To “revive” something… chivalry… anything… means to “restore it to life or consciousness.” In order for that to be possible… the reviving needs to begin with me… Don Philipe Quixote must first be revived in order to be part of the process to revive chivalry… or to help others be revived… my problem though… is called my human condition…. my natural man... I have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge so I could “be as God”... the One who determines what is good and what is evil.
That “be as god” thingy, really appealed to the old fella… even though Philip’s spirit died from that choice, he was not aware of it until he was personally revived (brought to life) back on June 24th 1968…. Philip’s first revival. It took years and years before I discovered that that experience was only the beginning of a process… not the end.
That little seed of a new life in the spirit, had to be put in the ground so it could die…. inch by inch, in order bring forth the new life that had been birthed in me and growing……. the very life of Christ…. which then keeps growing and growing… as Philip’s natural man dies in me… Jesus lives in me.
But… these true things… these truths… these doctrines… are only true to me when I experience them… they are only true to others when they experience them… not when they intellectually agree with them… but when they experience them….
Which is why I tell stories… stories of my experiences… to help others to seek out their own experiences... Tomorrow I will tell some stories about my experiences over the years about the chivalry I would love to see revived ….. 🙂