Genealogy, Physical and Spiritual

 

Today MyHeritage notified me that they have found a new "Theory of Family Relativity" to explain my relatedness to a young man in Ireland. Their theory is correct, and nothing new. I have met the young man and conversed with him. I have many hundreds of genetic cousins, many of them from Finland and Sweden. Most are at the level of fifth or fourth cousins. A fifth cousin is a descendant of a sibling of one of your great-great-great-grandparents. How many of those ggg-grandparents do you have? Thirty-two. How many descendants of their siblings are there? Usually at least hundreds or thousands. Such a family relationship may be historically interesting, but how important is it to your development as a person? Not very.

But the situation is different with spiritual genealogy. There are no companies that will trace those relationships for you, and yet all of them are important. How many do you have? Probably many. I have already mentioned some of mine in this blog: St. Francis of Assisi, St. Teresa of Avila, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, Shlomo Carlebach. But I have not mentioned Lalla of Kashmir, Rabbi Yeshua, Gabriela Mistral, or Ted Bardacke. Are there any Unitarians in this group? Oh, yes. Any naked poets? At least one. 

Have I met any of these people in person? Only Shlomo and Ted. The others have influenced me through their writings. Is that any less important than a physical meeting? I don't think so. It is a spiritual meeting.

Copyright © 2024 by Donald C. Traxler.

nulinigvgv udanvnv vhnai ase anagisdi galvladitlv / ᏄᎵᏂᎬᎬ ᎤᏓᏅᏅ ᎥᎿᎢ ᎠᏎ ᎠᎾᎩᏍᏗ ᎦᎸᎳᏗᏢ

 

nulinigvgv udanvnv vhnai ase anagisdi galvladitlv. uwoyenidi yeliquase alisdelvdi. nulinigvgv anagisdi agasgani uwoyeni nahnai ale doyegi agatisi uwoyeni. agasgani uwoyeni adodase odalv taline equa-elohi galvladitlv. agatisi uwoyeni anagisdase, alasgvdodi hawina, nvgi gayesadvdi asgoli galvladitlv didla. kaliwohi kawoladesgvdi gesvase ulisgedv.

ᏄᎵᏂᎬᎬ ᎤᏓᏅᏅ ᎥᎿᎢ ᎠᏎ ᎠᎾᎩᏍᏗ ᎦᎸᎳᏗᏢ. ᎤᏬᏰᏂᏗ ᏰᎵᏆᏎ ᎠᎵᏍᏕᎸᏗ. ᏄᎵᏂᎬᎬ ᎠᎾᎩᏍᏗ ᎠᎦᏍᎦᏂ ᎤᏬᏰᏂ ᎾᎿᎢ ᎠᎴ ᏙᏰᎩ ᎠᎦᏘᏏ ᎤᏬᏰᏂ. ᎠᎦᏍᎦᏂ ᎤᏬᏰᏂ ᎠᏙᏓᏎ ᎣᏓᎸ ᏔᎵᏁ ᎡᏆ-ᎡᎶᎯ ᎦᎸᎳᏗᏢ. ᎠᎦᏘᏏ ᎤᏬᏰᏂ ᎠᎾᎩᏍᏓᏎ, ᎠᎳᏍᎬᏙᏗ ᎭᏫᎾ, ᏅᎩ ᎦᏰᏌᏛᏗ ᎠᏍᎪᎵ ᎦᎸᎳᏗᏢ ᏗᏜ. ᎧᎵᏬᎯ ᎧᏬᎳᏕᏍᎬᏗ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᎵᏍᎨᏛ.

Body by Yoga; Age by Life

 

I did yoga extensively, usually daily, for more than forty years. Now that I'm nearly eighty-two years old, I don't do hatha yoga in the same way that I once did. But I still do parts of it, applying it to specific situations. I have to say that yoga has made my life better, and it continues to do so.

Text and image Copyright © 2024 by Donald C. Traxler.

No Husband

 

In our Florida kitchen

there was a sign above the sink,

that read, "No husband has ever been shot

while doing the dishes."

We still had the sign

in the old folks' home,

and I still did the dishes.

Alone, I still did them,

though not as many.

Now, in another country,

I'm nobody's husband,

but I still do the dishes,

and I still wear the ring.

July 21, 2024

Parque del Plata, Uruguay

Copyright © 2024 by Donald C. Traxler.

Aging Project XCVIII

 

Text and image Copyright © 2024 by Donald C. Traxler.

Gospel of Thomas 114 in English and Udugi ꭴꮪꭹ

 

Saying 114: Peter and Mary

Simon Peter said to them, "Mary should leave us, because women aren't worthy of life."

Jesus said, "Look, am I to make her a man? So that she may become a living spirit too, she's equal to you men, because every woman who makes herself manly will enter the kingdom of heaven."

simone quetla hinegise nasgidv didla, "meli aseuse adanvsdi itsulv, igvnisisgi ageyadi tla gesvase tsugvwalodiya vlenidohv vhnai," tsisa hinegise, "hagatu, aya aseuse gotlvdi nasgine tsilv asgaya? hia-iyv nasgi didolagose alenidohi adanvdo nasquv, nasgi gesvase idigadi nihi asgayadi didla, igvnisisgi nigadv ageya na didolagase nasgvsa asgayahi ayvsdose ugvwiyuhiyi nahnai.

ᏏᎼᏁ ᏇᏝ ᎯᏁᎩᏎ ᎾᏍᎩᏛ ᏗᏜ, "ᎺᎵ ᎠᏎᎤᏎ ᎠᏓᏅᏍᏗ ᎢᏧᎸ, ᎢᎬᏂᏏᏍᎩ ᎠᎨᏯᏗ Ꮭ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᏧᎬᏩᎶᏗᏯ ᎥᎴᏂᏙᎲ ᎥᎿᎢ," ᏥᏌ ᎯᏁᎩᏎ, "ᎭᎦtᎤ, ᎠᏯ ᎠᏎᎤᏎ ᎪᏢᏗ ᎾᏍᎩᏁ ᏥᎸ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ? ᎯᎠ-ᎢᏴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᏙᎳᎪᏎ ᎠᎴᏂᏙᎯ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎾᏍᏋ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎢᏗᎦᏗ ᏂᎯ ᎠᏍᎦᏯᏗ ᏗᏜ, ᎢᎬᏂᏏᏍᎩ ᏂᎦᏛ ᎠᎨᏯ Ꮎ ᏗᏙᎳᎦᏎ ᎾᏍᎬᏌ ᎠᏍᎦᏯᎯ ᎠᏴᏍᏙᏎ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯᏱ ᎾᎿᎢ.

Gospel of Thomas 113 in English and Udugi ꭴꮪꭹ

 

Saying 113: The Kingdom is Already Present

His disciples said to him, "When will the kingdom come?"

"It won't come by looking for it. They won't say, 'Look over here!' or 'Look over there!' Rather, the Father's kingdom is already spread out over the earth, and people don't see it."

utseli adasdawadidohidi adadvdodise atsvyv didla, "hilayui ulutsose ugvwiyuhiyi?" "tla ulutsose ayasdi gvdodi. nasgidv tla hinegose, 'hagatu ahani!' ale 'hagatu uhna!' aseno ugvwiyuhiyi gesvase gayula ayesdvdita equa-elohi digvwalosv, ale yvwi tla gowatase nasgine."

ᎤᏤᎵ ᎠᏓᏍᏓᏩᏗᏙᎯᏗ ᎠᏓᏛᏙᏗᏎ ᎠᏨᏴ ᏗᏜ, "ᎯᎳᏳᎢ ᎤᎷᏦᏎ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯᏱ?" "Ꮭ ᎤᎷᏦᏎ ᎠᏯᏍᏗ ᎬᏙᏗ. ᎾᏍᎩᏛ Ꮭ ᎯᏁᎪᏎ, 'ᎭᎦtᎤ ᎠᎭᏂ!' ᎠᎴ 'ᎭᎦtᎤ ᎤᎿ!' ᎠᏎᏃ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯᏱ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎦᏳᎳ ᎠᏰᏍᏛᏗᏔ ᎡᏆ-ᎡᎶᎯ ᏗᎬᏩᎶᏒ, ᎠᎴ ᏴᏫ Ꮭ ᎪᏩᏔᏎ ᎾᏍᎩᏁ."