I have been watching project runway (reruns I think) which is a guilty pleasure for me since I usually disdain the TV set as a total waste of time
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No, it was quite a rather long time ago. The episode was entitled all things and dealt with Scully running into a man from her past when Mulder was out of town.
The general idea I picked up from it is that there are signs all around us and if I can just sit still and pay attention I learn a lot from the universe. Oddly enough, in one of my very first RCIA classes last fall they started talking about the same thing, only instead of "the universe" they said "God".
Yes there's a lot to be said for being observant...This is a really really good point.
I don't watch the X Files but Mike does occasionally. I wonder if he has seen that episode.
I suppose we will have to agree to disagree about the God/Universe idea...to me they are distinctly different as creator and created...But I didn't actually set out for this to be a religious conversation. Well. The more I think about it the more I realize that it is impossible to discuss this topic without religion coming into it at least a little bit.
Isn't there some of you in the art you create? I think it's impossible to create something without leaving yourself in it in some intangible form.
That's what I mean by God and the universe being interchangeable. God created it, and that's the ultimate creative endeavor. He's all through it so much that an act of the universe in many ways is an act of God.
I don't mean that quite literally... just sort of a shorthand. When things around me happen at seeming chance, if I pay attention I can learn a lot from them. And that all goes back ultimately to the way God chose to make things. That's what I mean; I don't think it's really that different from what you're saying.
OHHHHhhh!! I see exactly what you mean. That is a good way of explaining it...I definitely misunderstood you- sorry!
By way of explanation, I have friends who are very "new age" and their belief system, in a nutshell, is that everything is connected and that God is in everything and everyone...and it seems to me (if my understanding is correct) that they would literally agree that God and the Universe are interchangeable concepts. While I respect that viewpoint, it clashes with my own...
Anyway, back to the original point you were making- very insightful. I really appreciate your posts. I should pay more attention, too- I think you are absolutely right about that.
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Sorry I am a lousy LJ friend...:(
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The general idea I picked up from it is that there are signs all around us and if I can just sit still and pay attention I learn a lot from the universe. Oddly enough, in one of my very first RCIA classes last fall they started talking about the same thing, only instead of "the universe" they said "God".
To me, those terms are fairly interchangeable.
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I don't watch the X Files but Mike does occasionally. I wonder if he has seen that episode.
I suppose we will have to agree to disagree about the God/Universe idea...to me they are distinctly different as creator and created...But I didn't actually set out for this to be a religious conversation. Well. The more I think about it the more I realize that it is impossible to discuss this topic without religion coming into it at least a little bit.
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That's what I mean by God and the universe being interchangeable. God created it, and that's the ultimate creative endeavor. He's all through it so much that an act of the universe in many ways is an act of God.
I don't mean that quite literally... just sort of a shorthand. When things around me happen at seeming chance, if I pay attention I can learn a lot from them. And that all goes back ultimately to the way God chose to make things. That's what I mean; I don't think it's really that different from what you're saying.
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By way of explanation, I have friends who are very "new age" and their belief system, in a nutshell, is that everything is connected and that God is in everything and everyone...and it seems to me (if my understanding is correct) that they would literally agree that God and the Universe are interchangeable concepts. While I respect that viewpoint, it clashes with my own...
Anyway, back to the original point you were making- very insightful. I really appreciate your posts. I should pay more attention, too- I think you are absolutely right about that.
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