by cyranorox » December 1st, 2008, 12:49 am
I like Von Balthazar too.
re: the name: O post-od-ave, pos-toda-ve, its Cyrano + Roxanne, portmanteau. not a cyan/aurochs - though I like that, too, and may use it when i feel bovine and blue.
The payoff for hoping all will be saved, as Leslie also sees, is that you must forgive everyone. I spent a long time pondering forgiveness, finding that I still felt anger or resentment after I consciously forgave someone. I finally realised that forgiving and hoping for someone's entry into the Kingdom are formally the same thing. But, I can directly ask for someone's salvation, as a willed action. I cannot feel kindly or friendly in some cases. So this move shifts the problem, and the obligation, to a domain where I can do what I ought. It's not enough, of course, but it's necessary.
Apocatastasis Now!