I wanted to share something from an email
conversation with you, because I think it reflects some very important things
that I believe are on the minds of a lot of people these days. Below are quotes
from an email I received:
“I have so much to learn it is
overwhelming........and even more overwhelming is how much I need to unlearn . .
. One day at a time is hard for me because in 10 years I will be 85 and then
another ten I'll be 95 . . . Anyway, I am willing to put in the time to learn
because I know I am stuck in a place teeming with wrong theology and I want to
be rid of all the delusions, lies, and half-lies . . .”
This
is my reply:
“I know where you are coming from on the
reality that most of my life is behind me. But I also live with the fact that I
can only live in the present moment, i.e., one
day at a time. As I get older, the law of supply and demand kicks in -- with fewer days ahead each one becomes more
valuable. The question for me is how can I best invest each day in
something that reflects that value?
In order to answer it requires an
understanding of my values -- what are my
highest values. At the point in life when my awareness of the value of my
time is the highest, the desire to invest it in what I value the most is the
greatest. To do that I have to know what
my highest values are.
Ultimately
for me I had to work my way through the process of identifying the key memes of my reality, two of which were cornerstones
of my theology -- "God" and "Jesus". The TOV Center process
switched my focus from "proving who
or what they are (theology)" to "what did they value the most." My conclusion, based on the
Hebrew and Greek texts available to me (and my team), is their highest values
are identical: TOV, MISHPAT &
TZEDAQAH. All three place human life
as the highest value and top priority. However, understanding what those
words mean requires more than a simple dictionary definition . . . For me the bottom line is switching for
living in a reality based on mutually exclusive theologies to one based on
mutually beneficial values.”
We
created the TOV Center to help people learn about this process so they will be
able to apply it to their realities and make their lives safer, happier, healthier
and more inclusive by creating and maintaining values-based relationships. For
more information about it visit our website at – http://tovcenter.org
. Please feel free to share this with others who may benefit from it.
Shalom,
Jim
Myers
