Post by StarDustI suspect some people have forgotten the feeling of being alive and the connection between the individual and the Universal which they pass through. Reasoning and imagination are secondary to the experiences from sorrow to joy and the many gifts we have, not how we see ourselves or others as the old Anglo-Saxons thought, but how we face our challenges with good spirit/inspiration-
" And now, brother, listen to the conclusion. Above all the graces and all the gifts of the Holy Spirit which Christ grants to his friends, is the grace of overcoming oneself, and accepting willingly, out of love for Christ, all suffering, injury, discomfort and contempt; for in all other gifts of God we cannot glory, seeing they proceed not from ourselves but from God, according to the words of the Apostle, "What hast thou that thou hast not received from God? and if thou hast received it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it? " St Francis of Assisi
People of talents and gifts don't dwell on what they have nor expect anything other the the joy of sharing what is part of them but does not belong to them.
Are you by chance an AstroNut, preacher?
Looks like!
Ah Mr StarDust, a microscope has the same value for you as a telescope in terms of magnification and identification but talent is also a part of solar system and Earth science research in the ability to put observations into context. It is a talent or a gift we admire in others as it tells us about ourselves and what we are capable of-
"When a natural discourse paints a passion or an effect, one feels
within oneself the truth of what one reads, which was there before,
although one did not know it. Hence one is inclined to love him who
makes us feel it, for he has not shown us his own riches, but ours.
And thus this benefit renders him pleasing to us, besides that such
community of intellect as we have with him necessarily inclines the
heart to love." Pascal
You can own the Hubble telescope and it won't put you within the astronomical tradition, so no preaching or teaching here, just the simple astronomical lesson that is as clear today as when it was originally written-
“You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.” ― Galileo
We are a long way from "I think therefore..."