Experiments with Truth

Originally written Wednesday, December 20, 2006 on myspace click the title for a link there

Alright, so I don't really write blogs. Not that there isn't things I could be writing about. I just don't tend to have the time...that coupled with the thought of "who would have the time, energy and care to read my thoughts". However, sometimes I write stuff to other people and yesterday was such an occassion. I wrote something as a response on a friends blog and thought, hmm, this might be something worth sharing with other.

I figure it's already written, the work is done, all I need to do is some cut and pasting and appropriating of the work I've already done. May as well get some more out of what I already put energy into. So, if people actually read this, perhaps I'll do this more often. We'll see, call it an experiment with truth.

My friends blog was one that was asking a lot of questions about the way he spends his money and about various justice issues facing our world. So now that you have the background, here's what I wrote him...

Alright, so I really like the questions that you're asking. I like where your thinking is going. It's actually rather quite exciting. What would be REALLY exciting is to see your thinking go past simply being thoughts in your head (or on a blog) into becoming actions. If you can allow these thoughts to begin to form the things you do, that would be exciting!

You said yourself the old addage of actions speak louder than words. I couldn't agree more, I'd even add that actions endorse and even shape our words. Ghandi entitled his autobiography (which your brother thinks is dreadfully boring) "The Story of my Experiments with Truth". I think that's a good aproach to life. When your thinking begins to lead you somewhere, test it out and see where that testing (or those actions) take your thinking.

If you just leave your thoughts at thoughts and they don't inform how you act...that would make this blog excessivly boring. Just another person writing down all the social justice issues out there and wearing a white ristband to feel good about themselves. Living out your thoughts though, to the point that it begins to make you feel a little uncomfortable, that is exciting. That is the kind of example I need. That is the type of person I would look up to and want to emulate. Be an example to me. Push me in my thinking! Also, don't be afraid to be a hypocrite...we're all hypocrites...but if our hypocrasies are pushing us to become better people than it's very good to say things you can't always live out. I read the sermon on the mount often and say I agree with it...that makes me a HUGE hypocrite, but then in recognizing that, maybe it makes me someone who realizes their spiritual poverty...hopefully I'll be among those that recieve the kingdom of heaven. Hopefully.