17 January 15
You had a good trip to Columbus and met
Gayle at her apartment near Polaris, visited with her and her three cats, then
you three had breakfasts at Bob Evans on Rt. 23, Columbus Pike, for lunch.
After taking Gayle home you drove to Kim and Paul’s, visited (you and Paul
ended up taking naps as did the boys). Supper at Max and Erma’s at north
Westerville. Once home Carol called her sisters about Ralph (who is not doing
well at Riverside Hospital). Tonight you two have been alone as Kim, Paul and
the boys are at a neighborhood party tonight (six homes on their short
‘cul-de-sac’).
2146 hours. I feel bad about Ralph, we all do. He has had
a rough two months and presently has taken a turn for the worst. I would have
the plug pulled by now if I were in his situation. I would have done what Bob
did, stop dialysis, and be done with this world. Everybody in the family knows
my point of view. No need for suffering at the end – what is it going to do,
build your character.
19 January 15
You
both had peanut butter snacks for supper and watched last night’s “This Old
House Hour” and an entertaining and classy “Downton Abbey” as well. You are
also happy to be working on chapter eight of book two. – Amorella
2142 hours. This morning Carol and Kim were out after
Owen’s doctor’s appointment and I took the quiet time to lean into those
strings of Grandma segments. In a flash I resolved the problems in a very
simple manner chapter by chapter through the (final) drafts of the segments
alone; all done in less than forty minutes. My problem has been over-thinking,
making the corrections entirely too complex.
Today you asked Doug about what he thought of the soul in
a response to the quotation he sent you this morning:
“Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.” – Plato.
Here is the essence of Doug's comments:
** **
“I think the soul is our essence before our
experiences and thoughts get in the way and make their impact. If the soul is
our essence it may be quantum mechanical in nature, which would allow many
contradicting thoughts and feelings to exist at the same time. I do not think the
soul is bound by logic. Somehow our soul defines for us fair play, as in my
soul was cut to the quick by that act.” - Doug
** **
Dr.
Goss brings up an important aspect that needs to be dealt with in this chapter;
how does the soul carry a sense of ‘fair play’ to the heart and mind? –
Amorella
2207 hours. This is an unexpected question. Supposing that
we carry the thought that souls are the children of Angels, if so, then our
sense of justice would come, after a fashion, from a sense of Divine Justice.
Dante’s words translated by John Ciardi fall right into place here.
** **
I AM THE WAY INTO THE
CITY OF WOE.
I AM THE WAY TO A
FORSAKEN PEOPLE.
I AM THE WAY INTO
ETERNAL SORROW.
SACRED JUSTICE MOVED MY
ARCHITECT.
I WAS RAISED HERE BY
DIVINE OMNIPOTENCE,
PRIMORDIAL LOVE AND
ULTIMATE INTELLECT.
ONLY THOSE ELEMENTS TIME
CANNOT WEAR
WERE MADE BEFORE ME, AND
BEYOND TIME I STAND.
ABANDON ALL HOPE YE WHO ENTER HERE.
From - Dante, Inferno,
Canto III, translation by John Ciardi (archiveDOTorg)
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2220
hours. In my mind I see the lines as the base of what an Angel and a Soul are
composed of.
[An Angel and also the Soul is
stirred in Sacred Justice, raised by Divine Omnipotence, Primordial Love and
Ultimate Intellect. Only spiritual elements time cannot wear are contained in
Angels and Souls, spiritual entities that exist beyond time, space and
matter.]
In these books and blog this is a fair
literary base on which to stand in terms of Angels and Souls. – Amorella
2235 hours. I don’t know what John Ciardi would say of my taking Dante’s literary darkness and modifying it into light.
You heard him talk twice and shook his hand
once, boy. What do you think he would say? – Amorella
I would hope that whatever his comment (if any), his worldly
humor would be in its framework. (2239)
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