Blitz Post #2

[altarflame]

There is a lot of very compelling ecumenism in my religion class - which I raved about here - that makes me think. One Saturday was all about "health and spirituality", citing studies that show things like open heart surgery patients being three times more likely to survive if they depend on a (any) religion, and the increased immune function of people who attend (any) religious services weekly. The lists of pros to being spiritual even in a philosophical (Buddhist, for instance) or solitary (meditation and feng shui) way is extremely long, and significant to (at least what I see as) quality of life - decreased stress, sense of connectedness, supportive community, meaning in loss, and a bunch of other things I can't remember right now.

We watched Baraka, and I was genuinely shocked to find we were looking at the inside of a Sufi (mysticism of Islam) temple in the middle east, because I had been sure it was Orthodox (mysticism of) Christianity - the priests dress the same, with the same hair and beards, and carry the same swinging incense past candles and everyone is kissing things and they have something locked up front that looks just like a tabernacle.

I sometimes find all this not in conflict with Christianity and very comforting overall; other times it seems to speak to a larger truth I can't quite put my finger on, but have been pondering over for years. Then it all blurs.

I'm sitting here staring at the word "larger" in the last paragraph.

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(Sorry for the weird angles in a couple of these)

The mushroom soup I mentioned last night, full of spring onions and garlic and chicken and beef broths...I puree some of it and add it back in at the end. Yum.


We went over to Kristin's for the afternoon/evening last Saturday. Grant was working on her chicken coop and she made awesomely delicious spring rolls for us.

Chopped veggies.


Plus sprouts and boiled up rice noodles and a pack of spinach just out of the shot.


Kristin wrapping, Aaron and Oliver soaking more rice paper wrappers.






It's hard to be patient, especially when the cooks are taking their sweet time chatting and changing the music and feeding things to the bird.


She crushed a bunch of garlic and ginger into some soy sauce, too, and got out some rooster sauce. Kristin's big on presentation, there is lots more sauce out of the shot.

Mmm, pocky.



Kids love them!


Especially with fancy little glasses of pink tea.



More to come...

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

You used the word "corrupted", which in that context sounds a lot worse than you might think. It's also false, they did not corrupt christianity anymore than christianity corrupted judaism. So unless you also believe christianity is a corrupted version of judaism and paganism amongst other religions, then you shouldn't say that about islam.

(I am not a previous anon)

[mommydama.livejournal.com]

Forgive me for using a word that is offensive to you or anyone. It is extremely difficult to find words that will not offend someone. I think that from Islam's perspective, my beliefs are a corruption of Truth as well. I do not think they are, I think Islam is a corruption. That is why I call myself a Christian and not a Muslim.

If corruption is an offensive term to you, as I said, please forgive me. I do not intend offense, only explanation.