tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post8933023338882972424..comments2024-03-28T05:09:41.036-05:00Comments on stuff from ellen's head: and in the end...ellen abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-62852439921291642332010-02-01T22:01:34.021-06:002010-02-01T22:01:34.021-06:00Very profound. I enjoyed this post a lot and it m...Very profound. I enjoyed this post a lot and it mirrors a lot of my philosophy, as well. I found your blog through Hilary's...congratulations on achieving POTW!! Well deserved.Cheryl Kohanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04021319020150945676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-56325933832946093052010-01-27T22:17:52.223-06:002010-01-27T22:17:52.223-06:00That was so brilliant. I adored reading that. :)That was so brilliant. I adored reading that. :)Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946545423048422790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-41328291154351833222010-01-27T10:09:02.140-06:002010-01-27T10:09:02.140-06:00I think women are far more likely to seek out many...I think women are far more likely to seek out many avenues of understanding, because so much organized religion was not merely about the subjugation of the population in general, it targets women in particular. <br /><br />Congratulations on your mention for the post of the week. <br /><br />I don't know that there are any universal truths, but rather individual ones. The conclusion you come to are the right conclusions for you, the conclusions I draw are the right answers for me. <br /><br />A lot of suffering has resulted in the world by trying to impose individual truth as being universal. <br /><br />I'm in no way criticizing your post, by the way. It's lovely, and deeply thoughtful. I greatly enjoyed reading it. Congratulations on the post of the week mention over at Hilary's :-)Land of shimphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671954452597068904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-35660787744968277732010-01-27T08:54:45.470-06:002010-01-27T08:54:45.470-06:00What an incredible journey you've taken and ar...What an incredible journey you've taken and are obviously still on. Congrats on POTW mention!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813508472498593787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-48943082092571948632010-01-27T07:13:04.290-06:002010-01-27T07:13:04.290-06:00This is an interesting journey and I can certainly...This is an interesting journey and I can certainly understand it. I am still on my path, but you are helping. I can via POTW.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-48557979471768659782010-01-23T14:59:51.838-06:002010-01-23T14:59:51.838-06:00This is as good a place as any to say: I love this...This is as good a place as any to say: I love this series of posts. They resonate with and parallel my journey on the spiritual path. Thanks for sharing.Merihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07024443046207501650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-3119859433884283162010-01-22T19:28:29.604-06:002010-01-22T19:28:29.604-06:00I liked reading about your journey. I think we'...I liked reading about your journey. I think we're in a similar place, except that I spent about 40 years in Christianity, a few years in the wilderness, and then the last six years looking for the spirituality beneath religion - something I wanted to do as a 7-year-old but couldn't with my Baptist minister father.<br /><br />I don't know what/who God is. I think about her/him as Life. <br /><br />I try to create heaven on earth and stop feeding the parasite (have you read Ruiz?).Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-51999376739429389002010-01-22T15:46:44.838-06:002010-01-22T15:46:44.838-06:00You didn't mention that God is a waitress at D...You didn't mention that God is a waitress at Danny's Coffee Shop. ;-)Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-71283368253023082182010-01-22T02:42:09.825-06:002010-01-22T02:42:09.825-06:00Did I say challenged? A Froggian slip, no doubt. I...Did I say challenged? A Froggian slip, no doubt. I meant challenging. I meant that I am curious as opposed to insistent or demanding. You--as I--present the pantheist viewpoint, but the difference, as I understand it, between pantheism and atheism is not in what one conceives as the content of the universe but in how one feels about what one conceives as the content of the universe.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-369477431447402432010-01-22T02:37:07.562-06:002010-01-22T02:37:07.562-06:00Without meaning to be challenged, why capitalize S...Without meaning to be challenged, why capitalize Source? If God is all there is, and all there is is God, and the two are indistinguishable, what, in your mind, is the difference between a capital and a small case?Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-85458701085719308082010-01-21T11:58:05.414-06:002010-01-21T11:58:05.414-06:00Gorgeous writing. And I hope our son has the same ...Gorgeous writing. And I hope our son has the same high level of interest in reading as we do.<br /><br />I love that you ended it with a Beatles lyric, too.JennyMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14594526663480442855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-61696134279573590872010-01-21T02:07:35.039-06:002010-01-21T02:07:35.039-06:00Hi Ellen
thanks for your precis of your spiritual...Hi Ellen<br /><br />thanks for your precis of your spiritual quest. I also have travelled a similar path, and reached similar conclusions. <br /><br />If, as the Christian bible says,<br />God is omniscient, omnipresent, and omni-powerful then every little mote is in there and all one...all connected and all inclusive....the whole shebang..<br /><br />Happy days EllenDelwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813713107604750354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-51457870413606499552010-01-20T23:43:50.518-06:002010-01-20T23:43:50.518-06:00Oh, and thanks for using my photo! I'm honored...Oh, and thanks for using my photo! I'm honored. It just blew me away when I spotted the yin-yang in that stream.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18372015226222285350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-36294541517176228732010-01-20T23:42:44.529-06:002010-01-20T23:42:44.529-06:00WOWZERS, Ellen!!!! So rich, so deep, so thoughtful...WOWZERS, Ellen!!!! So rich, so deep, so thoughtful, so enlightened. That connectedness is what is buzzing around in my being. I am sitting with the concept that we are all the stuff of star dust, motes as you so eloquently stated. I also feel the connectedness of contrasts, joy and sorrow, for example, and how embracing the duality (or multiplicity) is key to deeper, rich understanding of the Divine. I must do some catch up, I see, and soak in more of your wisdom and observations.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18372015226222285350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-47079868496923877212010-01-20T22:26:25.766-06:002010-01-20T22:26:25.766-06:00Most interesting, and beautifully articulated.
I...Most interesting, and beautifully articulated. <br /><br />I wonder if many amongst us seek religion for to derive meaning <i>in living</i> as well as <i>of living</i> and if we might not be better served instead <i>to live and let live</i>, a cornerstone of any religion.Anil Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02422187314611747278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-57507239251169231682010-01-20T21:31:06.622-06:002010-01-20T21:31:06.622-06:00Thanks for sharing more of your journey. Lots of ...Thanks for sharing more of your journey. Lots of familiar books there. My intellectual/spiritual journey has had some of the same stops on the way (especially the archetypal/mythic material) - then I landed with the Quakers as a place of open-minded community that has been a resilient home. Very congruent! - Thanks.Mary Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06476814211173076515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-60894160846906878362010-01-20T21:29:02.190-06:002010-01-20T21:29:02.190-06:00You have traveled and much farther than I have in ...You have traveled and much farther than I have in some areas. I have read much about religion,belief, psychology and science. I am constantly creating and destroying my system of beliefs and I am fairly certain that rigid beliefs are dangerous. But I am willing to be flexible on that point.Butternut Squashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14703748547994069092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-46322697808072884362010-01-20T21:17:35.312-06:002010-01-20T21:17:35.312-06:00You and I believe very differently, but I am still...You and I believe very differently, but I am still very fascinated with your journey and where it has brought you.<br />Thanks for sharing it!Unspokenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16065870952905767595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-90011619038831868662010-01-20T18:09:25.488-06:002010-01-20T18:09:25.488-06:00Love that last line.Love that last line.Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-32393463723070978152010-01-20T16:43:47.382-06:002010-01-20T16:43:47.382-06:00Yes, I find organized religion often deeply distur...Yes, I find organized religion often deeply disturbing<br />brought up a rather austere anglican<br />then jungian<br />lived in a muslim country<br />taught in a jewish community<br />hate where the big 3 religions position women ( enough said)<br />ANYWAY<br />if everyone behaved with a modicum of kindness.....<br />wouldn't things be much improved....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-27510126831099007052010-01-20T15:31:32.328-06:002010-01-20T15:31:32.328-06:00Wow, Ellen! I've just caught up on your last f...Wow, Ellen! I've just caught up on your last few posts. I was riveted. You expressed your journey so well and left me with much to ponder, not to mention a great list of books to go on my list. Thank you for being so honest and open. It was a joy to read.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178290697351352495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-61517035833794301092010-01-20T15:30:48.126-06:002010-01-20T15:30:48.126-06:00I belong to your religion, absolutely yes I do!
A...I belong to your religion, absolutely yes I do!<br /><br />As for travel, you do not need to go to the mountaintop in order to be enlightened. <br /><br />Obviously.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-65134660778906787382010-01-20T15:23:08.083-06:002010-01-20T15:23:08.083-06:00Wow, ellen, quite a journey...
Love one another...Wow, ellen, quite a journey...<br /> <br /> Love one another, so simple yet so hard.<br /><br />Peace ~ ReneAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05088944123595868347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-76598458791644191202010-01-20T14:46:15.599-06:002010-01-20T14:46:15.599-06:00We are on the same page.We are on the same page.Elizabeth Bradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03150221675618198674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-37254681364214262562010-01-20T13:49:18.345-06:002010-01-20T13:49:18.345-06:00Ellen, I loved reading these rich posts and to you...Ellen, I loved reading these rich posts and to your conclusion, I say, Well done. And YES<br /><br />I replied to your comment on my blog --the nature one -- in the comments... and essentially think the same even though I may not have expressed it very well. I was talking with some people about Haiti and it came up that one of them saw God there too... in all of it.<br /><br />I don't know if you ever read Elizabeth Lesser's fabulous book called The Seekers Guide. I think you'd like her. She writes like a friend sending you letters.Sydneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10085490655524570481noreply@blogger.com