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sent out my first attempt at an ammend, just asking permission explaining what I'm doing, feel free to not even reply, hope youre well etc. 1 down, 99 to go. 23 days woot. my christian buddy who I used to see as my spiritual advisor my man of the cloth, came in hot today saying shit like I'm following the devil, I'm on the wrong path, bro I'm getting the same results as you im just praying to Gaia mother nature. god is like a fingerprint, they're unique to you
That connection to the Other goes under many guises. Always has, always will. Thomas Aquinas referred to "the Prime Mover", Thomas Merton referred to the many paths up the mountain.
I love the many paths up the mtn, I had/remembered my spiritual experience while looking at the mountain from work having a smoke, small epiphany. then that week in a meeting, indigenous fella says yeah gunneboolah is a very spiritual place, and you don't have to be a black fella to feel it, I was like fkn not wrong brother told him about it. but yeah being on step 9 and doing 10 11 12 everyday feels like I've climbed so much mountain, just a bit further, and I wish all my buddies still at sea level could see the view from up here, 30 years I was stuck down there. last thing I wanna do is rub it in their faces I know how much that used to piss me off but I get it now