Originally Posted by panpravda
Thanks for the information Chris, and thanks for your welcome Delphi …
I’ve been wondering what words to use to respond here, and I’ve decided it’s right for me to say this …
I’m new to this forum and I intend being respectful. I have an inherent need to be as open as I possibly can be in circles that I judge trustworthy. If my natural instincts say that I should accept what comes to me, then I tend to do this rapidly and move on, feeling secure. I most likely have views that others would disagree with, that’s human and natural, so I’ll mention up-front that things I say in the forum could come across as, at odds with, or, controversial in some way. However, my intention is and always will be, to listen to and consider the opinion of others and to speak openly and honestly from the heart … anything other than this diminishes my own words and dishonours the other party.
I understand and agree with what you have said Chris. I believe that some of the toughest decisions and actions we’ll ever face, lie ahead of us, but I have a special feeling inside that everything will turn out okay in the long run for humanity. This thought comes from my ultimate belief in the good within people. I’m not the world’s best socialiser, but I do enjoy and have benefited from, the company of honourable people. I find that they bring much more than what the material world presents to us.
I am not religious in any traditional sense, and I haven’t read any ‘spiritual’ type books in my life, but I have paid attention to people who have had deep and meaningful things to say about the human race and why we’re all here. I have little time for the particular language and behaviours that have evolved within spiritualist type movements, for I think we should be able to communicate our inner feelings adequately enough with the basic abilities we already have. I believe that people who say 'they think in a new way,’ may have been caught up over the years in a tide of conformity with a style of behaviour and communication that actually turns many people off, so can therefore be counter-productive.
Delphi … I’ve recently turned my attention to honing my basic skills in the kitchen, and I think I’m doing not too badly. Over the years, I’ve suffered a bit from the produce of ‘the Czech kitchen!’ because my wife is originally Czech and an excellent cook and baker. My in-laws stay close to us here too, so given that my wife learned her skills from her mother, my mother-in-law, there’s been a cuddly expansion of my waistline over many years of deliciously minor abuse! And … I just love still slightly warm home-baked bread! … and ... I even have to admit to swapping recipes now!
I’ll wrap this short rambling up here.
With respect … Tom.
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