In Reply to: Re: No double meanings for me, just a straight line through posted by Thinker on February 05, 2010 at 14:47:20:
Well, I am not that much of a music-expert...that little guitar-playing of mine could really have some "finetuning"...I am kind of familiar with different scales in Jazz...even as there are different harmonies and scales in oriental music...pls. correct me if I am wrong...nonetheless, I have to "feel well" listening to it...it's not just understanding it...I "understand" the "calamity of the slanted tower of Pisa, but I consider it very dangerous so to speak...not to say, that I want to have that "analogy" applied one to one to music...just to say...what has understand and liking so much in common??I can understand what a woman says...but I may still not like her on a personal level.Beautiful music is for me pretty uncomplicated.
I kind of treasured my CD of out of Eden...old hymns in their very jazzy way
that way I got to know the beauty of those old treasures.However I can imagine listening to something less "jazzy"...after all, without the right words...what good would that be.I must admit, that I listened to jazz and "transcendental" music before joining, because I was tired of either not understanding the text...all too mumbled...or "discerning" it as too superficial...too worldly ...now I am very fine just with acappella-choires...if it's done beautifully...instruments I can do without...if the text happens to be the right spirit uplifting one...just being very meaningful
But chaos reminds me of Genesis...and I am thankful that HIS light shone through in all that darkness...not getting into, what some call gap-theory...but how could I thrive on chaos...I have "chaos" often at home, but I am preferring order...but it's time and energy-consuming...but it's worth it...I kind of admire the ideas of artist and architect Hundertwasser...he thought, that straight lines or too much "rectangularness" is kind of disturbing for man...so he had round elements in his buildings...going by much in nature...if not all...I must say, he's probably right...if it weren't for light...even laserlight.
I can't judge others...I leave that up to the Lord...but I know I have to check my own progress with the word...one thing I know, if I miss out on peace or not getting comforted...something would be terribly wrong....so far I always got it, when I desperately needed it.
I guess, you'll do what you can't resist in doing...same kind of for me...only I got convinced, that I shouldn't allow myself to do all I could fancy of doing...call it self or Christ-caused-restriction...some things I heavily prayed for, to have HIS assistence, otherwise I won't make any progress...the road being to steep.
Why then is revelation (or other scripture) admonishing us to overcome...if it were all so easy and to our liking???
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