Could you describe an orgasm to someone who has never had one? And if a person has never had an orgasm, would you think them crazy or foolish if they said they didn’t believe orgasms exist because they had never experienced one, or would you just feel a little sorry for them not having had the experience? Further, every person’s experience of an orgasm is different from the next person’s. They go from brief instances of pleasure to multiple earth moving experiences, and everything in between. Even for the same person, they are different from experience to experience. My youngest sister made a very profound statement at a birthday party when she was a child. She said to my mother: “No one knows what chocolate cake tastes like to me.” I have never forgotten that, and how it applies to all experiences in life.
So it is with people who have experienced a personal encounter with God. There are no words to adequately describe an experience of such profound, life-altering magnitude, except to others who have had a similar experience, but even then, they are each unique. Just as each of our experiences with another person are unique. Does someone who has experienced God think those who haven’t are fools? Of course not, they just feel sad that they haven’t and hope that they one day they will. Why then do people who have not had a personal experience with God think those who have to be crazy or fools, and wish them to not talk about a most profound experience? If you meet and fall madly in love with someone, how would you feel if everyone you know wished you not to talk about him or her; or worse, if someone believes they had a bad experience with that person, and wants you stop loving the one you love because of it?
So it goes too often with God. Many people at one point in time may have had a relationship with Him, but then they turned away and followed a different path and now feel guilty, or something happened in their life that they blame God for, and now they are angry at him. Some have just never seen the need to have any kind of relationship with Him whatsoever, but feel there is something missing in their life. Fortunately, no matter how we might feel or think about Him, God loves each and every one of us dearly, and will rush to us, if we just ask Him to. He will never force us, but will always be waiting patiently for our call. And He is always faithful and just to forgive our sins (missing the mark), if we ask.
I’ve long believed that God gave us orgasms for three reasons: our pleasure, to ensure procreation, and as a tiny hint of what the experience of a relationship with Him is like.
E.J. Lefavour
http://www.hobbithousestudio.com
Good Morning Gloucester 
And this has what to do with Gloucester???
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It actually has much to do with Gloucester. More than 58% of Gloucester residents identify themselves as Catholic (46%) or a Protestant denomination (12%). St. Peter’s Fiesta, probably the largest and most well-attended five day event that Gloucester is known for, would not exist were it not for God, and more specifically Jesus, whom Peter was a follower and apostle of. Without God or Jesus, there would never have been a St. Peter, and therefore no St. Peter’s Festival. The same applies to the Feast of St. Joseph and Novena crawl. Without God/Jesus, Joseph would be unknown. The celebration of a religious holiday or festival without any knowledge of or connection with the one being celebrated is shallow, empty and without meaning. This post was apparently written for you, as only people who have been convicted in their spirit would take offense; otherwise they would feel nothing and just pass it by as something not of interest to them.
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really like your post and also your response to the first comment. Thank you
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R. Carlos Nakai – “Sanctuary” (selected album tracks)
The Power of the World – Have you noticed that everything an Indian does is in a circle? And this is because the Power of the World always works in circles. The sky is round, and I am told that the earth is round like a ball. The wind, in its great power, whirls round. The seasons go round and round in a circle. The life of a man is a circle, from child to childlike. Our tipis were round like the nests of birds and were always set out in a circle. – Black Elk, Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
Dave 🙂
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The Indians knew/know. The Old Testament Book of Isaiah, written 6th century B.C. at 40:22 says: He (God) sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
BTW, Hellenistic astronomy did not establish the spherical shape of earth as a physical given until the 3rd century BC.
The “four corners of the earth” also mentioned in Isaiah, refers to the four extremities (north, south, east and west) of earth, from the Hebrew word, KANAPH, meaning extremity. The Greek equivalent in Revelation GONIA, is more closely related to quadrants, each of the four quarters of a circle, again referring to the four directions.
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Amen great wisdom! 🙂 Dave & Kim 🙂 Bless You Mom and GMG- Community the circle of life 🙂 Dave:-)
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Just a few thoughts/considerations: Sometimes the most profound experiences (body or spirit) are so personal/sacred that to talk about them diminishes them, and may not convince anyone in the end. Those who don’t understand may never be convinced; those who have their own experience, may want to keep these most sacred things private or may feel compelled to comparisons. I remember seeing an interview with (I believe) the director of the Holocaust museum in which he was asked if he would wish Holocaust deniers (and there are many) to come and see the evidence, the reality of what happened. And he said, “No,” that even then they would not be convinced. Personal experiences, understanding and insights may just be that–so individual and personal! I don’t think it is that people don’t want others to talk about such things. Rather, it may be that sometimes those with profound experiences, especially spiritual ones may be suggesting that other people’s experiences are not as profound–or the correct one?
P.S. I am sure E.J. was NOT trying to do the latter at all and thank her for the post.
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Every spiritual experience is the correct one, because God only does what is correct and necessary on an individual, case by case, basis. Personally, I was a very hard headed and “stiff necked” (as Moses referred to the wayward Israelites) case, so God knew something extreme was needed to bring me around. Thank God I wasn’t Saul (or the Apostle Paul as he came to be known), having to be struck blind in order to see. Others are not so hard headed, some are more. Most of my life has been about sharing, information, possessions, experiences, knowledge, etc. I could never see a rainbow, or beautiful sunset, or unique creature, and not turn to whoever was nearby, stranger or friend, and call them to share it, or take a photo of it to share. When we share a personal experience, it gives other the freedom to share their’s. Wonderful things are always meant to be shared.
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Theologically, it appears that Gloucester Catholics have a greater chance for an orgasm than Protestants?
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In actuality, even though the number of Catholics is greater, the reverse is probably true. Many Catholics I know were taught by the Church to feel guilty, especially surrounding sex, so therefore might be less likely to experience an orgasm, and to experience an intimate relationship with God, who they were taught was the cause of their guilt. Most Protestants I know were taught God is love and the author of our salvation, so would feel less guilty about sex or approaching God, who loves us, wants us to be happy and desires a close relationship with us.
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Thanks, was afraid I was going to have to convert!
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God obviously gifted you with a good sense of humor. 🙂
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I’m really enjoying this project, E.J. Thanks for the art and the texts.
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I’m happy to hear that Bob. I am enjoying it immensely myself! Give Ann a hug for me, and have her give you one for me. Hope your winter is going well. We have been spared much cold and snow so far, and spring is just around the corner.
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Hi E.J. Hugs all around and I agree that this project is very enjoyable and enlightening. I know you are in it heart and soul. See you in September!
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I’m just going to throw this out for what it’s worth. I believe that the two most powerful, and most misunderstood, words in the English language are “love” and “God” (NB the capitalization). For this reason I never refer to the creative energy of the universe as “him” because that keys into many people’s personal religious/spiritual frameworks, and leads to confusion. I call it “the management” because that is impersonal, non-denominational, and non-genderistic. I don’t worry about God getting sore at me for dissing Him.
On his deathbed, Thoreau was asked if he had made peace with God. He answered “We have never quarreled.” If God has an problem with me, he’ll let me know. Until then, it’s my responsibility to live my life right. This attitude, at least to me, empowers a soul to grow and to be bigger.
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Thanks for sharing, Bill. I don’t think saying “the management” is dissing. Love and God both certainly are misunderstood, or at least viewed differently throughout the world. I also believe that the I AM is everything, so not him or her, but all that is. Because the Bible was written in a time when men controlled everything (although Jesus tried to change that attitude when he was here), it is written by men from a man’s perspective of life and what he understood at the time. It wasn’t that long ago that we stopped referring to ourselves as mankind, and became humankind, and the male pronoun stopped being automatically used in all writing. I personally don’t think it is possible to quarrel with God. How can you quarrel with someone who doesn’t quarrel back?
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