“So my optimism is no mild and unreasoning satisfaction. A poet once said I must be happy because I did not see the bare, cold present, but lived in a beautiful dream. I do live in a beautiful dream; but that dream is the actual, the present – not cold, but warm; not bare, but furnished with a thousand blessings. The very evil which the poet supposed would be a cruel disillusionment is necessary to the fullest knowledge of joy. Only by contact with evil could I have learned to feel by contrast the beauty of truth and love and goodness.”
What an inspiring and beautiful essay to read first thing this morning while having my coffee. Thank you Cynthia. I am so glad to be reminded of the beauty and depths of the human soul and of the treasures that are ours if we allow it. ( I have to print this one out so I can pin it up in my kitchen and so remember to reread it when I fall into despair or fear. )
“Or, rather, does it not make more sense that the unequal opportunity to access such an education is what needs to be addressed and corrected. A quality education, that is an education on how to cultivate thought, reflection, hypothesize, problem-solve, this is the true solution to ending the greatest epidemic of poverty- the poverty of ignorance. We do not rise by dragging others down.” <- This entire reading was so exquisitely beautiful. Thank you for sharing it.
I had read Helen Kelker’s works in middle school and high school and have always loved her. But reading about her and parts of her work as a grown woman is an entirely different experience.
Thank you dear Cynthia for reminding me of the beauty we all have in our souls. How wonderful is Helens story and her ability to tell it with such depth and beauty. You and your husband are two people that I admire and go to for truth and truth is beauty. You two are so full of wisdom and so willing to share with all of us. Your hours of work are gratefully enjoyed by us all.
An exceptional piece of writing, which I thoroughly enjoyed reading, in the quiet and mostly dark early morning hours. I need more of this to counter the dystopian and absurd world I find myself in. Your various talks and essays are always of a very high standard. Thank you Cynthia. 🙏🏻
My sister was a near friend of one of my brother in law secretaries, she was divorced of a Physicist, she
was a workalcoholic even so she had time for her children a well behaved young girl, an adolescent that was a futbol soccer fan and player, and a younger child that was born blind,. the girld went anorexic and commited suicide, the boy became a drug addict and we don't know if it was an accident or purposeful and the blind child was an absolute fan of radio what was his life,, I knew him when 7-8
years old he was totally decided to be a radio director, he became one and one of the important one.
"Is altruism—service of one’s fellows—desirable? Then must life experience provide for encountering situations of social inequality.
Is hope—the grandeur of trust—desirable? Then human existence must constantly be confronted with insecurities and recurrent uncertainties.
Is faith—the supreme assertion of human thought—desirable? Then must the mind of man find itself in that troublesome predicament where it ever knows less than it can believe.
Is the love of truth and the willingness to go wherever it leads, desirable? Then must man grow up in a world where error is present and falsehood always possible.
Is idealism—the approaching concept of the divine—desirable? Then must man struggle in an environment of relative goodness and beauty, surroundings stimulative of the irrepressible reach for better things."
The beautiful dream is seen as pure fantasy without any connection to life itself with reason.
Reason unknown is what science seeks to discover.
Thinking is a beautiful dream and perceived to be an inspiration changes.
Imagine heaven in the day of religious oppression was only accessible through the church’s approval. If you paid money to reach heaven after you died was the primary source of rebellion in the 1525 Reformation .
We have come a long way since then.
Nice to talk about the past to see ourselves as we are today.
"The beautiful truth burst upon my mind I felt that there were invisible lines stretched between my spirit and the spirits of others." That's such a great visualization. I have been keeping a list of words that various sub stackers have used or defined, that I find interesting. I may have to beef that Word file up with some thoughts about words as thoughtforms and visual aspects as well. This was a great read. Thank you.
Old men become crabby, cantankerous & cynical to the point that pessimism proliferates throughout the body, extending to the extremities & thus the cause (or result) of ED (erectile dysfunction) no longer able to conjure up any Zest for Life!
What an inspiring and beautiful essay to read first thing this morning while having my coffee. Thank you Cynthia. I am so glad to be reminded of the beauty and depths of the human soul and of the treasures that are ours if we allow it. ( I have to print this one out so I can pin it up in my kitchen and so remember to reread it when I fall into despair or fear. )
“Or, rather, does it not make more sense that the unequal opportunity to access such an education is what needs to be addressed and corrected. A quality education, that is an education on how to cultivate thought, reflection, hypothesize, problem-solve, this is the true solution to ending the greatest epidemic of poverty- the poverty of ignorance. We do not rise by dragging others down.” <- This entire reading was so exquisitely beautiful. Thank you for sharing it.
I had read Helen Kelker’s works in middle school and high school and have always loved her. But reading about her and parts of her work as a grown woman is an entirely different experience.
Thank you, Cynthia
Thank you dear Cynthia for reminding me of the beauty we all have in our souls. How wonderful is Helens story and her ability to tell it with such depth and beauty. You and your husband are two people that I admire and go to for truth and truth is beauty. You two are so full of wisdom and so willing to share with all of us. Your hours of work are gratefully enjoyed by us all.
An exceptional piece of writing, which I thoroughly enjoyed reading, in the quiet and mostly dark early morning hours. I need more of this to counter the dystopian and absurd world I find myself in. Your various talks and essays are always of a very high standard. Thank you Cynthia. 🙏🏻
Loved it.
A beautiful and meaningful succession of quality thoughts. Thank you, Cynthia, and God bless you.
We always talk about the incredible Hellen Keller, but without the stubborn character and patience
of a real Irish daughter, Anne Sullivan.
What a pair!!
My sister was a near friend of one of my brother in law secretaries, she was divorced of a Physicist, she
was a workalcoholic even so she had time for her children a well behaved young girl, an adolescent that was a futbol soccer fan and player, and a younger child that was born blind,. the girld went anorexic and commited suicide, the boy became a drug addict and we don't know if it was an accident or purposeful and the blind child was an absolute fan of radio what was his life,, I knew him when 7-8
years old he was totally decided to be a radio director, he became one and one of the important one.
"Is altruism—service of one’s fellows—desirable? Then must life experience provide for encountering situations of social inequality.
Is hope—the grandeur of trust—desirable? Then human existence must constantly be confronted with insecurities and recurrent uncertainties.
Is faith—the supreme assertion of human thought—desirable? Then must the mind of man find itself in that troublesome predicament where it ever knows less than it can believe.
Is the love of truth and the willingness to go wherever it leads, desirable? Then must man grow up in a world where error is present and falsehood always possible.
Is idealism—the approaching concept of the divine—desirable? Then must man struggle in an environment of relative goodness and beauty, surroundings stimulative of the irrepressible reach for better things."
The Urantia Book, Paper 3
The beautiful dream is seen as pure fantasy without any connection to life itself with reason.
Reason unknown is what science seeks to discover.
Thinking is a beautiful dream and perceived to be an inspiration changes.
Imagine heaven in the day of religious oppression was only accessible through the church’s approval. If you paid money to reach heaven after you died was the primary source of rebellion in the 1525 Reformation .
We have come a long way since then.
Nice to talk about the past to see ourselves as we are today.
"The beautiful truth burst upon my mind I felt that there were invisible lines stretched between my spirit and the spirits of others." That's such a great visualization. I have been keeping a list of words that various sub stackers have used or defined, that I find interesting. I may have to beef that Word file up with some thoughts about words as thoughtforms and visual aspects as well. This was a great read. Thank you.
Hope is the magic strength that God gave us to walk through our life with the rucksack full of stones.
Thank so much reminding how easy our life is compared with people like Hellen Keller or if you
please our ancestors.
Old men become crabby, cantankerous & cynical to the point that pessimism proliferates throughout the body, extending to the extremities & thus the cause (or result) of ED (erectile dysfunction) no longer able to conjure up any Zest for Life!
First mind, then body, ages
In the case of saintly sages
The body ages first
Mind, never at the worst!