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The children of Cain



The purpose of life is

to discover
the purpose of life
 
We are the children of Cain

cursed-wanderers all
building towers sky-ward

desperate to be reunited
with our ground-of-being

the echoes of
our hearts' call

never returning

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/3/2025 12:16:00 AM

I really like this one. I don't believe the view I grew up with Mormonism though.

Robert Warlov
Date: 5/3/2025 10:09:00 AM

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Tom Woody

Date: 4/24/2025 4:29:00 PM

Interesting poem. However I prefer to think of myself as a descendant of Seth

Robert Warlov
Date: 4/24/2025 6:53:00 PM

"Reification" has it that biologically-intrinsic "Morality" understood as a-priori to Perception makes "Religion" a "Collective" or "Shared" Psychological experience. ~ CHAT ~ put it this way: ~ God = the unpatterned, unnameable origin of all value = Dynamic Quality = the ineffable source that both creates and escapes form. ~ Science then wouldn't "believe in God" the way theology does—but it could include God, as the unknowable wellspring that gives rise to all knowables. That’s not dogma—it’s metaphysics.

Tom Woody
Date: 4/24/2025 5:32:00 PM

The true God, Jehovah, is no mere invention of mankind. He is the source of life

Robert Warlov
Date: 4/24/2025 4:48:00 PM

I know- that first instance which can be understood as: "reparations" ~ The story's consistency reflecting (like echoes) backwards, an author (ground-of-being) we recognize - his purpose becoming ours. I was going to say also- 'An understanding God would forgive us for inventing him in the first place'.

Robert Warlov

Date: 4/24/2025 4:15:00 PM

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