Kenneth Shaw
Thank you much for kind and generous response. As you can tell I’m interested in the possible enlivening impact on normative christian church life.
Last weeks emphasis on non-dualism was especially meaningful to me, as Jesus makes several clearly nondual statements,
I know that the focus of this presentation is the synthesis of Whitehead and Jung,but I wish for broader connections to the genealogy of ideas in the same trajectory: buddhism, advaita vedanta and the neoplatonism of Plotinus. I believe that making these historical connections back to antiquity would make the specialized language of AN Whitehead more approachable.Looking forward to tomorrow!
Ken ShawI am that I am is a common English translation of the Hebrew phrase אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה, ’ehyeh ’ăšer ’ehyeh – also “I am who I am,” “I will become what I choose to become”, “I am what I am,” “I will be what I will be,” “I create what(ever) I create,” or “I am the Existing One.”
The traditional English translation within Judaism favors “I will be what I will be” because there is no present tense of the verb “to be” in the Hebrew language.
Excellent! This also resonates with the revelation of the Name to Moses on Horeb: Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh (I Will Become What I Will Become. I see this as a possible path for connecting with the Biblical revelation.