| Spirituality |
Knowledge Quest |
| Poetry on denniet.com |
by Dennie T for all my Professors.
Go Irish, Go Crimson, Go Maroons, with a shout-out to the wise sisters and
brothers from the street.
Let us collectively set upon a great spiritual knowledge quest starting now by pledging to open our minds, raising our attention, and fully committing to give it our all and do our best. Secondly let us agree that our brains have great capacity to learn and shall not rest as we assimilate ancient wisdom and consider lessons from the far East throughout the near West. We shall examine current practices as we categorize and classify what has been taught in the academies about the who, what, where, why, and when, from history to be clear about what is agreed on and which beliefs we should challenge again. The accumulated experience of humankind is documented in the disciplines taught by practitioners from elementary and trade schools through post graduate programs beyond college. One difference we may find, in this shared quest to expand the mind, is the importance of assimilating the wisdom powerfully gained by incorporating the same from desert, bush, and street knowledge. We have built an international space station while two-thirds of the world’s population lacks guaranteed access to life giving potable water. I do not know about the Gentle Reader’s situation, but for the Author that offers plenty of fodder for the following narration: “What kind of world do we live in?” “What kind of world should it be?” “What have we learned?” “How have we applied it?” “What impact and results do we see?” The world is what we make it. Openness requires us to reconsider the fundamental premises of everything we have been taught. Success inspires us to release egos and selfishness as we gain wisdom in our thoughts, thus wresting new insights and Divine Revelations from everything we learn and know. On the spiritual knowledge quest let us agree and show that we seek to learn from deep analysis and pensive reflection. But we shall simultaneously be attuned to the real acceptance of natural knowing, our intuition, as we evolve in thought direction. We shall embrace falsities and stand tall in wisdom to view lies, and their purveyors, alongside Universal Truths. We shall see through open eyes that the sum of all the information equals the same. Knowledge, wisdom, and growth are gained by honest acceptance and changing the frame. We are all Divine spiritual beings. There is vastness to discern. There is a Universe to learn. Let us not rest until we quench the thirst and feed the burn to learn about life, together. (C) Dennis T. Tillman |