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Your Questions to the Divine Intelligence
Questioning AuthorityCompiled by newsletter editor Gretchen Giles Last month, Rob meditated in this space on the meaning of your own divine rights of personhood. Believing that each of us possesses what psychologist James Hillman terms a "soul's code," Rob publicly mused on the meaning of that phrase. Each of us, he believes, has a gorgeous and definable capacity into which we can and should ripen. That capacity is as individual as a fingerprint, and indeed as indelible. Of the many unalienables afforded the human soul is the right to commune daily with the higher good of the Divine Intelligence. What, Rob queried, will you ask the Divine Intelligence today? Literally hundreds of you responded, initially startling us into thinking that we had accidentally tapped into some vast rhetorical maw of achingly smart wisdom. Why were people suddenly writing such eloquent questions and how do we begin to answer?! Then we remembered having posted the Divine Intelligence query and calmed down so as to begin enjoying your work. Below we offer an anonymous compendium of some of the questions you asked, chosen either for their universality or their fun. Thanks for being geniuses, every one. What are the questions that I need to ask to find my path? In my journey, I realize that I have finally exploded all of the answers that I thought I knew. With them went the questions. I want new questions. Ones that will lead me where I want to go -- for real. Questions that will take me home. Is it possible for life to really have meaning, and to cycle joyously and groundedly and communally inside these crazy concrete webs that so many earthlings call home? Is there a way for us to reconcile city living and a vital connection with the natural world? What's more, is it my job here and now to try to work on forging this reconciliation? What the hell am I doing in Owen Sound in hibernation, all alone -- after years of study and healing? We live in two different cities, we have two different families, we haven't seen each other in three years and then it was brief. A day has not gone by in 30 years when I have not thought of him and missed him. Am I doomed to this feeling of unrequited love? How can I love someone and hate him at the same time? How can I profess to care about humanity, yet be almost obsessive about my personal space and needs? How do I bring the non-obvious world into light for my mate? He lives in such a simple life and world and never sees the deeper layers that cause this reality. He is oblivious to the meanings or actual non-importance of this material world. I am not asking to deliver him to some spiritual enlightenment, just a realization that the world is not made up of only work and grocery store problems. This is my question for the Divine Intelligence: When I ask people not to take my picture, why do they keep doing it? Does anyone ever reach self-actualization, or am I just a snot-nosed 22-year-old chasing my tail? At 53 years-old, I still wonder, what it is that I am uniquely suited to do. Where within can I find that which will nourish my soul, fuel my passion, confirm and assure its truth? I am able, competent, capable, confident and willing to know and do that which needs to be done to understand, comprehend and live in union with my purpose. What steps must I take to engage my creative, impactful energies? Is my calling to do the 'right' thing by staying in my marriage (which has been abysmal in the past but is not so bad now) and not finding a way to be with the man for whom my soul cries out? I don't feel like I have a choice because even if I left my husband, my suspected soul mate would not be able to handle knowing he had broken up a family. We don't see each other. We stay very loosely in touch through e-mail, just enough to comfort but not enough to encourage anything untoward. I really need help on this one. It's been eight years I have felt this way and there are no signs it will ever change. Have I met the person that I'm supposed to be with? I think I have, but cynicism is interfering with my ability to discern. Help! How can I maintain a sacred chaos at the core of a stable, secure daily existence? Okay, say there was ONE soul, Adam. And then say, there were, oh, 100,000 or so souls on Earth in 2,000,000 BC and now there are 10 billion+ humans on Earth now. Well, are we each one individual soul or a hodgepodge of assorted souls? To the Unfathomable, Screaming, Moaning, and Giggle-Filled Source: How would you define my ideal relationship to organized religion in 2002? How did I get here on my way to there? What can I do until I leave that will benefit mankind? How can I connect with those that I seek, but do not know? Are there any more of me out there whom I can connect with (and who are not institutionalized)? Dear Divine Intelligence: How does one find inner peace amongst the raving lunatics surrounding you on a daily basis? How shall I gift my music to the world? What can I do to become brave? When do I fall face first? Where is my ON button? I'm thinking of applying to graduate school, but I have to do it soon. Even with that I am not sure, do I apply for fine arts or illustration? Do I hold off on graduate school and just take some classes until I figure out what exactly I want to do? My life has recently been filled with the most unimaginable, powerful and freaky grace. What should I do to keep it going? Will I experience financial freedom and inspired love this year? I'm smart. I'm hard working. I want to serve at least some small portion of the planet to help it towards goodness and light. I don't know what to do next. I am having a difficult time with life as I live it. I've climbed the corporate ladder to a pretty nice, scenic place, but my soul's fulfillment has not occurred, nor do I feel it will. I've been able to accomplish material things, such as the purchase of a very small and modest home, but this has not fulfilled me either, rather it has made me feel more reticent to take bold steps or to dedicate myself to some long path. I've longed to fulfill some old, spiritual spot in our society -- midwife, sage woman, animal whisperer. I know life is not meant to be as complicated as we've made it nor as materialistic. I pray daily for some insight into what I should do, when and where. Please, help me to find my path and find the insight and strength to choose it. When will I win the Powerball Lottery? How can I pose a question to the inhabitants of Earth that will allow them each to reach the conclusion that the concept of "demanding punishment" rather than "facilitating resolution and healing" has been a monkey on the back of mankind for several millenia, and it's about time for us to become revenge free? Revenge is the skin of a snake that has outgrown it. Shed your skins, everyone. Will I be an actress/moviestar and what do I do to start? I want to ask the Sweet Divine for the next specific steps to this dance, but my feet are having trouble finding the floor. And what should I wear? Flamenco ruffles and tap shoes? A tribal headress and a tutu? How can I become so irresistible that the commitment-phobic guy I'm nuts about will toss his fears aside and give our relationship a real try? What do I do to maintain a sexually charged friendship with a member of the opposite sex without being faced with the burden of deeper emotions on her part? Should I not continue having sex with her knowing that I can return her affections but not the way that she wants? How do I let go of my longing? |
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