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method:
orderly arrangement of parts or steps to accomplish an end
eternal:
forever true or changeless
method.eternal joins two ideas that together make up the whole of life.
Into this world we are born without warning and every moment henceforth
follows in order from one state of being to the next, on and on, until
our last breath. The chain of being is constant, unstoppable,
methodical.
No word in the English language captivates both the imagination
and the heart so thoroughly as does eternity. Into this one word each
of us reflects the contents of our innermost desires. It comes to represent for us a
state of perfected completion from which we would hope to reach and from which we would then never deviate.
As we grow wiser through many joys and sorrows, brought about
by the methodical marching of moments in life we call 'now', we begin
to cultivate an image of what we believe to be worthy characteristics of
eternity, of that which should indeed be 'forever true and changeless'. We
come to recognize human actions of genuine kindness, receptivity,
compassion, commitment, and love. We then try to put these in practice in
our own lives.
Eternity stood aside us all along, of course, and we
related to it through our own level of understanding and maturity.
First as dependent children, then as rebellious youth, and finally as
humbled adults.
The truth is that the truth did not change. Truth cannot be
changed, but the more we engaged and sought truth, the more truth
changed us.
The deep intertwining of method and eternity is like a balanced dance. The methodical flow of life guides us to a deeper
understanding of eternal truth, and the eternal truth teaches us how to
step in time with the march of life.
Writing is for me an orderly arrangement of steps to accomplish the end of understanding what is forever true and changeless.
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Welcome to the Curious Eternal Podcast web site! I have decided to take a break right now from expanding this effort while I focus on my MCPD.NET certification. However, you can listen to the essays below from my first audio book, Metamorphosis, in the podcast player.
I hope you enjoy the essays!
best regards,
Josh Gough
Here and Now We Create Tomorrow
All
evidence and experience I have seen and had thus far in life points me
toward the realization that our presence in the here and now is the
only existence of which we can be absolutely certain. In accordance
with this, I believe it is each of our personal responsibilities to
take care of our ourselves, our families and friends, our communities, and the
natural world of which we are a part. Only by living in the here and
now and seeing natural reality as beautiful and worthy can we ensure,
as the clock methodically ticks time away from tomorrow and into today,
that the future meets us as good, or better, as it is now.
Fascinated by the history and currents of science and technology, religious
mythology and traditions, history and critical
thinking, and philosophical wisdom, I will explore
ideas from these topics that support this philosophy of living in the
here and now in order to preserve a stable future for ourselves and
others.
Storytelling and Scientific Discovery
My two greatest interests are storytelling and the history of scientific discovery. My
love for storytelling dates back to when my uncle and grandmother would
tell me stories before bed. While I cannot recall what any of their
details were now, I remember the basic lesson of all of them was this:
take care of people and take care of nature.
My
love for scientific discovery dates back to the days when I was a
little kid watching Carl Sagan's Cosmos series with my family and
having the boundaries of my imagination stretched further and further
as I learned about the vast size of the universe and how little we have
explored of it.
Scientific Outlook
I take a scientific, evidence-based outlook toward the world. The lessons of history teach that whenever people think they know exactly how the universe works, there is someone else ready to chop down their precious totem poles. The Earth is no longer flat. The sun no longer revolves around the Earth. Instead, modern astronomy has shown that our sun is one of perhaps 70-sextillion stars. A better way to visualize this is that our sun is 1 grain of sand in a desert that holds more grains of sand than all the grains of sand in all the Earth's beaches and deserts ten times over!
Curious Eternal
Thinking about topics that spark my curiosity, I try to learn new things every day and try to keep my mind open
to listen to ideas and revise my understanding of life and the world. I
try my best to listen to opposing views and fully understand them first
before responding to them.
I hope in creating this podcast I can
share what I have learned, learn from others, and continue to learn
as we explore the universe together with eternal curiousity.
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