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In this episode, we return to the Contemplations chapter in The Connoisseur of Time, specifically “Step 4” (Origin). Readers are asked to contemplate the origin or source point that led to the birth of seven inspirational passages about time and timelessness. What inspired Christ, Mohammed, Buddha, and others to speak these words?

We discuss the struggle to be special, the mistaken conception that it is only in our “Originality” that we may be loved. When we surrender to the fact that we are all uniquely configuring waves on the same vast ocean, we can be more present to what is happening rather than scheme, be creative, or find ways to stand out as original and usually separate. We are all part of a larger unfolding.

We discuss the role of parenting in attending to the child's specialness. This part of the conversation mentions Proverbs 22:6, typically translated as

“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it”

In our conversation, we turn to a different Hebraic interpretation. Please see this article as well. “Train up” or "Dedicate"? The Hebrew Gem in Proverbs 22:6.

“Dedicate or help cultivate a child according to his way: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”

A key phrase is “the way he should go” or “according to his way.” The focus is less on the parent’s training or upbringing – and whatever skills, guidance, or formula a parent might use. Instead, the proverb asks us to deeply discern what makes the child unique—What is his/her destiny? What are his/her unique gifts? What makes them original?

In other words, there is a recognition that the child’s own time on earth belongs to them, not to us. We want them to wake up to their own unfolding—throughout their lives.

This discussion of parenting connects to the origin of the seven passages as follows:

Each of us is here to develop what is already wired into the DNA of our souls. The universe (and we are part of and reflect the universe) has a starting point in a time beyond time that is still there. It has never left. It is an eternal source point. The spiritual passages ask us to remember this, and the proverb asks us to remember this when we tend to the education of our children. We hope that, as they age and approach death, they will be happy to see how they cultivated their own way.

This, it appears, is the common message across all the passages: to cultivate sense of the eternal while we are living in clock-time.

REFERENCES CITED

Richard Rohr On the Threshold of Transformation: Daily Meditations for Men

Angeles Ariens: The Four-Fold Way: Walking the Paths of the Warrior, Teacher, Healer, and Visionary

Definitions of Divine Origin in the Enneagram

AH Almaas: https://www.diamondapproach.org/glossary/refinery_phrases/enneagram-holy-ideas

Integrative Enneagram Website: https://www.integrative9.com/media/articles/51/the-enneagram-of-holy-ideas

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Drawing from the book The Connoisseur of Time(available free download), this episode covers the chapter titled Embodiment of the Treasures.” This episode focuses on contemplating the divine origin of spiritual texts and looking at our own life as a spiritual narrative. We are called to wake up the story of our life as an unfolding of divine significance.

This episode begins with a critical idea: many of us already know spiritual truths early in life. We each read from the chapter “Embodiment of the Treasures” in the Connoisseur of Time. Our group (Ronnie, Art, Kristie, and Joel) then talks about personal stories happening in life right now and seeing life as an opportunity for waking and being present together and through our stories. 

As a reminder, reading the spiritual passages from The Connoisseur of Time is best.

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We can come to the idea of presence from any path.

REFERENCES

MUSIC

The episode references “Rocky Mountain High” by John Denver. Available here

https://youtu.be/jGcqPnz9nxc?si=mimDu102p7ernQUU

Currently at 16 Million Views on YouTube and one of two Official State Songs of the state of Colorado. 

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Drawing from the book The Connoisseur of Time (available free download), this Part 2 of the episode continues to cover the chapter titled “A Contemplation.” The chapter highlights seven brief readings

• · #Atheism
• · #Psalms (Old Testament)
• · The Book of Matthew (New Testament)
• · The Diamond Sutra (Buddhism)
• · The Holy Qur’an (Islam)
• · A Course in Miracles (The Holy Instant)
• · The Poet Hafiz (Sufism)

We can come to the idea of presence from any path.

This episode begins with a focus on a reading from the The Holy Qur’an. Specifically, Al-Asr. There are many translations of this verse or Surah (chapter), and a review on Wikipedia is a great place to start if you are not familiar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Asr.

This review summarizes this Surah as a “a terse reminder of the importance of time and care in its utilization.”

The discussion with Kristie, Art, and Ronnie revolves around two themes:

1)     The importance of joining together in love and faith WITH others as a way to either protect against the state of loss (decay, impermanence) and the recognition that this idea is at the heart of what everyone wants

2)     The universality of this idea across all religions

REFERENCES

MUSIC

The episode references two songs that are excerpted

Toni Jones’ “What’s Your Verse” (listen on youtube_ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-R8AROTRzc)   Learn More About: https://www.iamtonijones.com/

The song “What the World Needs Now Is Love” by Burt Bacharach and Hal; David. See Wikipedia post: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_the_World_Needs_Now_Is_Love.

The version played here is from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQgKJ0VJ5Fs

BOOK/FILM

A Better Life: 100 Atheists Speak Out on Joy & Meaning in a World Without God

https://www.theatheistbook.com/products/abetterlife

DOOMSDAY CLOCK

https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/