This morning I’m looking at the menu bar just now, examining all its available features most of which I never use, such as email, new painting or insert table! If I compare that to the “Muse” word processor on our central computer at SAIT back in ca 1980, then I marvel at the sophistication that has emerged just in these word processing packages alone! What a gift through technology enriching our lives!

After laundry and lunch I met with Jack at 1-pm. We talked about Existence Divine, being guided by a higher power in your life - where we differed - and about family happenings and my trip back to Holland for the memorial of my sister Els. Every time I write or say such, I experience that loss again a little bit. She is no longer in this physical world its sharing has concluded, rich and valuable as it was.

I am thinking of posting pictures, some sound files and the poem text both in Dutch and English.

Later in the evening I posted my daily entry and took a look at the markup templates that I would have to adapt for an ‘obituary page’ for Els on my web site. I am thinking of posting pictures, some sound files and the poem text both in Dutch and English. The time line on this would be for the end of the year as I look back at this major event in my life and share that we friends and family.

My intuition tells me that this is the proper way for me to grieve the loss of my sister that I feel so much deeper than I expected. It needs more acknowledgement than I anticipated and this will be a suitable way for me to fathom the depth of my feelings, express and share them.

I am outlining my talk for March 2018 as follows:
First there are the existing stories of origin in several religions, such as Genesis, The Mayan, the Babylonian, Egyptian, African and Indigenous. All are examples of specific revelation in time, place, people and circumstance, which is the nature of revelation as they must be relevant to convey meaning and guidance.

Second is our present situation of humankind crowded together on this planet trying to find ways to live together. Recognising this boundary situation is the first step to finding a solution. This includes the findings of modern science that adds to what has been handed down to us.

Third is the need to combine these science and heritage into a narrative that suits our times as a now self discovered revelation that emerges from our boundary situation.

Finally we now have to define this World Belief Origin such that is can form a basis from which to go forward …

Finally we now have to define this World Belief Origin such that is can form a basis from which to go forward without strive about who holds the truth as we are all contributors to that ‘truth’ in our diversity. The truth is multivalued and diverse, such that no single tradition can adequately hold all that is this Mystery of Existence.
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