excellence                                                                      Oxford’s English Dictionary

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1. a. The state or fact of excelling; the possession chiefly of good qualities in an eminent  or unusual degree; surpassing merit, skill, virtue, worth, etc.; dignity, eminence.

   b. Phrases: †in excellence of = superior to (obs.). by (an, way of) excellence; in early use translating L. per, propter excellentiam, Gr. jas' nov–m, in later use = Fr. par excellence: (so called) as being preëminently entitled   to the designation given. Now rare. Cf. eminence 8c.

2. That in which a person or thing excels; an excellent feature or quality.

   †b. An excellent action; a kindness, favour. Obs.

 
3.  a. An excellent personality. Obs.

   †b. As a title of honour; = excellency 3b. Obs.

From the editor...

       A close friend of mine of many years has been trying to get me to read this book called A Course In Miracles for over a year now. To be honest, I have been somewhat resistant to beginning the endeavor. It has nothing to do with the subject matter that the title may suggest (however to project any spiritual doctrine on its purported authors would be premature).  The real discouraging factor was the sheer size and dense content of the text…kind of like trying to pick up the Quran, the Upanishads or the Bible and just started reading it like a Robert Ludlum novel.  You really have to be in a far more disciplined state of mind.  Mine tends to wander….a lot. 

 

    In reading the article submissions for this month’s issue the theme became self evident.  Further, as I was digesting the Course the other day, the relevancy of this passage jumps out at me with amplitude and volume.

 

   “Readiness is only the prerequisite for accomplishment.  The two should not be confused.  As soon as the state of readiness occurs, there is usually some degree of desire to accomplish, but it is by no means necessarily undivided.  The state does not imply more than a potential for a change of mind.  Confidence cannot develop fully until mastery has been accomplished.  We have already attempted to correct the fundamental error that fear can be mastered, and have emphasized that the only real mastery is through love.  Readiness is only the beginning of confidence. ”

 

    Having a front row seat in the CDS main event is more than food for thought when it comes to digesting this idea of excellence...it’s a very heavy three course meal.  It’s about the difference between those who say and those who do, and not just doing...but doing it right. So, shall we start to explore the word of the month?  I’ll see you afterwards in the Library...

 

Bill Jackson

 

May 2008

Volume II    Issue  5

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