tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post856676930885532202..comments2024-03-26T08:18:06.895-04:00Comments on Moristotle & Co.: On the roadUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post-32267601818250916402007-05-06T20:44:00.000-04:002007-05-06T20:44:00.000-04:00Dear Maliha, you seem to have "come to believe" in...Dear Maliha, you seem to have "come to believe" in a spontaneous, unmediated way. I am trying to find out whether or not I can come to do so. My deliberate attempts involve a thoughtful process of critiquing much of "what has gone before." This may or may not be an effective way to approach God. I even doubt that it is. If I'm lucky, I may in the process find a connection with the "mystery of our origins" (as the painter Gauguin appears to have thought of it). Whatever happens, I at least have a sense of being ennobled by the undertaking—whether this be true or but a delusion.Moristotlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02211602374384087074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post-47288223577372983832007-05-06T08:09:00.000-04:002007-05-06T08:09:00.000-04:00Salamaat,I have been mulling over this a lot. How ...Salamaat,<BR/>I have been mulling over this a lot. How does one come to believe...the leap between connecting the sacred to the mundane.<BR/><BR/>After my talks with you, I have been trying to step back from the Quran and read it as an outsider would...and try to figure out, if I had a different background/circumstances would I see the "truth" that seems so clear to me now?<BR/><BR/>I am not sure how that connect is made....I know some have "leapt" like Asad, but what initiates that spark? That meltdown of reserves? I have no idea....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com