Blue Ridges. Get it?
Anyway we look at it, Jesus had all of the advantages, right? “God’s only son, Jesus Christ, our lord,” as the old confession of faith puts it. “God’s only son” should count for something, no? Evidently not. “Crucified, dead and buried.” Just like everyone else. Well, except for the “crucified” part, but a lot of us would up there, too. Big woop being God’s only son. No advantage at all. Leaves me with the conclusion that there are no advantages at all. There is only here, now for everyone and the opportunity to do with it as we will–in a “Here we are, now what?” kind of way. Stop seeking the advantages! There are none! Only deception, diversion, distraction, denial. There is only here, now and “Now what?” That’s where we come in. “Now what?” How we answer that question tells the tale. We are all born with that question to answer with our life. “Now what?” I’m doing my best with it. And you? How might we help one another with our question to answer? That’s what I’m doing with my question. My “Now What?” is helping other people answer their question. My best initial response to the question is to suggest emptiness, stillness and silence as our best friends and Tao, Psyche and Intuition as our other best friends. If we make friends with those six friends, we are going to be well equipped to do well with our question, “Now what?” We will have all we need. We only have to live in the presence of our six best friends and our life will be the best life we could be expected to live. It would be honest, straight forward and self-corrective. Our experience would be our most reliable guide. And we will do very well on our own, trusting ourselves to ourselves. We will amaze ourselves, and enjoy ourselves, and be enthralled at the wonder of it all. Really. No kidding. I speak from 82 years in the business. Why would I lie?
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