Of course this container  I've been talking about the past few days is all excited now that he has 2 drops of living water in his glass... wow... just think of that... Philip meets  God and he is then instructed  (taught) ...

 How does one explain that which is inexplicable?... a mystery is just that... a mystery... like the Presence I talked about last time... the mystery of the Presence has been solved for me... it is no longer  a mystery to me...but how do I explain  it to some one else?   We had  friends  over last night...

When I said all that stuff yesterday about my infatuation with myself... that self-love  issue I have... my obsession  with myself... about living in my own little world of self-importance... I started musing about where to take all that today... where do I go with it... then this thought came through my brain... so what's the answer?.... why don't you simply talk about...

 I promised to say more about us humans and how we have this thing about ourselves... how important we are to us... how I am the center  of my universe... I call it the - I-Me-My-Mine-Syndrome... it is built in... part of the original  equipment... oh no... no, no, no... I say... not Philip...

It took me a very long time... to finally  discover... that Philip's biggest  problem... is Philip.... my biggest problem is... me! Not that that is such an unusual  situation... it just kinda goes with the territory... the territory of being a human being...  we humans really think the world should  revolve around us.... that's why life gets so tough  for us...

I think I have gone full circle back to 1969 when I first touched  the "Deeper Life" authors... like Sparks, Grubb, Nee, Murray, Penn Lewis,, and all.....

This is from Grubb's daily morning reading... he is talking about

The big lie... I mean the really really  big lie... is what I mentioned yesterday... that I am the greatest!   Maybe I should rephrase  that a little.... and say that it is the whole idea that I somehow should be...the greatest... or maybe at least  a little bit greater  than I am... followed by the thought that... you know ... I'll never be great....and then.... I don't have what it takes...

I don't get it, Philip.  I don't know where you  live old fella...  but.... I  live in a real world.... not some ocean like you are talking about... I am clueless  how this stuff you are saying would work out in real life here on good old planet earth...  it seems  to be real for you.... but how do I do that?

If someone comes along and says or does something totally different  from my norm... like really radical  to my thinking... to my preconceptions  of life  ... how do I react  to that?   What is my response...?  Am I threatened  in  some way?   Like when a good friend of mine challenged me recently... with this statement....

Just sitting here on the beach.... in South Carolina.. I mean... it's really different... not our norm one might even say...   :)

The old fella doesn't even care that it's 58 degrees and he is wearing a jacket... it's Surfside Beach!!!... and it's South Carolina... and it was 21 degrees when we left Vermont!