tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944385663152223501.post950692148726793536..comments2015-12-25T12:04:15.022-08:00Comments on Empathinc. | Join The Conversation: "The God and The Universe Conversations". Week Thirteen.Tom Schulzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12026971401476229221noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944385663152223501.post-28300068174532504692011-02-05T14:53:36.584-08:002011-02-05T14:53:36.584-08:00Virginia,
Thanks for this: "the angelic/witne...Virginia,<br />Thanks for this: "the angelic/witness view can see both sides and no wall at all, and perhaps walls needed for definition here on this sweet earth place"<br />I love definitions. What Sheila calls "something to bump up against". But the walls of confinement are what I rail against. And I am responsible for having built so many of them - brick by brick. And then watched them disappear with a shift in perspective.Tom Schulzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12026971401476229221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944385663152223501.post-56802684814389463102011-02-05T14:48:36.799-08:002011-02-05T14:48:36.799-08:00Cathy - "Cells that are either permeable or a...Cathy - "Cells that are either permeable or are non-permeable, rather than semi-permeable, cannot support life."<br />That's exactly where I was going. It's the "going back and forth" between multiples of possibilities that is so very exciting to me. <br />Thanks for the additional info.Tom Schulzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12026971401476229221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944385663152223501.post-83052945353220940772011-02-05T14:46:00.468-08:002011-02-05T14:46:00.468-08:00Jane - you have spent your life moving through tho...Jane - you have spent your life moving through those invisible walls with grace and determination. And you continue in that effort, which is amazing. You are an inspiration and great teacher. Thank you.Tom Schulzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12026971401476229221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944385663152223501.post-51330952700835906062011-02-05T14:02:45.927-08:002011-02-05T14:02:45.927-08:00HI Beautiful Tom, This sight is so amazing! Love t...HI Beautiful Tom, This sight is so amazing! Love the new art piece. I wonder...perhaps we are on both side of the wall and the all..accepting every piece and part..the angelic/witness view can see both sides and no wall at all, and perhaps walls needed for definition here on this sweet earth place, yet inother spheres no boundaries needed..yet then if no boundaries..perhaps more responsibility to discern...the treasured human becoming more on the journey....hmmmm. Enlightenment is surely blessing on the journey.The illusions in the day to day..and the dreamshmmmm and being human a most treasured state - some mystics say there is a line of souls waiting for this experience of being human. I just know for this now - friends are a treasure at every part of the journey of becoming. How do I thank you for sharing room at the empathic gallery with my first artworks, sharing in a Sunday school class...you are one of those souls that helps others souls remember the divine friend is right here in life..., the spark of the divine artist..here...not away somewhere...Life is so very rich in this way.Love to You and Sheila ; ), and sweetie new OliveUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08332130855637194164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944385663152223501.post-34028749606087479102011-02-05T10:04:48.300-08:002011-02-05T10:04:48.300-08:00Boundaries...My convoluted mind went to the cellul...Boundaries...My convoluted mind went to the cellular level in this conversation about boundaries, specifically to the notion of the semi-permeable boundary. This quote says it well: <br /><br />"Cells are a fundamental structural unit of all living organisms. All living cells are surrounded by membranes, which separate the water-rich cytoplasm inside the cell from a significantly different outside environment. The membranes, which define the boundaries of each cell, are “semi-permeable” – they let some things pass through, but keep other things in and out. Cells that are either permeable or are non-permeable, rather than semi-permeable, cannot support life. A cell that doesn’t keep anything in will dry up. A cell that doesn’t let anything out will explode. A cell that doesn’t let anything in or out is a closed system – it is dead. If living cells weren’t semi-permeable, they wouldn’t be able to retain moisture or minerals; they wouldn’t be able to metabolize food, release energy, or eliminate waste. The organism would die. All living organisms are made up of cells, which are defined by semi-permeable boundaries." I cut this from a longer and interesting reflection at http://web.missouri.edu/~ikerdj/papers/Ecology-Sustainability.htmCathy Hastyhttp://www.cathyhasty.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944385663152223501.post-7795086664059500022011-02-05T09:45:51.441-08:002011-02-05T09:45:51.441-08:00Tom, the drama of the Berlin wall makes me cry! On...Tom, the drama of the Berlin wall makes me cry! On the other hand, it must be wonderful to have the experience of physically breaking your wall. <br />The invisible walls are less dramatic and more lonely.Jane Schulzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12469491915306525613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944385663152223501.post-41325388141656777152011-02-05T07:44:21.872-08:002011-02-05T07:44:21.872-08:00I once had a dream that I was in front of a huge b...I once had a dream that I was in front of a huge brick wall. I knew I needed to get on the other side. It was so tall and so thick. I didn't know what to do. I despaired. And was still. Then I started walking along the wall. I walked and walked and walked. Eventually, I came to the end of the wall and just simply stepped into the New Land. My desire outreached the wall.Tom Schulzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12026971401476229221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1944385663152223501.post-91565532595312501312011-02-05T07:00:08.563-08:002011-02-05T07:00:08.563-08:00RE: the boundaries that stop us from going to the ...RE: the boundaries that stop us from going to the New Land. What do those walls look like? Who built them? Who maintains them?<br /><br />I maintain them very well; thank you! FEAR is a powerful motivator to NOT do something. What if you go over/through the wall never to see walls or boundaries again. What does that look like? I don't know but that feels scary. What would I hold onto; what does it feel like to be boundary-less? This is unfamiliar territory and do I have the guts to be an explorer? The devil I know...thinspacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13020009338156963348noreply@blogger.com