An Explanation

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 I'm not really sure how science knows that the speed of light is 186,000 miles per second.  But there is a formula for this that would take a long time to explain.  Einstein's famous formula of E=MC(squared) can be explained, but his life was devoted to the formula.  I once had a retired English professor as a close friend who once said if something has to be explained one is better off not explaining.  One of my professors once said a reason is often an excuse.

I thought I might be able to explain why my pipe is a part of my Spirituality, but I might be better off just saying that it is, instead of explaining why I smoke a pipe.  It is ritualistic.  If I had to explain my pipe, I would end up explaining more than I have room and time for an explanation.  And it's just easier for me to say I am a Spiritual person than for me to go into detail to explain how it is that I am.

Explanations take a lot of time and work.  Philosophy classes are taught to explain philosophy with many students coming out of such not knowing the explanation.  Math and science classes often leave students puzzled and confused.  And many ask the same question:  what's the point?  Professors are hoping that sometime in their lives a light bulb will come on and every student will at some point understand.  

When an engineer begins to draw up plans for a structure like a bridge that engineer will understand what they are doing.  A philosophy student will understand when they begin to answer life questions for their own children and grandchildren.  It WILL come together.  But some things in life might require many explanations and one may never stop explaining.  It might be easier to say, "Because I said so."

Some things in life require books to be written to explain a simple thought.  And once one starts, there might not be an end until one's life ends.  Einstein has left many theoretical physicists explaining his work, with some now questioning his conclusions.  Some people leave this world with more questions than answers.  

So no, I am unable to explain how I became the Spiritual person I have become.  It's part theology, part philosophy, part of it is just who I am by my very nature, and the rest is Divine.  But my Spirituality is acquired.  It can't be taught.  If it were that simple I would be an evangelist, which I am not.  And if it were a simple formula, maybe I could explain it, but I could say to study philosophy and theology and pray for Divine intervention.  

Maybe then, you too could become your own kind of Spiritual person.  But if one were to ask for how long, I might say a lifetime.  Maybe, if you are fortunate enough to understand.  I am not boasting here.   A pipe may or may not help.  Actually, I have no explanation.  And that is my point.  I can't explain it, because if I could, I would.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave

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