Why I Do What I Do on Facebook and Other Discussions and Social Media

"There is always a reality beyond the one that you perceive."

-Russ Heddendorf

To seek and know those other realities is wisdom.

Unless we discipline our lives to pursue and know those other realities, we will always be vulnerable (tools and pawns) to those people, who fed us the latest bit of information.

To live,

Is to act

Actions are formed from belief

Beliefs are formed from knowledge

Reality Is the source of all knowledge.

If there is more reality, then their is deeper living

"We can only know the Truth, in as much as we are the Truth."

-Kierkegaard

THINK... ENGAGE... GROW...

Intellectual Honesty is among the most excruciating and elusive practices of our personal disciplines and Christian Faith.

There is a constant ebb and flow of elastic tension between the known and knowing.

To whatever degree we lack Intellectual Honesty, we live in denial (lies) and even rebellion.

Be faithful to what you know

Then you will know how to be faithful

Knowledge: Pride and Humility

Pridefulness of the mind occurs when habitually searching the world behind us, and smugly appraise: how many others do not know - what we think we know. We feel large and see others as small.

Humility of the mind occurs when habitually searching the world before us, to solemnly appraise: how much more there is to know, for ourselves, and others who do not know. We feel small and envision others becoming large.

Forgiveness

We are always astounded (are we not) by those who have been the most wronged, who have forgiven so completely, it appears as if they have forgotten as well.

So it is with Jesus Christ... He has been the most wronged and yet He has so freely forgiven us... Not only that, but He paid our penalty for those things that we all need forgiveness for... To not forgive means that on some level, pride, fear and power (over others) are what motivate us... This does not mean that we are to be naive or foolish and to trust those people who continue to demonstrate they are not capable of being trustworthy. But it does mean that trust should always be commensurate...

We are forgiven because He is gracious... We should forgive because we live in grace.... It works both ways, backwards and forwards... To imitate Christ is to forgive and to learn how to trust again...

Forgiveness is rarely an event... Although it begins that way... Like most things in life it is a process that demands commitment and perseverance. But this is also the part that "unconditional love" plays as well... There can be no true love for another if pervasive fear, personal pride, the will to power and trust are the dominant issues... Is there ANYTHING that the world needs more than a better understanding of than these issues?