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February 2009 
What are you cultivating?
Posted on Aug 12th, 2008
by 
yarculdragonlord
yarculdragonlord
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for May 18, 2008:
Corn:). Actually, I am cultivating the feeliig of sacred living among those with whom I associate. Sacred living is predicated on the idea that all things, no matter what they are, constitute a representation of the divine within. Throughout the ages, great thinkers and religious masters have looked at the world through the eyes of wonder and awe. I have, for a very long time, disliked the idea of awe. Awe is, according to the etymology online, is, ".1200, from O.N. agi "fright," from P.Gmc. *agiz- (cf. O.E. ege "fear," O.H.G. agiso "fright, terror," Goth. agis "fear, anguish"), from PIE *agh-es- (cf. Gk. akhos "pain, grief"), from base *agh- "to be depressed, be afraid" . Current sense of "dread mixed with veneration" is due to biblical use with ref. to the Supreme Being. The verb is first attested 1303. Awestruck is from 1634. Awesome first recorded 1598; colloquial sense of "excellent" is from 1980. " (Online Etymology Dictionary, through igoogle xlstools) and according to Cambridge, "noun [U]
a feeling of great respect sometimes mixed with fear or surprise:
I've always held musicians in awe. As children we were rather in awe of our grandfather." (http://www.cambridge.org/)
You can't help but stand in awe of (= respect greatly and fear slightly) powerful people."
I have an issue with the idea of living in fear or a feeling that is somehow associated with fear. However, recently I have come to the understanding that this is not exactly what we mean when we use this term, not that fear has no part of the experience. We refer to an awe-inspiring experience as one that brings us to that place of deep reverence, and it is in this context that we confuse the idea of fear with the idea of the sacred moment.
Awe is an outwelling of pure joy thtat so overwhelms us that we cannot but stand looking at the moment feeling the power and momentum of the feelings wash over us with no controls and no limit. It is in this lack of control that we feel the fear. Humans, in general, are in need of being in control anfd when we are totally overcome by a moment's experience, we confuse the power of joyous interaction with the debilitation of fear.
It is this moment of pure emotional connexion with the ALL that I am cultivating in the world. As I have said in an earlier post, I live by the principle Christ and Crowley both proclaimed, "WORSHIP ALL!!" In this garden there are many fruits and the greatest among them is the fruit of authentic love.
a feeling of great respect sometimes mixed with fear or surprise:
I've always held musicians in awe. As children we were rather in awe of our grandfather." (http://www.cambridge.org/)
You can't help but stand in awe of (= respect greatly and fear slightly) powerful people."
I have an issue with the idea of living in fear or a feeling that is somehow associated with fear. However, recently I have come to the understanding that this is not exactly what we mean when we use this term, not that fear has no part of the experience. We refer to an awe-inspiring experience as one that brings us to that place of deep reverence, and it is in this context that we confuse the idea of fear with the idea of the sacred moment.
Awe is an outwelling of pure joy thtat so overwhelms us that we cannot but stand looking at the moment feeling the power and momentum of the feelings wash over us with no controls and no limit. It is in this lack of control that we feel the fear. Humans, in general, are in need of being in control anfd when we are totally overcome by a moment's experience, we confuse the power of joyous interaction with the debilitation of fear.
It is this moment of pure emotional connexion with the ALL that I am cultivating in the world. As I have said in an earlier post, I live by the principle Christ and Crowley both proclaimed, "WORSHIP ALL!!" In this garden there are many fruits and the greatest among them is the fruit of authentic love.
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