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THOROAH: Thank you, Tomas. From the e-mail from Sivad:

THOROAH: Thank you, Tomas. From the e-mail from Sivad:

Tomas, [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1999-10-19-Paradoxes#Paradox some time back] you invited me to 'sit beside you and contemplate together' the [[meaning]] and relation of [[paradox]] and [[irony]]. I wanted to let you know that I have enjoyed the fruits of your invitation and would offer you my [[thoughts]] and await your comments.  

Tomas, [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1999-10-19-Paradoxes#Paradox some time back] you invited me to 'sit beside you and contemplate together' the [[meaning]] and relation of [[paradox]] and [[irony]]. I wanted to let you know that I have enjoyed the fruits of your invitation and would offer you my [[thoughts]] and await your comments.  

I have observed that when the [[infinite]] finds [[concept]]ual [[expression]] in the realm of the [[finite]], it always wears the clothing of [[paradox]], whereas its concrete [[action]] on the mortal stage abounds with [[irony]]. In this [[manner]] they appear related much as the concept of [[philosophy]] and the [[action]] of [[religion]].

I have observed that when the [[infinite]] finds [[concept]]ual [[expression]] in the realm of the [[finite]], it always wears the clothing of [[paradox]], whereas its concrete [[action]] on the mortal stage abounds with [[irony]]. In this [[manner]] they appear related much as the concept of [[philosophy]] and the [[action]] of [[religion]].

TOMAS: For you are the one who has the [[authority]] to [[reveal]] to yourself with [[affection]] your own stumbling blocks en route to your [[recognition]] of your own [[growth]], and when your experience is expressed and [[appreciated]] by others in mirth then you have rejoiced in kind. This is [[healthy]]. It is a result of your acquiescing to an appreciation of the [[realtive|relativity]] of your perfection.

TOMAS: For you are the one who has the [[authority]] to [[reveal]] to yourself with [[affection]] your own stumbling blocks en route to your [[recognition]] of your own [[growth]], and when your experience is expressed and [[appreciated]] by others in mirth then you have rejoiced in kind. This is [[healthy]]. It is a result of your acquiescing to an appreciation of the [[realtive|relativity]] of your perfection.

It is not, obviously, [[grace|gracious]] to laugh at others' [[difficulties]], even though it is common [[practice]] to do so. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slapstick Slapstick comedy] is well loved by many, and it is an [[art]] form that pokes fun at the [[human condition]], and so there are occasions of enjoying the [[universal]]ity of [[humanity]], enabling you to find humor in your [[collective]] condition, in order to appreciate your commonality with humanity, not your superiority over them.

It is not, obviously, [[grace|gracious]] to laugh at others' [[difficulties]], even though it is common [[practice]] to do so. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slapstick Slapstick comedy] is well loved by many, and it is an [[art]] form that pokes fun at the [[human condition]], and so there are occasions of enjoying the [[universal]]ity of [[humanity]], enabling you to find humor in your [[collective]] condition, in order to appreciate your commonality with humanity, not your superiority over them.

My friend, I would like to remark for a moment regarding your most [[touching]] sentiments having to do with our [[association]] and the very valuable [[testimony]] of the experience of hearing the Teacher or [[interacting]] with the Teacher as [[compared]] to reading [[words]] provided by and through a Teacher. Your [[emotion]]al [[content]] is a [[supreme]] example of how it is that our relationship is [[personal]], and I, too, will miss your [[immediacy]] and occasional [[social]] contact.

My friend, I would like to remark for a moment regarding your most [[touching]] sentiments having to do with our [[association]] and the very valuable [[testimony]] of the experience of hearing the Teacher or [[interacting]] with the Teacher as [[compared]] to reading [[words]] provided by and through a Teacher. Your [[emotion]]al [[content]] is a [[supreme]] example of how it is that our relationship is [[personal]], and I, too, will miss your [[immediacy]] and occasional [[social]] contact.