Janet Smith Warfield » Omnipresence http://janetsmithwarfield.com SHIFT Change Your Words, Change Your World Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:42:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Going Beyond (The Challenge of Being Human) http://janetsmithwarfield.com/emotions/pain/going-beyond-the-challenge-of-being-human/ http://janetsmithwarfield.com/emotions/pain/going-beyond-the-challenge-of-being-human/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:23:38 +0000 janet http://janetsmithwarfield.com/?p=91

I can never know where my boundaries are until I go beyond them. I can never know what my values are until I break them. Perhaps that’s why we humans are called “sinners.”

I am not omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent. At any moment in time, I see only a partial picture from a limited space/time moment. Yet act I must, based on the little I know and despite my human limitations.

Lots of time I make mistakes. Ouch! There was information missing from the perspective on which I acted. Good! I’ve broadened that perspective and added a new piece of information. Now maybe I understand why the Ten Commandments were written and why there are societal rules you break at your own risk.

I have also gained experiential knowledge that serves me well in making my next choice in this limitless world.

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