Someone recently passed along this quote to me (from someone named Rachel Naomi Remen):
« Helping, fixing and serving represent three different ways of seeing life:
When you help, you see life as weak.
When you fix, you see life as broken.
When you serve, you see life as whole. »
Among the questions these words may raise: What does « serve » mean and what does « whole » mean? And who am « I »?
Amid these World Cup days that have been captivating millions and millions of people the world over all at once (something amazing in and of itself, to be addressed in a later post), an example arises again and again: The players who « serve » in the interest of their teams have had far more outstanding results in the tournament than those who play for themselves, who want to be the « one » who « helps » or « fixes » the situation. It’s no accident that the two teams left standing to play in the final Sunday (Argentina and Germany) have played collectively, the « stars » putting their skills to work for the common « good. »
What if we all did that?
amazing how often i’ve seen fingers pointing to heaven right after a goal or a breakthrough in a match.
it’s clear one can do whatever if you do it completely you get at that level.
amazing also they point to the sky.
neurotheology just found out that we all ( all cultures) position the devine/ or spiritual upstairs – and what’s less (hell etc) down. It even has completely different circuits in the brain it seems on scan.
Eckhart would say: "Who would we be without God – and who would God be without us???
also amazingly symbolic to see when in some matches there is only defence – there is no play at all for there is no flow – and then the bad feeling afterwards of winning without any play been there.
what on earth is more spiritual then football – but only everything???????