Through shadow see
Through the light and shadow
of my presence
we both begin to see
:- Doug.

Strides are being made around the world for environmental peace, justice for all, and inclusiveness of all. At times people who fancy themselves leaders will get in the way. Forces for and forces opposing. Keep on.
:- Doug.
The far-sightedness is elders 300 years from now; the storytelling is how we seek a better human race.
:- Doug.
Eldering with the 300-year grandchildren is a spiritual process that mostly bypasses thought and even thinking.
:- Doug.
I do not know what is the third level. I just know it exists. It is larger and deeper than imagination. More accepting. Here we can.
:- Doug.
What freedom do we allow God? Fundamentalists by definition tie up God in their words and dogma. Peace churches and Quakers give God more of a playground, yet seem to have a fence. Eastern folk have loosed God even from the label God.
This is a good beginning of this thinking. Where does it lead?
Level 1 would be to use this as a cudgel to beat on folks on the brittle end. And the mushy end.
Level 2 might see this as a developmental process. It was at least mine.
Level 3 might begin to see the continuum as simply that: all valid points on a line that might in fact curve, might spiral.
:- Doug.