Comments on: A Great Place to Learn Humility

By: rummuser

rummuser — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:01:25 +0000

Bikehikebabe, you have just blown my cover away! You must be Mata Hari in disguise to have caught on! rummusers last blog post..An Incredible Story.

By: Jean

Jean — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:39:51 +0000

Mike,
It sounds as if the wind made more of an impression than the view. That’s a good metaphor too. It would make a good post.

bikehikebabe,
I don’t know about you, but time is zipping by a lot faster now than when I was a kid. My husband and I keep saying it wouldn’t matter much if we lived to be a thousand. If time keeps accelerating the way it has been, we would scarcely notice.

rummuser,
It sounds as if your experience was similar to mine.

Robert,
I can’t imagine God without a sense of humor. As Robert Frost wrote (approximately):

If you will forgive my little jokes on Thee,
I will forgive Thy great big one on me.

Evan,
I can understand that. As I recall the Taoists believe in nonstriving.

By: Evan

Evan — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:07:57 +0000

Hi Jean, for me the results are about a deep relaxation into presence rather than effort.

By: Robert Hruzek

Robert Hruzek — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:08:08 +0000

Hey, thanks for the humbling thought today, Jean! Yes, realizing our place in the Universe can be pretty sobering, indeed. But it’s even more amazing to think we have the opportunity to try and figure out how it all works! Shows God’s humor, if you ask me – He needed to give us something to keep us busy and stay outta trouble!

By: bikehikebabe

bikehikebabe — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:05:24 +0000

rummuser, YOU are the sage (& an undercover Englishman).

By: rummuser

rummuser — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:08:50 +0000

My moment of that flash was when I heard a sage explaining the concept of time in philosophy. He said that it would take eight minutes for the world to die if the Sun died, as it takes eight minutes for the light to travel from the Sun to the earth. He also said that the nearest star that we can see from the earth is some four light years away from us. In other words, what we may be seeing now, may not even exist as the light left that star four years ago! If that be the case, what is time? Where are we in the scheme of things and I particularly? Yes, it humbles you and takes you into different directions in your quest for answers to life's problems. rummusers last blog post..An Incredible Story.

By: bikehikebabe

bikehikebabe — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:37:01 +0000

I’ll never forget sitting with my grandmother on her swing about 70 years ago & saying “It’s day, then night, then day, then night, then day, then night–) My 1st experience with how fast time flies–when you’re having fun.

By: Mike Goad

Mike Goad — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:37:40 +0000

Have I ever had a mountain top experience? Sure, though specific examples of what you are describing escape me — it’s almost 2 AM .

Specific mountains on the other hand are memorable. That’s what first came to mind when I read the headline.

Specifically Pike’s Peak in Colorado and Mt. Washington in New Hampshire. Cold and blustery winds with the temperature at freezing or below in the middle of summer!

Very exhilarating.

Of course, we knew what to expect and dressed for it, unlike many others that we saw in both places.

The views from the tops of mountains can certainly put a different perspective on things, especially when you’re bracing against the wind.

Make’s for a great appreciation of hot chocolate, too!

Mike Goads last blog post..THAT isn’t news!