Loving Distinctions by Mr. Twenty Twenty

Twenty Twenty and Carol

When I was a little man I wanted to become a priest.

I noticed that some of what they said made sense, made me feel better, and helped people.

I left the Catholic Church after high school, went back once or twice to get married, and noticed….

“Much of what people say, priests included, I could simply read from a book. If I can read it, what do I need them for?”

Onward!

So I was going to start this post mentioning something, “I love people”.

I’ll say it now, and tell you why I didn’t say it before. “I love people”.

Now I get to be honest. I really don’t.

“I experience people as love.”

It’s an odd and interesting sentence, but it’s much closer to what I actually experience.

“I experience people as love.”

On the other hand, I experience their bullshit as funny, frustrating, and foolish.

My own included.

Years ago, I got the privilege to train and occasionally live in the homes of some really neat people. Some were average “white folk” like me, others were “red skinned old people”, who knew the ways of nature and Native Americans.

The coolest of them would share with me sentences like, “I experience you as love”.

I thought it was “bad English” at the time.

Today, I “experience” what they said.

“It’s not that I love you, it’s that I experience you as love.”

So here’s my next comment in a series of comments as I become more and more “honest”. How do I get people to support us while sharing these kinds of distinctions?

Because these kinds of distinctions, and the others we experience and share seem to change lives, but they aren’t the kind of stuff we can make a big hoopla about…

Do I put them “on disk” and sell them – like my internet marketing peers would?

Do I educate people in “share some tobacco” - like my elders would?

Do I just write it out, and hope that you find it valuable enough to share, and valuable enough to come to our next Scout Camp or Come in for our Residential Program?

I’ll post those ideas here, seeing not only what people say, but how they respond.

One of my teachers said all the time, don’t listen to what people say, notice what they do. I’ll do both.  All responses and comments are greatly appreciated.

Fee free to share tobacco, encourage me to put this kind of message on disk, or register for something cool with us.

And thank you for reading, and for allowing me to experience you – as love.

Your friend,

Mr. Twenty Twenty

PS: Once you leave a comment, swing by Dharmaville! It’s a work in progress! And join our discussion group there too!

PPS:  I started this article about wanting to be a priest.   To me the world is “all spirit”. It’s an experience I can share, not words I read, or church policies that I recite.   Wanting to be a priest was a point on the horizon for a little boy. Sharing like this is like soaring into the horizon, after jumping off the cliff, for the man he has grown into.    Thank you for reading.

Mr Twenty Twenty is that guy who legally changed his name to the number of "Perfect Vision". He lives his life, focused on helping people develop the inner resources they need to live their personal visions, while discovering who and what we "really are". If you enjoy his writing, let him know by emailing him at 2020@exhostage.com.

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