Heavenletter #4903 Roses Blossoming in Fullness
Dear Gloria,
There seems to be the word "are" missing in the very first sentence:
No matter how far along in life you may think you, you are a beginner. You are a beginner in that you are always growing. There is no end to you, beloveds. You are always beginning. You cannot take a breath and relax thinking that you have become all you are to become. You can take a breath and relax knowing that you will continue to learn and grow and continue to express all that is within you to express.
Should it read: "No matter how far along in life you may think you are, you are a beginner."?
It seems to me that in the following sentence the plural form should be singular, since "everything" is the subject here:
In fact, everything but Being, Soul, and Love are so temporary that they are illusion. Being, Soul, Love are True and Real.
And now I see that there is a space too many.
Absolutely, there is an are
Absolutely, there is an are missing, dear Luus. This, as you say, is correct:
No matter how far along in life you may think you are, you are a beginner.
In fact, everything but Being, Soul, and Love are so temporary that they are illusion. Being, Soul, Love are True and Real.
The above takes some thinking! Again, you are absolutely right. In fact, everything but Being, Soul, and Love IS so temporary....
Yet we have to do something here -- that THEY are illusion.
Perhaps we should say instead of that they are illusion:
that EVERYTHING ELSE is illusion. I think this will do it:
So here's our sentence:
In fact, everything but Being, Soul, and Love are so temporary that everything else is illusion. Being, Soul, Love are the Only True and Real.
I added just a little bit, dear Luus.
Luus, will you kindly correct this on the Heavenletter itself?
Thank you, dear angel!
Please comment here so I know you read it.
Love, Gloria
Done, Gloria. Thank you!
Done, Gloria. Thank you!
Beloved Luus, it is for me
Beloved Luus, it is for me to thank you. A thousand blessings.
Gloria, these collective
Gloria, these collective nouns are certainly troublesome. Unless I'm confused, your fix of the second sentence didn't completely fix the problem because you left a plural "are" in place. Let me go back to the beginning and offer an alternate.
"In fact, all things except Being, Soul, and Love are so temporary that they are illusion. Being, Soul, Love are True and Real." I have taken out "everything but" and replaced it with "all things except". Nothing else is changed. The meaning is the same. It's all plural now.