It is funny. I guess I see my life, or maybe even just points in life and how you get there as strands or threads such as with a string or a rope. They hopefully come together in a way than can keep us a little stronger. Whatever that means. (Side Note: It seems a little odd that I would start this in the anniversary of 9/11.)
I find myself now in a very trying place in my life. I am in a place that in many ways I could never have imagined. Now seems to be a good time to examine those strands. I feel that if I lay myself bare for a bit, that I might be able to bring the strands together in a meaningful manner. And hopefully a little stronger.
I feel that I might be able to get some meaning or maybe at least make some sense so that I can move on. I believe that people often are in places that make one feel stuck or in rut. What I am talking about is much more than that. It is different strands unraveling at the same time. I believe that I am in this place to learn from it, and that it is not all negative.
I think that getting it out on paper (or at least on a blog ;-)), I might be able to make more sense of it. I tend to have a problem with the victim mentality that society seems to find itself in too easily at the moment. But boy, there is a part of me that feels I am experiencing a type of self victimization. However, I like to subscribe to the notion of critical self reflection (CSR) which for me might keep from this path. I think it difficult for the victim to learn from the events that put them there. It is the taking responsibility and gaining insights from the events that makes us stronger.
Tags: faith, strands, CSR, critical self reflection, religion, spirituality, meaning
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger!"
The 'God' Particle
At the risk of offending the people, I find this article from the Guardian (or maybe more accurately the title) intriguing even though it does not really look at the issue of a 'God' particle, per se. But the idea of trying to recreate the conditions of the Big Bang, and seeing it as a search for a 'God' particle is thought provoking.
I have been seeing some interviews, articles, etc. from physicists that wonder/hope that it will reconcile some faith issue for themselves (and possibly for others). Not that science can help explain faith so much as where science leaves off and faith begins (that does not do justice to thinking but hopefully you get the idea).
Something or somebody had to get the whole thing (Big Bang) rolling....
Tags: faith, religion, big bang, God, science, physics
microid: 71ae78d92715b826841626209df2a5ee3869433eMartin Hall on November 19, 2006 at 04:51 PM in Commentary, Current Affairs, Faith, Morality, Personal, Philosophy, Religion, Research, Science | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)