Post by andy on Feb 10, 2007 20:55:45 GMT -8
10/05:
"If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world"
C.S.Lewis
Josh, you mentioned this quote, which is an interesting quote...it seems without knowing the context that Lewis is writing about a spiritual desire that cannot be quenched by worldy means. But let's take this to another level, that of worldly desire (that which is not connected to the spiritual relm). I find myself (not speaking for others here) often striving to satisfy my worldly desires through my own work and effort, but there is often more than meets the eye.
Case in point...I just won a sphere stone on ebay (no, not a seeing stone ala Joseph Smith style). I have worked hard for my money, and theoretically I am, through my own hard work, "quenching my own desire" to own the rock by purchasing it. I like rocks (I know, kind of childish) to look at, hold, and play with when I sit on the couch at home, or to show off to family and friends when they make the treck down to Woodburn. We all have our vices, Starbucks coffee, baseball, LOTR cards, shoes...mine happens to be rocks at the moment We go and buy these things because we like them; coffee tastes good to our tounges, that cute jacket in the window make our adrenaline rush when we try it on, and that 9th inning 3 run home run gets our hearts racing.
But the question I try to ask myself about any purchase is this--what desire am I really trying to satisfy? For me, rocks are more spiritual than tangable, especially beautiful ones. When I look at a stone that has sat in the ground for thousands of years, that sparkles and shines, I cannot help but think of why it was created. I do not believe it was merely a chemical, biological, or geological process that created such things. As crazy as it might sound, I find myself closer to God by merely looking at a rock. God created beauty for us (the taste of the coffee bean, the colors in the shirt, the intricacy of card games) and we can make any connection between our desire are that which is tangable.
So my follow-up quote is this (no I am not attempting to put myself in the same camp as CS Lewis),
"If I find in myself any desire whatsoever I must believe that this desire ultimately is somehow connected to something made for another world; I am lucky to glimpse into that world through something as simple as the beauty of a rock." AR
"If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world"
C.S.Lewis
Josh, you mentioned this quote, which is an interesting quote...it seems without knowing the context that Lewis is writing about a spiritual desire that cannot be quenched by worldy means. But let's take this to another level, that of worldly desire (that which is not connected to the spiritual relm). I find myself (not speaking for others here) often striving to satisfy my worldly desires through my own work and effort, but there is often more than meets the eye.
Case in point...I just won a sphere stone on ebay (no, not a seeing stone ala Joseph Smith style). I have worked hard for my money, and theoretically I am, through my own hard work, "quenching my own desire" to own the rock by purchasing it. I like rocks (I know, kind of childish) to look at, hold, and play with when I sit on the couch at home, or to show off to family and friends when they make the treck down to Woodburn. We all have our vices, Starbucks coffee, baseball, LOTR cards, shoes...mine happens to be rocks at the moment We go and buy these things because we like them; coffee tastes good to our tounges, that cute jacket in the window make our adrenaline rush when we try it on, and that 9th inning 3 run home run gets our hearts racing.
But the question I try to ask myself about any purchase is this--what desire am I really trying to satisfy? For me, rocks are more spiritual than tangable, especially beautiful ones. When I look at a stone that has sat in the ground for thousands of years, that sparkles and shines, I cannot help but think of why it was created. I do not believe it was merely a chemical, biological, or geological process that created such things. As crazy as it might sound, I find myself closer to God by merely looking at a rock. God created beauty for us (the taste of the coffee bean, the colors in the shirt, the intricacy of card games) and we can make any connection between our desire are that which is tangable.
So my follow-up quote is this (no I am not attempting to put myself in the same camp as CS Lewis),
"If I find in myself any desire whatsoever I must believe that this desire ultimately is somehow connected to something made for another world; I am lucky to glimpse into that world through something as simple as the beauty of a rock." AR