Comments on: http://ukspirituality.org/blog/2008/01/17/18/ A conversation about liberal spirituality in the 21st century Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:37:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Tony Pinfold http://ukspirituality.org/blog/2008/01/17/18/#comment-248 Tony Pinfold Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:14:15 +0000 http://ukspirituality.org/blog/2008/01/17/18/#comment-248 I very much enjoyed reading your blog. Joy is constantly being over looked by most people who are in search of joy. People are always in a constant state of planning for something to happen, that will bring them this elusive emotion. While they wait for it’s coming they over look the blossom, the sky, the birds and even the people around them. Look at this dictionary definition I found Joy - the emotion of great delight or happiness caused by something exceptionally good or satisfying Such a view of joy is very disempowering and it is no wonder most people are joyless. Joy is coupled with gratitude and a true realisation that every moment of the day is a gift and not a ‘so what’. Sadly for many the wonder of just being alive is only ever discovered by those that have had brushes with death. It is amazing how quickly health scares can refocus the mind to the beauty of the world and of life in general. As a visionary artist whose works challenge daily perceptions, I would like to finish with a extract from my description of a work called ‘A moment in time’ ‘The Universe has been evolving for billions of years just so you can experience this very second in time. Knowing that can you still view it in such a superficial way? I ask you to savour every minute of every day whatever it brings. Welcome to this wonderful moment in time, one thing is for sure, you will never see the likes of it again’ When viewed from this perspective how can even the most ‘mundane’ act, fail to bring a sense of joy. Namaste Tony I very much enjoyed reading your blog. Joy is constantly being over looked by most people who are in search of joy. People are always in a constant state of planning for something to happen, that will bring them this elusive emotion. While they wait for it’s coming they over look the blossom, the sky, the birds and even the people around them.

Look at this dictionary definition I found
Joy - the emotion of great delight or happiness caused by something exceptionally good or satisfying

Such a view of joy is very disempowering and it is no wonder most people are joyless. Joy is coupled with gratitude and a true realisation that every moment of the day is a gift and not a ‘so what’. Sadly for many the wonder of just being alive is only ever discovered by those that have had brushes with death. It is amazing how quickly health scares can refocus the mind to the beauty of the world and of life in general. As a visionary artist whose works challenge daily perceptions, I would like to finish with a extract from my description of a work called ‘A moment in time’

‘The Universe has been evolving for billions of years just so you can experience this very second in time. Knowing that can you still view it in such a superficial way? I ask you to savour every minute of every day whatever it brings. Welcome to this wonderful moment in time, one thing is for sure, you will never see the likes of it again’

When viewed from this perspective how can even the most ‘mundane’ act, fail to bring a sense of joy.

Namaste Tony

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