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Start with postulating a hardwired mental function of cause and effect. Humans have it, dogs and other animals have it, it is the capacity for acquiring learned behavior and using it. This is the "why" of things and the "meaning". We see effects, objects and actions, and look for the cause, who or what did it. (----What it is? is that another function or a part of this---the defining of something? and is this defining still a part of cause and effect to state an objects usefulness......even names before, like Smith and Cooper, are designations of function...hmmm) So this then leads to God as the Prime Mover. And then you?re done with the whole subject of God --in that way of thinking. Tangent: The Fabric of Life Model for the Steps 1- Visualize holding a frayed piece of cloth that represents your life, coming undone with the threads going every-which-way and falling apart in your hands, unable to do anything about it. 2-Thought that this has to, needs to, must be, and can be fixed. 3-Asked for help, became a student, and started taking lessons. 4-Examined the cloth in detail, searching the patterns and looking at the causes and effects which led to its present state. 5-Owned up to our part of the problems; in detail and for the record. 6-Decided, or became willing, not to cling to old behavior, to allow ourselves to change and grow, to abandon denial, to accept guidance and the limitations of our own abilities. 7-We are not in charge of the universe, not capable of creating all that is necessary for a coherent and workable world, ought not to meddle in the Patternmaker?s design. We do have identity and this will make an impact on the whole fabric, but heaven help us, let it be good and right and lovely to behold only as it contributes to the integrity of the whole. Since we cannot see the whole, we desperately desire Your care and aid in not doing harm. 8-Having done the best we can do to limit our own destructive behaviors, we now look to repair as best we may the damage we have already done. Realizing that all cannot be made right, we embrace the need for full disclosure of our part in the tangled threads of the past; not only in our lives, but also those around us who we were supposed to be working with and not against in this great endeavor of life. 9-We shamelessly present ourselves to our peers. This is not meant to "absolve us of our sins" or the like, rather it is meant so that all parties may get on with their lives and introduce some reality into what happened so that future decisions and actions may be based oh honest information and not on deceit or misinformation, doing our best to stop the snowball effect of our former indiscretions. (Discrete means separate, Indiscrete means not separate, or a mixing of things which don?t belong together, e.g. truth and lies, or any unrealities.) 10-Didn?t rest on any supposed laurels gained by doing what we were supposed to do in the first place. All we have done is see where we are, that we are not in charge, nor capable of being so, and submitted to a higher power and hopefully more informed guidance in general. Post a comment in response: |
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