2 November 2019
A survey asked if
I felt happiness looking back at life. What? Undeserved luck, unexpected
disasters, inspired celebrations, fair solace, or my regrettable behavior
locked in the past? Relief and remorse. Cogitation draws energy. Getting out of
bed in my morning mood, I imagine others have energy: unfortunately, they’re
probably not the majority. Why? Energy produces work. In fact it’s a unit of
work. What comes between us and our proper work? Energy can be transferred
between bodies, places, other energies. Sometimes it’s called a unit of change.
Change is implicated in the Buddhist idea of suffering, even when the change is
welcomed. Stillness contains energy; death releases it in a series of
breakdowns and transmutations. What
channels most energy? Whether to fear God, or enjoy God forever? Granting that
‘fear’ means ‘reverence’ and ‘forever’ is subject to change (transfers of
energy) how best to glorify God? So much knowledge, so little wisdom. Gesture
is life. Signs are indications, or they may be miracles. On this All Souls Day
I think of energy still in motion. If energy is a unit of work, what’s a unit
of rest? Do we need a unit of play?
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