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.
Tag: spirit
April 27, 2014
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.
December 9, 2013
GOING BEYOND OUR POWER
Thinking, acting, going
beyond our power
may be a form of self-displacement
in which we put ourselves at the mercy
of those things to which we over-commit ourselves,
and by which we literally hang ourselves.
In the sense of our spirit and creative mind,
there is very little if anything
beyond our power,
but it must be enlisted at any time
in the amount that it is possible to absorb.
Far Beyond Words 