01 Nov Way Of Way 19
A subscriber to our blog recently mentioned some of the posts repetitive. This suggests a main point of the blog has been lost on them; for even if two posts are identical, they are not the same. “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man." -- Heraclitus...
31 Oct YHWH
God is everchanging and eternal; a way not going away. In the Hebrew Bible, YHWH is the name of God. In Paleo-Hebrew, the written text only included consonants and the reader would supply the vowels during reading. This oral tradition was passed down through generations, but was eventually lost. Today, there is no consensus as to how to pronounce YHWH. However, the nature of God reveals a possible pronunciation of God's name. God self-identifies as: "I am who I am" or "I will be what I will be". God is manifested in the now as a tangible "who" and outside the now as an unspecified "what". Taken together: "I am what I am." Acronym: IAWIA IAWIA can be pronounced two ways. As "I why" wherein the first of two consecutive vowels is voiced and the second vowel is silent. Or as "a way" wherein the second vowel is voiced and the first vowel is silent. With both pronunciations, one vowel is voiced and the other silent. God is the manifested and the unmanifested. "I why" or, in common speech, "why do I exist?" I am what I am, I exist because I exist. There are no reasons or explanations, as all there is is is. God is "a way"; an everchanging path, being rather than a discrete being. "a way" is akin to the Taoist concept of Tao (the Way). The Way is ultimate reality; the seen and unseen; the source of all being; the eternally transitioning; ineffable, beyond human comprehension. "a way" is also a possible pronunciation of YHWH. "a way" is the sound of breathing (inhale "a", exhale "way"). Likewise, “soooo” is the sound of inhaling and “hmmmmm” is the sound of exhaling. Together, they form the word “Soham”, meaning “I am” in Sanskrit. Every breath of life recalls the name of God....
29 Oct Way of Way 120
Nobody is getting out of here alive, but those who know the way. The way is love. Love connects who we are in the play of life, an expression of the soul, to what we are before and after the play, the soul....