Comments | scarlettina: The wonder of the possible

scarlettina

The wonder of the possible

Apr 03, 2007 22:50

Last night was the first night of Passover. I've always loved Passover, the ritual, the storytelling, the communal experience. I've talked here before about the nature of my faith, that it's a continuumI will often go from being an atheist to an agnostic to a believer and back in a very short amount of time. I am, I think, more often than not an ( Read more... )

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shellyinseattle April 4 2007, 06:06:24 UTC

Did you have some chocolate mousse around?

scarlettina April 4 2007, 06:11:17 UTC

Ah! You refer to the Mousse of Elijah! Actually, we did have something similar, the Swiss Rolls with Pudding of Elijah, this year.

loba April 4 2007, 07:42:02 UTC

*smiles and applauds*

This was wonderful, and (for me) very enlightening.

Thank you for sharing it (and through it, Passover), with us, your readers.

**hugs**

PS: We missed you tonight. :-)

scarlettina April 4 2007, 13:49:29 UTC

Thanks. Wish I could have been at rehearsal. I just felt (and still do feel) incredibly lousy. It's early enough in this illness that I really didn't want to go to rehearsal and infect everyone. Too, I want to be well enough to audition next Tuesday night, and I'm not convinced that going out last night would have been the way to ensure my health.

pixxelpuss April 4 2007, 07:45:47 UTC

Thank you for posting this. Pretty much everything I know about Judaism I find really fascinating and you write beautifully about it. I often think that my life would benefit from a little more community in my spirituality. I gets lonely as a solitary neo-pagan/buddhist.

mevennen April 4 2007, 10:52:34 UTC

>My dialog with God is regularly pretty stormy (and has been so especially lately).

I don't think one can believe and *not* have a stormy relationship with deity. An Islamic acquaintance of mine frequently has shouting matches with 'my Allah.' I've referred to my sundry deities in ways that don't bear repetition in a polite livejournal. Too many unanswered questions, and we're supposed to just accept? Actually, I'm not sure that we are. Questioning is the heart of faith, once one's been through a certain amount of living.

scarlettina April 4 2007, 13:50:41 UTC

Questioning is the heart of faith, once one's been through a certain amount of living.

Amen, sister!

kistha April 4 2007, 17:27:55 UTC

I too find that sometimes you just need to shout at one's deities - I think it's a mark of a good relationship with your faith, and your god that you are willing to question, shout and outright get pissy.

You should hear me shout when I get "signs". *NEXT TIME SEND CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS!!!!* Nothing gets me angrier. :)

garyomaha April 4 2007, 13:16:03 UTC

Very nice, thank you -- reminds me of many a seder in my earlier years. Did you sing when you opened the door? (Passover songs were so much fun!)

Your "waiting in anticipation" story reminded me of how much I enjoy the moment before *anything*, often more than the occurrence of the *anything* itself. The moment the lights are dimming in the theatre. The arrival of the menu at the restaurant. The train almost imperceptibly pulling away from the station. Such are life moments just before the door is opened for Elijah.

scarlettina April 4 2007, 13:54:26 UTC

Did you sing when you opened the door?

But of course! I love singing "Eliyahu Hanavi"; it's such a haunting melody.

Your "waiting in anticipation" story reminded me of how much I enjoy the moment before *anything* . . . The moment the lights are dimming in the theatre.

Oh, I know that feeling. I love that feeling. Don't get to experience it nearly enough.