There are giants in the world who because of the fast paced technilogical world we live in are generally ignored, as are those women and men of the past whose contributions of their experience and knowledge are reduced to sound bytes for easy consumption. One of the 20th century's giants in my opinion was Abraham Joshua Heshel, Jewish Theologian, civil rights activist, writer and an authentic "Mystic" meaning someone who has had direct experience of ultimate reality. In Heschel's case this was direct experience of God.
I could go on and on talking about this remarkable man, instead I offer a show from PBS by Christa Tippet which is a wonderful biography and overview of a modern day "Giant." Click on the following link to hear this broadcast.
https://app.box.com/s/a9gm49gvl4rapxqkzj1c
"Surely God will always receive a handful of fools - who do not fail. There will always remain a spiritual underground where a few brave souls continue to fight.
Yet our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but rather how to remain human in the skyscrapers."
From: The Insecurity Of Freedom, Abraham Joshua Heschel 1959
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Lee and I spent last week on Campobello Island in Canada where it rained for around five of our nine days there. Only once did I grumble about the weather, at five in the morning when the forecast was sun all day. Stepping out on the deck of the tent cabin we rent cleared the air of resentment as the shear beauty of Herring Cove in heavy fog was the view.
Here are a few photos from the week with only a few brief explanatory labels to identify the scenes.
Lubec Maine from the Mulholand Point Lighthouse across the channel.
Herring Cove. We stay to the right of the trees in the center of the image.
This is a color photo of a cormorant in flight. Nothing was added.
View in fog from Liberty Point.
Somewhere on Campobello
A Great Blue Heron at dusk who caught and swallowed a snack of a fish that was 9-10 inches in size. It went down that long neck in only a second or two.
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Some Humor:
Peace and Equinimity until next week,
Bill Lagerstrom
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