[lit-ideas] Re: Happy Thanksgiving
- From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 18:28:40 EDT
<<It may be a HOLIDAY for some, but for good God-fearing Puritans, it's a
HOLYDAY. Spend it in church! Or at least spend the day in close
proximity to a church key...>>
Don't get me started on what the school system teaches my children about
Thanskgiving....
<<CAN one do "nothing?" Isn't it a productive, necessary part of the
philosopher's life to sit and think>>
My husband commutes to his office 1/2 hour away daily and I often go with
him to do billing. Frequently there will be a fairly long period of silence
and I'll say (with my head constantly spinning), "What are you thinking
about"?
Jim: "Nothing". Me: "You have to be thinking about SOMETHING". Jim:
"No -- just an empty head....sometimes your mind just goes blank and you don't
think about anything and you rest...". Then I realized that in earlier years
when I was heavily into meditation I did achieve a place of
blank-mindedness, a pure single note of peace. But that some people achieve
that w/out
trying never crossed my mind.
Julie Krueger
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