It Makes Me Wonder
"Love is natural. Cynicism is learned. Come home."
-- Alan Cohen
Are we really so completely natural, when we are born? Are we the "clean slate"? Or do we carry within our genes or elsewhere some of the traits of our predecessors?
Some would say they believe we reincarnate after our transition from this life. If that is true and we have many lifetimes, would it follow that we carry from one life to another our "learnings"?
Well, we can’t prove reincarnation and we haven't been able to prove many other suppositions we might entertain. But we do know and have proven that genes carry traits from generation to generation such as eye color, hair color and so forth. And certain diseases seem to run in families.
So how "clean" is our "slate"? We do know that ideas are passed from one to another and that children seem to learn certain behaviors, ideas, ways of thinking and reacting from parents, friends, teachers and so forth. So we can be conditioned.
Where does that leave us?
Reading the quote this morning I found myself liking the idea that love is natural and that we are taught to hate or to be cynical. I can't prove that one either but I do know that love feels "right". I do know when I choose love, I seem to be "at home". And, I do know I seemed to choose that in my early years but learned that others don't always choose love and that I had to protect myself from the lack of it around me. I also found myself reacting in unloving ways as time went on. Always, though, the theme for me was to return somehow to love and therefore in my mind at least to Love/God/The Way.
Whatever the situation, love is a choice it would seem and we can choose it or not. It is our birthright.
-- Alan Cohen
Are we really so completely natural, when we are born? Are we the "clean slate"? Or do we carry within our genes or elsewhere some of the traits of our predecessors?
Some would say they believe we reincarnate after our transition from this life. If that is true and we have many lifetimes, would it follow that we carry from one life to another our "learnings"?
Well, we can’t prove reincarnation and we haven't been able to prove many other suppositions we might entertain. But we do know and have proven that genes carry traits from generation to generation such as eye color, hair color and so forth. And certain diseases seem to run in families.
So how "clean" is our "slate"? We do know that ideas are passed from one to another and that children seem to learn certain behaviors, ideas, ways of thinking and reacting from parents, friends, teachers and so forth. So we can be conditioned.
Where does that leave us?
Reading the quote this morning I found myself liking the idea that love is natural and that we are taught to hate or to be cynical. I can't prove that one either but I do know that love feels "right". I do know when I choose love, I seem to be "at home". And, I do know I seemed to choose that in my early years but learned that others don't always choose love and that I had to protect myself from the lack of it around me. I also found myself reacting in unloving ways as time went on. Always, though, the theme for me was to return somehow to love and therefore in my mind at least to Love/God/The Way.
Whatever the situation, love is a choice it would seem and we can choose it or not. It is our birthright.
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