{"id":8978,"date":"2011-09-03T07:12:33","date_gmt":"2011-09-03T11:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nakedpastor.com\/?p=8978"},"modified":"2011-09-03T07:12:33","modified_gmt":"2011-09-03T11:12:33","slug":"zen-math-the-meaning-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/nakedpastor\/2011\/09\/zen-math-the-meaning-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"zen, math &amp; the meaning of life"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2011\/09\/meaning-of-life.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8979\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2011\/09\/meaning-of-life.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"482\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is a Zen saying: \u201c<em>At first, I saw mountains as mountains and rivers as rivers. Then, I saw mountains were not mountains and rivers were not rivers. Finally, I see mountains again as mountains, and rivers again as rivers.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like the prolific theologian Aquinas said in his last days: \u201c<em>all that I have written seems like straw to me.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Our theological journey, when we fully invest, is not an easy one.<\/p>\n<p>Visit my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nakedpastor.com\/?openstorepage=home\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">new store!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a Zen saying: \u201cAt first, I saw mountains as mountains and rivers as rivers. Then, I saw mountains were not mountains and rivers were not rivers. 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