{"id":98187,"date":"2023-01-05T19:21:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T02:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=98187"},"modified":"2023-01-06T18:59:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T01:59:38","slug":"meditations-and-reflections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2023\/01\/meditations-and-reflections.html","title":{"rendered":"Meditations and Reflections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\"Bronnikov's<\/a>
\u201cPythagoreans Celebrating the Sunrise\u201d (Fyodor Bronnikov, 1869)
(Wikimedia Commons public domain image)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I first read the Meditations<\/em> of the Stoic Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) back when I was in high school.\u00a0 (I belonged to some sort of book club through which I bought fairly inexpensive hardback editions of classic works; I still own the copy that I bought and read when I was about fifteen or sixteen.)\u00a0 I\u2019ve had a deep fondness for him ever since, and (although he himself was a pagan and not particularly friendly toward the novel sect of the Christians) much of what he had to say seems appropriate, in my view, for reflection at the beginning of a new year.\u00a0 Here are a few gems:<\/p>\n

\u1f1d\u03c9\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03bb\u03ad\u03b3\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd \u1f11\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u1ff7: \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03cd\u03be\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03ad\u03c1\u03b3\u1ff3, \u1f00\u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u03af\u03c3\u03c4\u1ff3, \u1f51\u03b2\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u1fc7, \u03b4\u03bf\u03bb\u03b5\u03c1\u1ff7, \u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03ba\u03ac\u03bd\u1ff3, \u1f00\u03ba\u03bf\u03b9\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd\u03ae\u03c4\u1ff3: \u03c0\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b1\u1fe6\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bc\u03b2\u03ad\u03b2\u03b7\u03ba\u03b5\u03bd \u1f10\u03ba\u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u1f70 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u1f04\u03b3\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03b1\u03bd \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03b8\u1ff6\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03ba\u03b1\u03ba\u1ff6\u03bd.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous, and surly. They are like this because they can\u2019t tell good from evil.\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u1f48\u03bb\u03af\u03b3\u03b1 \u03c0\u03c1\u1fc6\u03c3\u03c3\u03b5, \u03c6\u03b7\u03c3\u03af\u03bd, \u03b5\u1f30 \u03bc\u03ad\u03bb\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f50\u03b8\u03c5\u03bc\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Let your occupations be few,\u2019 says the sage, \u2018if you would lead a tranquil life.'\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u1f4c\u03c1\u03b8\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5, \u1f45\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd \u03b4\u03c5\u03c3\u03cc\u03ba\u03bd\u03c9\u03c2 \u1f10\u03be\u03b5\u03b3\u03b5\u03af\u03c1\u1fc3, \u03c0\u03c1\u03cc\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd \u1f14\u03c3\u03c4\u03c9 \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03ce\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03bd \u1f10\u03b3\u03b5\u03af\u03c1\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9\u00b7 \u1f14\u03c4\u03b9 \u03bf\u1f56\u03bd \u03b4\u03c5\u03c3\u03ba\u03bf\u03bb\u03b1\u03af\u03bd\u03c9, \u03b5\u1f30 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03b5\u03cd\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bd \u1f67\u03bd \u1f15\u03bd\u03b5\u03ba\u03b5\u03bd \u03b3\u03ad\u03b3\u03bf\u03bd\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f67\u03bd \u03c7\u03ac\u03c1\u03b9\u03bd \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u1fc6\u03b3\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03ba\u03cc\u03c3\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd; \u1f22 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c4\u03bf \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5\u03c3\u03ba\u03b5\u03cd\u03b1\u03c3\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9, \u1f35\u03bd\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03ba\u03b5\u03af\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u03c9\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03af\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bc\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03b8\u03ac\u03bb\u03c0\u03c9;<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAt dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: \u2018I have to go to work \u2013 as a human being. What do I have to complain of, if I\u2019m going to do what I was born for \u2013 the things I was brought into the world to do? Or is this what I was created for? To huddle under the blankets and stay warm?\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u039c\u03b7\u03ba\u03ad\u03b8\u1fbd \u1f45\u03bb\u03c9\u03c2 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u1f76 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03bf\u1f37\u03cc\u03bd \u03c4\u03b9\u03bd\u03b1 \u03b5\u1f36\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03b8\u1f78\u03bd \u1f04\u03bd\u03b4\u03c1\u03b1 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03bb\u03ad\u03b3\u03b5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9, \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70 \u03b5\u1f36\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWaste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m also fond of this passage from the great UCLA basketball coach John Wooden:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMake each day your masterpiece.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I fail at it every day.<\/p>\n

But these are appropriate thoughts, all of them, for the early days of the first month of a new year.<\/p>\n

Marcus Aurelius is especially good in times of tumult or worry. \u00a0His is a very calm and calming spirit, encouraging us to focus on what\u2019s most important and and on what\u2019s unchanging rather than on the often distressing and almost always distracting things about us.<\/p>\n

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The Joseph Smith Papyri were found not too terribly far from the funerary temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, which is shown above. From a distance, at least, her temple has always struck me as remarkably modern in its appearance. Up close, the sculpted heads of Hathor and the other inscriptions and relief sculptures dispel that impression quite a bit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Some of you, I think, will find these three short pieces interesting:<\/p>\n

\u201cAn Overlooked Example of the Book of Mormon\u2019s Surprising Use of Book of Moses Material\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cA New Perspective on Racial Questions about the Book of Abraham\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Book of Mormon\u2019s \u2018Other Words\u2019 as an Egyptianism\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

And this quite different piece, reflecting on a famous recent incident:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the Bengals and Bills Bowed Their Heads\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"A<\/a>
Ani kneeling before the god Osiris for postmortem judgment
(Wikimedia Commons public domain image)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI took place today in Vatican City.\u00a0 So it\u2019s perhaps not inappropriate to post a few more links that some of you might find worth a glance.\u00a0 The first of them was written by Rabbi David Rosen, who, back in 1993 when I was leading an intensive Arabic program in Jerusalem and my family and I were actually living in Brigham Young University\u2019s Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies, taught courses on Judaism to the students in the Center.\u00a0 On one memorable occasion, he and his wife and family actually spent a weekend living in the Center and illustrating for the Latter-day Saint students there how a devout Jewish family observes shabbat<\/em>.\u00a0 It was inspiring, and quite unlike the caricatures of Jewish sabbath-observance with which I (and no doubt others, as well) had grown up.\u00a0 Rabbi Rosen is a very impressive individual.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Pope Benedict I knew: A keeper of his faith with a deep respect for Judaism\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

I also share here two conflicting accounts of Pope Benedict\u2019s famous remarks at the University of Regensburg, which I myself mentioned a few days ago in my first notice of his death.\u00a0 During radio interviews in both Australia and New Zealand, I had defended him against what I regarded as grossly unfair mischaracterizations of those remarks.\u00a0 \u00a0In the following two links, Sohrab Ahmari<\/a>, a Muslim turned atheist who has since converted to Catholicism (partly as a result of Pope Benedict\u2019s thinking), defends Benedict in the New York Times<\/em> and Mark Silk<\/a>, a Jewish American academic.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat Pope Benedict Taught Me About Faith\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat Pope Benedict got wrong about Islam: Not understanding Islamic theology was only part of it.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s been roughly seventeen years since the Regensburg speech, and I would have to review the text of Pope Benedict\u2019s remarks in order to offer any meaningful response to either of these takes on it.\u00a0 But I remember thinking at the time that the pope may have been impolitic, and maybe too professorial, but that it simply wasn\u2019t true that he had set out to slander Islam, as some were saying.\u00a0 And I suspect that I\u2019m far more disposed to be friendly to Pope Benedict than Mark Silk or his friend Tom Reese appear to be.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure that I can square Reese\/Silk\u2019s judgment that Pope Benedict refused to listen to other opinions.\u00a0 It\u2019s difficult to reconcile that notion with the audience that he granted in 2005 to the late Italian journalist and vocal atheist Oriana Fallaci.\u00a0 At her death, she bequeathed her personal papers and her collection of historical and other books to the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 The Associated Press quoted the rector of the university at the time as saying that she had done so out of \u201cveneration\u201d for Pope Benedict XVI.\u00a0 (Which, given the public praise that she bestowed upon him on more than one occasion, is not difficult to credit.)<\/p>\n

Nor can I reconcile Reese\/Silk\u2019s judgment with the long-term and genuine friendship \u2014 including dueling books \u2014 between Pope Benedict and the eminent American rabbinic scholar Jacob Neusner, who \u2014 as I know from personal experience \u2014 was famously irascible.\u00a0 (Happily, his ire was only once aimed directly at me [I still have the email]; usually he was polite to me, even kind, but his temper was explosive and unpredictable and I was always on edge when we were in the same room.)\u00a0 That friendship is briefly mentioned in an interesting statement on the passing of the Pope Emeritus from the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal<\/em>:<\/p>\n

\u201cPope Benedict XVI, 1927-2022:\u00a0A papacy dedicated to the interplay between reason and faith.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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