Friday, November 14, 2008

Solution Anyone?

How can they (i.e. the gods) meet us face to face till we have faces? The idea was that a human being must become real before it can expect to receive any message from the superhuman; that is, it must be speaking with its own voice (not one of its borrowed voices), expressing its actual desires (not what it imagines that it desires), being for good or ill itself, not any mask, veil, or persona.--CS Lewis

I think Lewis brings up a great point here...and all throughout his book. So often people, including myself, wonder why God is not clearly communicating his will for us and directing our path. With this new knowledge, it is clear to see that people are often not who they are, they are lacking a face...and a voice. Perhaps this is because they are not open to being real? Or is it because they prefer to borrow someone else's voice?
Why do we as human beings feel the need to talk constantly, but without words? I do agree with Lewis when he writes (in the form of Fox), " Why should they hear the babble we think we mean?". It's true. Why would God want to listen to people talk nonsense about things they know nothing about?
So the solution is this: find your face and your voice. I have a feeling this is easier said than done. Perhaps with the knowledge of the veil, we will be able to remove it...perhaps not. It was only when Orual said what had laid hidden in her soul that she truly said what she meant. How do we come to the point that we release what we have kept hidden? Perhaps we should ask God for guidance...but are we really saying what we mean???

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