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Kamál (Perfection), 7 ‘Ilm (Knowledge) 175 B.E. - Monday, October 22, 2018 The "Blog City ~ Every Blogger's Paradise" prompt for DAY 1771 “One of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect. Perfection simply doesn't exist.....Without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist.” Stephen Hawking I guess this means we’re all in this together. What do you think about imperfection? Perfection I disagree because there are degrees of perfection in the universe. I look at a rose, I think it is a perfect specimen of a rose. A week or so later, I see another rose, with a different color, and seen in it as a perfect rose. In both cases, I am right because the second rose has a higher degree of perfection than the first rose. Perfection is a spiritual attribute, a characteristic of the Almighty Unknowable Creator of the universe. Because we cannot know the Almighty directly and our minds cannot understand Divine Perfection, we have to have examples of this. We can see examples of Divine Perfection in the Manifestations of God, who reflect the attributes of God to us. Examples of Divine Perfection can be seen in Christ, Mohammad, Buddha, the Bab, and Baha'u'llah (to name just a few). The "Blogging Circle of Friends " prompt for DAY 2164 Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us. Samuel Smiles Let this quote inspire your blog entry. Hope Hope is movement! It is always going forward toward an unseen, and possibly unknown destination. Hope is knowing that the shadow following is yesterday's fears, and desires attempting to hang on. |
Kamál (Perfection), 7 ‘Ilm (Knowledge) 175 B.E. - Monday, October 22, 2018
In 1964 today, Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre won the Nobel Prize for Literature and turned it down. Make up a reason why. I have no idea why Mr. Sartre turned down the Nobel Prize for Literature; I suspect it may have had something to do with his political beliefs. Other, logical, reason could be he didn't want the prize, or he was, somewhat, modest when it came to his own writing and felt that the prize suggested he had reach the pinnacle of his literary career. He didn't give a reason, which is his business. Each writer has their own reasons for accepting or rejecting an important literary prize. Since he didn't give a reason, it doesn't matter why he rejected it. In order, for me to write a coherent reason, I would have to do more research on the gentleman, his family, his family's belief system, his life experiences, his belief systems, and how his beliefs changed over the years. All of these things, either subtly or overtly, play a roll in the choices we make everyday. All of these things, in someway, affects an author's writings. Without knowing, every detail about an author's life (which is impossible) the reason an author accepts or rejects a prize is never obvious. Since I haven't read enough of Mr. Sartre's words to hazard a guess, I'm leaving that to someone else. His biographer, if there is one, would probably be able to come to a logical conclusion on Mr. Sartre's reasons for turning down the prize. |