FROM OUTSIDE OF FLORENCE: We have rented a three-story farmhouse just outside of Florence in BAGNO DI RIPPOLI. F A B U L O U S!!!!! Photos later....having problems with technology here. I Photo wont let me publish an album for some reason even after rebooting. Rather odd. Perhaps too many photos. Yesterday was fantastic.....weather, fellowship, companionship, food, Florence, DAVID (Always a thrill to see the manefestation of the power of the God Presence through genius. When I first saw David at the Accademia, I was with my life friend and Guru, Wilson Hall. When I turned the corner, and saw David in the distance, I knew I was in a HOLY PLACE. For me, I knew that God entered into Michaelangelo to create something as magnificent as this is. When I made it to the feet of David, it was like David said to me, Hey John. Where have you been all of these years? How are you, man? How can stone breathe, but it does. IT DOES. I wrote this poem after seeing this MANIFESTATION OF GOD in 2002: DAVIDS THEOLOGY Out of original sin through a willing vessel comes a miraculous anointing manifesting God Himself in perfect stone. THE THEOLOGICAL IMPERATIVE: ONCE YOU HAVE KNOWLEDGE, YOU MUST RESPOND. So, Wilson and I stayed there for over an hour which was forbidden at that time. In 2002, you were allowed only a brief time in DAVIDS presence, and an alarm sounded and everyone was hurded out. A new band of angels were driven in.....the endless procession of the faithful and faithless.....but after seeing David, if one is sensitive in any way, they are somehow changed. In 2002, David was dark and dirty from polution, in addition to the dirt that all of the vistors brought into the museum daily by the thousands. When Wilson and I returned in 2004, David had been cleaned and somewhat restored (there are a couple of places where the statue had been broken). He was CLEAN; however, the spiritual moment was even more intense. I knew that I was in the presence of something HOLY. We still were not allowed to take photos. Yesterday, some 10 years later, photos were allowed, and I took many of them. I, too, had been CLEANED. Probably for the first time in my life, totally freed by lifes polution, I walked tall, totally happy, comfortable in all that makes me, ME. A claimed CHILD OF THE UNIVERSE, knowing that once you have knowledge, you MUST respond. And I have. What a cherished gift to share this experience with my friends. Life is good. REALLY GOOD. J
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 06:52:49 +0000
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