What's up with the capital letters?
I've had a few readers wondering about the strange use of capital letters on this blog. So will attempt to explain.
There are three words that I have posted on my classroom wall, and I call them the "Key Words." They are: TRY, ASK, NOW. At school, I use these words as guidelines for having success in school. But I'm always hoping that my students will realize that they are excellent guidelines for a successful life and, even more importantly, an avenue into conscious spiritual pursuits.
TRY. When we honestly TRY our very best, we discover two very important lessons: First, we discover that we are able to accomplish far more than we thought we could. Second, we learn that even our best efforts don't bring us deep, lasting satisfaction.
ASK. After we have tried our very best, we ASK for help. We ASK other people first, but Spirit receives any request for help. The words or the way we formulate the problem do not matter; what matters is that we have finally ASKed.
NOW. The only time that truly exists. The closest approximation to Eternity that our human brains can experience.
Those three words are so important, that I attempt to capitalize all three letters each time I use them.
Other words begin with capital letters. Some of them (God, Christ, Jesus) are proper nouns. But other times, I capitalize words that have some connection or correlation with Reality. Remember that in non-dualistic thought, this world and universe can't be Real because they change. God is That Which Never Changes, and thus can only create the Changeless. So, I'm attempting to differentiate between the ego's offerings of separation, differentiation, and individuation and the Realm of God, which is Oneness.
There are three words that I have posted on my classroom wall, and I call them the "Key Words." They are: TRY, ASK, NOW. At school, I use these words as guidelines for having success in school. But I'm always hoping that my students will realize that they are excellent guidelines for a successful life and, even more importantly, an avenue into conscious spiritual pursuits.
TRY. When we honestly TRY our very best, we discover two very important lessons: First, we discover that we are able to accomplish far more than we thought we could. Second, we learn that even our best efforts don't bring us deep, lasting satisfaction.
ASK. After we have tried our very best, we ASK for help. We ASK other people first, but Spirit receives any request for help. The words or the way we formulate the problem do not matter; what matters is that we have finally ASKed.
NOW. The only time that truly exists. The closest approximation to Eternity that our human brains can experience.
Those three words are so important, that I attempt to capitalize all three letters each time I use them.
Other words begin with capital letters. Some of them (God, Christ, Jesus) are proper nouns. But other times, I capitalize words that have some connection or correlation with Reality. Remember that in non-dualistic thought, this world and universe can't be Real because they change. God is That Which Never Changes, and thus can only create the Changeless. So, I'm attempting to differentiate between the ego's offerings of separation, differentiation, and individuation and the Realm of God, which is Oneness.
posted by AWB @ 7/02/2011 06:51:00 AM
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