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As a friend of mine says, when a child she was to learn the answers her church gave her. She wanted to know the "Why?" of these words. Why is this true? Her church expected her to accept the words without any experience of the reasoning for them. She asked for a reason, but she was told asking was not appropriate. She was never a good child of that faith, she says. Now, she worships with a community where she is free to know the Light through fellowship with the Light, knowing the Light by the Light.
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A follower enjoyed talking much about her God, and the Sage had spoken to her of how annoying this was to others. He encouraged her to speak of God more by silence than words. But this devotee would not heed his wisdom. One day, the Sage, deciding he had to be more direct, said, "Would you please stop disrespecting your God so?" Bewildered, she replied, "I'm not. I just enjoy talking about God." "Yes," said the Sage, "God, God, God, would you respect God enough to give God a rest?"
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Possibly, the Roman Catholic teaching of past time - I am not sure if Catholicism still teaches this -, is wise: The purpose of life is to enjoy God. I would add: whatever That is.
I cannot know a non-thing in the way I know a thing, but that does not mean I cannot know a non-thing or the absolute Non-Thing. Anyway, at least for me, knowing by not-knowing adds spice to the feast of enjoyment - I know that.
*Brian Wilcox. 'A Path in the Wood'
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©️ Brian Wilcox, 2020
*Story of the believer and unbeliever is from Kahlil Gibran. The Collected Works.
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