Theos-Talk Archives (August 1998 Message tt00253)

mika perala wrote:

> Bjorn wrote:
>
> > > > I think the "poetic language" is intentional and an integral part of the
> > > > message.
> > >
> > > What purpose does this 'intent' serve?
> >
> > Yes, why are people using poetic language at all? Why do people enjoy poetry?
> >
> > Your answer is probabley as good as mine. Personally I think that our feeling
> > nature, and intuitional faculties, often respond to poetic language in a way
> > that purely intellectual discourse can not accomplish.
> >
>
> OK, I see. I guess it`s not my kind of poetry then.

Fine, we can not all have the same taste, nor should we.

> Somehow, I find it inappropriate (or it makes it sound a bit banal )
> when this kind of straight 'teaching'kind of text is expressed this way.

I think it looks a bit that way in written form, but it is much more meaningful
in the context of the spoken dictation, when the radiation is conveyed more
directly, not only the words. But then, these dictations are very different.
SOme are much more "factual" than others, and the poetic style also varies
widely from one to another.

> My ears like it more when spiritual poetry is much more veiled, more
> art-like.

Perhaps I can dig up some examples that would please your ear better.

>
> P.S. Bjorn, are you Swedish?

I lived in Sweded for the first 35 years of my life, then moved to the US.

> P.S.S. I hope you can understand my sometimes weird expressions.

I know quite a few fins, and they are always extremely weird, so I am used to
it! :)

Bjorn