It’s your voice that whispers in the night
coming from the walls, from my mind
constant as shadows lengthen around me
and everything else fades to grey
Only you seem to give the world color
but you’ve hidden your paintbrush away
You whisper of cathedrals you’ll paint one day
with shadows on the walls just like the ones we live in
alongside memories of the sun’s dying breath
blood on the horizon gone black into night
and your hands already moving across the canvas
dragging all the colors of the world behind
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Does happiness require giving up material attachments, in your opinion?
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10 responses to “Whisper of Cathedrals”
I’d imagine it varies from person to person. I know I love food from restaurants, so I don’t want to give up the money I spend on that.
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Fair answer! There are definitely many comforts which I don’t think giving up would make me any happier… good food being one of them!
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You pose a good question. As I have come to know about it attachments are supposed to be what someone can continue to have at peace and joy. In addition, they shoud be understandable to the person that has them and appreciated continuously. What supports people at peace and joy depends on how they are knowledged and that is not the same for everyone. Some people require certain sights and sounds to be imparted knowledge from above while others have an attachment level that supports little to no material things to participate. I am of the later 🙂
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Very cool! Makes sense that, like pretty much every other human trait imaginable, it exists on a spectrum. I definitely enjoy certain materialistic indulgences, though there are also some I’m sure I might be better off without.
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I love the imagery of “your hands already moving across the canvas /dragging all the colors of the world behind.” Beautiful! You could paint a picture to illustrate those words… a beautiful painitng of hands dragging all the colors of the world … God’s hands, creating the rainbow!!
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Thanks Jan! That’s a great idea, if I had more drawing/painting talent I might try it out (;
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Not necessarily, but it’s different for everyone. I’m starting to wonder if happiness requires giving up personal attachments… I’m kind of tired of people right now. I haven’t checked news feeds on Facebook or Instagram in four days. That’s some kind of new record for me.
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If you don’t mind me asking, have you noticed any kind of change in your mood since you stopped checking them? I’m very interested in the question of how social media affects people’s lives. My gut tells me that its effects are way further reaching than most of us realize, so I love hearing how people feel when they start to move away from it!
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Not really… I’ve been back on as of a few hours ago, but I think what I really need to do is stop following certain people. That has always been hard for me, though.
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👌👌👌🤩
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