[Dialogue] 2 questions about the other world in the midst of this world

[Richard Alton]

Wow, that is pretty helpful, Bill
Dick

On Sat, Apr 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM Bill Schlesinger via Dialogue <
dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

> My immediate thought is that it’s related the same way that any other
> construct is related to ‘the gospel.’  The underlying ‘yes’ that penetrates
> illusions (hamartia – translated as ‘sin’ – literally means to miss the
> mark), and calls for new mindedness (metanoia translated as ‘repent’ is
> literally ‘new mind’) and leads to compassion and responsibility to God for
> all things is the presence in all things.  The ‘other world’ is the
> language we used to describe the range of consciousness and experiences in
> which we either trust in that ‘yes,’ or do not.
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> Grounding that in a child’s death, or the political changes around us, or
> in Kaz’s poetry is not the same as setting litmus test boundaries for the
> legalistic use of symbolic language that fits a procrustean bed of formal
> categories.
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> FWIW.
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> Bill
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> *From:* Dialogue <dialogue-bounces at lists.wedgeblade.net> *On Behalf Of *James
> Wiegel via Dialogue
> *Sent:* Saturday, April 12, 2025 9:34 AM
> *To:* rev.bud at mac.com
> *Cc:* James Wiegel <jfwiegel at yahoo.com>; Colleague Dialogue <
> dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net>; Order Community <oe at wedgeblade.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [Dialogue] 2 questions about the other world in the midst
> of this world
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> Bud asked ( and Jim dodged) this question:  "How is the claim of
> "encountering another world” related to the Gospel?"
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> Anyone??
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> I am still hoping for a recording of “The Mys’try is Everywhere”
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> Anyone?
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> Jim Wiegel
>
> “…the long work
> of turning their lives
> into a celebration
> is not easy. Come and let us talk“.
>
> The Sunflowers. Mary Oliver
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> On Apr 12, 2025, at 8:15 AM, rev.bud at mac.com wrote:
>
> "How is the claim of "encountering another world” related to the Gospel?"
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