Comments on: On Hopelessness http://sacredawe.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/on-hopelessness/ I'm a 24 year old blogger with a strong interest in alternative education, sustainability, the connection between activism and spirituality, and cultural renewal. I'm especially interested in the role of awe, mystery, beauty, and the embracing of paradox in building a better world. This blog attempts to bridge the gap between social and ecological activists and education activists, as well as the gap between secular and spiritual activists. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:43:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Dangerous Christian http://sacredawe.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/on-hopelessness/#comment-446 Dangerous Christian Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:14:19 +0000 http://sacredawe.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/on-hopelessness/#comment-446 Thank you for your post. I'm reading James Howard Kunstler's "The Long Emergency", which although a good book it can paint a somewhat hopeless picture for humanity post-peak oil. In this day of peak oil, global warming, 2012, and other prospects, it's easy to become hopeless and develop a "what's the use?" attitude. However, Jesus assures us that we still have hope, not a ethereal kind, but the hope that gives us strength to pray and work for the best. Peace. Thank you for your post. I’m reading James Howard Kunstler’s “The Long Emergency”, which although a good book it can paint a somewhat hopeless picture for humanity post-peak oil.

In this day of peak oil, global warming, 2012, and other prospects, it’s easy to become hopeless and develop a “what’s the use?” attitude. However, Jesus assures us that we still have hope, not a ethereal kind, but the hope that gives us strength to pray and work for the best.

Peace.

]]> By: Matt Henry http://sacredawe.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/on-hopelessness/#comment-445 Matt Henry Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:39:43 +0000 http://sacredawe.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/on-hopelessness/#comment-445 HI Dewiniaeth. A website and project that may interest you as a writer, and reader, concerning Matthew Fox: www.originallyblessed.org HI Dewiniaeth.

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]]> By: girlwhocriedepiphany http://sacredawe.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/on-hopelessness/#comment-434 girlwhocriedepiphany Sat, 29 Dec 2007 15:56:01 +0000 http://sacredawe.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/on-hopelessness/#comment-434 You have woven so many great ideas together here that it is hard to draw them all together. What really grabbed me was your observation of the sky is falling types who tend to get caught up in the doom and gloom of it all. Instantly I recognized aspects of myself in that little vortex of despair. You also helped me realize what I dislike about such useless panic; in so many ways it is based on a need to know something, anything, for certain (though of course that is impossible). Thanks for making clearer the freedom that dwells in not knowing - it is infinitely more life-affirming that half-believing in the end of the world as we know it. In the end I know I will not totally lose myself in the fear of all humanity has destroyed because I too hold tight to the knowledge that the Universe is infinitely beautiful. I am indebted to you for giving me one more reason to remember its perfection. Blessings. You have woven so many great ideas together here that it is hard to draw them all together. What really grabbed me was your observation of the sky is falling types who tend to get caught up in the doom and gloom of it all. Instantly I recognized aspects of myself in that little vortex of despair. You also helped me realize what I dislike about such useless panic; in so many ways it is based on a need to know something, anything, for certain (though of course that is impossible). Thanks for making clearer the freedom that dwells in not knowing – it is infinitely more life-affirming that half-believing in the end of the world as we know it.
In the end I know I will not totally lose myself in the fear of all humanity has destroyed because I too hold tight to the knowledge that the Universe is infinitely beautiful. I am indebted to you for giving me one more reason to remember its perfection.

Blessings.

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