attributes and obstacles

What are the attributes of Jesus? His reflexes and responses? Why should I want them? The fast answer (assuming you believe Jesus was God) is "Who wouldn't want the attributes of God?" But a person doesn't need to believe in the divinity of Jesus to see the metaphorical value of such a goal. Unlocking my best possible self. Who wouldn't want that? The real answer is more complicated. It has to do with my own experience of life and what I would change about it if I could. I'm not talking about having more money or a better job, or no job and lots of money. I'm talking about my insides. What happens in there that I don't like? What is about me that stands in the way of me? Of me prospering, of me thriving, of me hatching and achieving my dreams? Or, to keep in the context of the Christian ideology, what keeps me from loving my enemies? What keeps me from loving my neighbor as myself? What keeps me from loving myself...? Removing those obstacles constitutes the struggle. The goal of the struggle is acquiring the attributes of Jesus. And that has to be worthwhile. Loving my neighbor, loving my enemy, loving myself, achieving my dreams�??these things are all bound up together. I have believed for years now that the best thing I can do for the world is strive toward my dream. It's my little piece of the common good, my little corner of the garden. Sometimes I like to imagine a world where all of us, or even most of us, are doing that work. The result would be a world that I don't think we can imagine, a world that I don't think we'd even recognize. So, what are the attibutes of Jesus? What characterizes a person who loves everyone and fulfills his human destiny? I mean, apart from the fact that he loves everyone and fulfills his human destiny. What are some of the details? Such a big question. And this entry is long enough already. Ever forward.

Posted via web from Ever Forward