THE LIFE OF THE SPIRIT
The life of the spirit
must always appear unreal.
When it becomes too real
it becomes
ridiculous.
Far Beyond Words
Thoughts on our world by the late Raymond V. Bomba. Photographs by his son, Christopher Bomba. Edited by his daughter, Mary Bomba.
Month: April, 2014
April 27, 2014
April 18, 2014
BELIEF SHOULD NOT BE A SUM-TOTAL
Semana Santa (Holy Week) procession in Seville, Spain.
Belief should not be the sum-total of an attitude
or stance. It should not be a thing in itself,
that freezes its believer and neutralizes his will.
Believing is not just an answer, but an asking.
It is a temporary commitment to an unknown quantity
that holds as long as it serves a vital purpose
and does not stifle the generation of other things
that are also necessary and good.
April 7, 2014
BECAUSE OF THE UNKNOWN FACTOR IN LIFE
Because of the unknown factor in life,
the unknowingness of what we experience together,
the unknowingness of so much of ourselves,
our affiliations with each other
must to a large extent be religious.
The spirit and the heart
can fill in that portion of ourselves
where knowledge and wisdom
are of little value, or of no avail.
Our attitudes and our commitments
then become religious
in the most acute sense.
Far Beyond Words 