The Sermon On The Mount

When you are inspired by intelligent and creative people, you are inspired to look into the things that interest or inspire them.
I was lead to the Sermon on the Mount by a guy I shall not name, because if I name him one more time in these pages you will slap me. (Actually it's not going to be that easy - I will quote him time and time again until my soul has had it's fill).
I have never delved into religion deeply; it interests me as a historical issue and a possible source of inspiration or thought process or philosophy for living a life.
As I age (rapidly) religion takes on more significance. So I scanned through the Sermon on the Mount to see what it is all about.
It's going to take more than scanning.
It's heavy duty and subject to a million interpretations, according to the critiques of it that I also scanned.
In a nutshell, Jesus did some meditating, hiked up a mountain with his disciples and others gathered around him and delivered a speech outlining his expectations for his disciples and his position on law, anger, adultery, divorce, oaths, love for enemies, and includes sections called the beatitudes, the salt of the earth, and the light of the world.
It covers a lot of ground.
I will dig into it deeper because that's where my head is at - searching for depth, searching for knowledge, taking new approaches to improving and changing myself.
You are in trouble. I'll be sharing my findings and opinions in these very pages.
I have always dismissed stuff like this. But suddenly I feel the more knowledge I have the better equipped I will be to evolve.
Yeah, even at the ripe old age of 58 I am trying to evolve.
Do you sense the longing? Can you feel the urgency?
I am compelled to comment. I pull up the Sermon on the Mount on this internet thingy and the first thing I have to do is X away an advertisement. An advertisement was covering and preventing me from accessing the Sermon on the Mount.
Could be a commentary on why the Sermon has not had the impact it should on humanity.