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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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My first audio book is here in "rough draft"! It's entitled Metamorphosis.
This title is a tribute to my uncle Kevin E. Gough's performance of the
magic illusion of the same name, originally created by Harry Houdini.
For me, the performance symbolizes the human struggle to open ourselves
to life by stepping "out of the box" and letting go of some of our ego
and fears to become more caring, forgiving, self-reliant, and
determined to help not only ourselves, but others around us as well.
You can listen to the essays below in the podcast
player. My "Curious Eternal Podcast" is on hold for the moment while I
focus on completing my MCPD .NET professional programming certification. However, I do have a first guest scheduled to interview on the show. He is my good friend Nebil Sabo, a nutritionist and fitness expert who advocates a straight forward balance of physical and mental activity to stay healthy. Check out his book Food & Nutrition for Life on his web site at http://www.MindBodyByNebil.com.
Also, explore some of the links to the right. These publications and podcasts are very interesting and make you think. Joseph Campbell is the American mythologist whose 1949 book The Hero With a Thousand Faces was very influential to George Lucas when he created the characters for the Star Wars series.
I hope you enjoy the essays!
best regards,
Josh Gough
P.S. Please provide positive feedback in the Comments thread below. I know that the quality of some of the recordings is not that good, so I may decide to record them again if I want to try to distribute this further than my friends and family. Thanks!
4/30/2007 Update: I wrote an adaptation of the essay on this CD
entitled "If Every Grain of Sand Were Ten Suns" and submitted it to
Helium.com, a peer-reviewed competitive writing site, for the topic of
"How many stars are in the universe?" and the essay is now the number
one rated entry out of 22 entries. Check it out at http://www.helium.com/tm/128325/ascertain-answer-question-absolute.
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