallowing in the freakiness of the Australia connection (there is something particularly delicious about that uncontrallable shiver that runs down one's back) and enjoying the satisfaction of being right by yelling "I told you so" at the world in general whilst jumping up and down on my swivel chair in a most unprofessional way and saying HAH a lot.<BR/><BR/>I have other things to say about this post but the words are not complete and they are still finding each other to form sentences.Monday's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00422614310620149997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918850549155672250.post-49046760818978724542008-05-16T03:31:00.000-07:002008-05-16T03:31:00.000-07:00I love the prayers of The Bab, especially the ones...I love the prayers of The Bab, especially the ones for protection.<BR/><BR/>I've found that too much introspection makes me ill. And then there is confirmation in one of my favorite quotes:<BR/><BR/>"The more we search for ourselves, the less likely we are to find ourselves; and the more we search for God, and to serve our fellow-men, the more profoundly will we become acquainted with ourselves, and the more inwardly assured. This is one of the great spiritual laws of life." -Shoghi EffendiSholehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17851169347024464098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918850549155672250.post-3497491781528575542008-05-16T02:45:00.000-07:002008-05-16T02:45:00.000-07:00strange; sometimes (mosttimes) we forget that His ...strange; sometimes (mosttimes) we forget that His answer may be "no", even to the most polite plea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com