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18 | link: ouroboros_memory | 18 | link: ouroboros_memory |
19 | ... | 19 | ... |
20 | 20 | ||
21 | God is love, they say, but there is \ | 21 | [God is love][], they say, but there [is][] \ |
22 | no god. Therefore, how can there be love? \ | 22 | no god. Therefore, how can there be love? \ |
23 | And if there is no love, how can there be God? \ | 23 | And if there is no love, how can there be God? \ |
24 | There are things in life, I suppose, \ | 24 | There are things in life, I suppose, \ |
25 | that are simply unanswerable mysteries \ | 25 | that are simply unanswerable mysteries \ |
26 | of existence. Maybe this God and love are one. | 26 | of existence. Maybe this God and love are one. |
27 | 27 | ||
28 | Maybe there are many loves, instead of one. \ | 28 | Maybe there are many loves, instead of one. \ |
29 | The difference between what isn't and what is \ | 29 | The difference between [what isn't][] and what is \ |
30 | could merely be one of scope. The mystery \ | 30 | could merely be one of scope. The mystery \ |
31 | is how we speak only of one love -- \ | 31 | is how we speak only of one love--- \ |
32 | to act as though we know we are supposed \ | 32 | to act as though we know we are supposed \ |
33 | to love only one other, or that one other and God. | 33 | to love only one other, or that one other and God. |
34 | 34 | ||
35 | But supposing that one other is God? \ | 35 | But supposing that one other is God? \ |
36 | What then? Is the God-lover to walk alone, \ | 36 | What then? Is the God-lover to walk alone, \ |
37 | supported by God only when He feels He is supposed \ | 37 | supported by God only when He feels He is supposed \ |
38 | to support her? What kind of love is \ | 38 | to support her? What kind of love is \ |
39 | this? I would argue in fact this isn't love, \ | 39 | this? I would argue in fact this isn't love, \ |
40 | this one-set-of-footprints-in-the-sand mystery. | 40 | this [one-set-of-footprints-in-the-sand][] mystery. |
41 | 41 | ||
42 | How to define two loves as one is the mystery. \ | 42 | How to define two loves as one is the mystery. \ |
43 | It's obvious to many there is a thing called God, \ | 43 | It's obvious to many there is a thing called God, \ |
44 | and just as obvious that there is one called love. \ | 44 | and just as obvious that there is one called love. \ |
45 | Maybe we fool ourselves, we who can't be alone; \ | 45 | Maybe we fool ourselves, we who can't be alone; \ |
46 | maybe we don't know what either God or love is. \ | 46 | maybe we don't know what either God or love is. \ |
47 | Maybe, and perhaps; but I for one propose | 47 | Maybe, and perhaps; but I for one propose |
48 | 48 | ||
49 | that we as only humans are not supposed \ | 49 | that we as only humans are not supposed \ |
50 | to know or understand capital-L Life, that mystery. \ | 50 | to know or understand capital-L Life, that mystery. \ |
51 | Isn't it enough to know that God is \ | 51 | Isn't it enough to know that God is \ |
52 | love, and love is God, \ | 52 | love, and love is God, \ |
53 | no matter which one \ | 53 | no matter which one \ |
54 | does or does not exist? What is life, if no love, | 54 | does or does not exist? What is life, if no love, |
55 | 55 | ||
56 | if no God? Maybe this saying, "God is love," \ | 56 | if no God? [Maybe][Maybe1] this saying, "God is love," \ |
57 | is less a definition of God what what love is supposed \ | 57 | is less a definition of God what what love is supposed \ |
58 | to be. Of these two terms, maybe the one \ | 58 | to be. Of these two terms, [maybe2][] the one \ |
59 | we should capitalize is Love, that great mystery \ | 59 | we should capitalize is Love, that great mystery \ |
60 | of chemistry and longing. Maybe "Love is god" \ | 60 | of chemistry and longing. Maybe "Love is god" \ |
61 | is a more fitting epigraph for what life is | 61 | is a more fitting [epigraph][] for what life is |
62 | |||
63 | [made of:][made of] Love, that most delicate, most misty \ | ||
62 | 64 | ||
63 | made of: Love, that most delicate, most misty \ | ||
64 | of all emotions, is supposed to be their god, \ | 65 | of all emotions, is supposed to be their god, \ |
65 | as the one that binds us, that was, that will be, that is. | 66 | as the one that binds us, that was, that will be, that is. |
67 | |||
68 | [is]: i-wanted-to-tell-you-something.html | ||
69 | [God is love]: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John+4%3A8&version=NIV | ||
70 | [what isn't]: largest-asteroid.html | ||
71 | [one-set-of-footprints-in-the-sand]: http://www.footprints-inthe-sand.com/index.php?page=Poem/Poem.php | ||
72 | [Maybe1]: cereal.html | ||
73 | [maybe2]: death-zone.html | ||
74 | [epigraph]: epigraph.html | ||
75 | [made of]: tapestry.html | ||