Reading about J. Paul Getty's grandson's life shocked me. Measuring the value of life against the value of blood staggered my sense of right. Imagine the brutal shock to one's young life force to be under the terror of being kidnapped, and not knowing if death was coming at such a young age. If the news his grandfather wouldn't pay the whole ransom for tax purposes didn't send him towards insanity the torture must have done the job, and paralyzed him with fears his previous life had not perceived possible. On his soul, his damaged body a complex of emotions must have conquered, and overwhelmed his mind never to let go until his early death at 54.
If the grandson inherited the Western inclination to separate, and isolate God did this send him bitterly away from connecting with any energy outside of the narrow confines of his torment, his body, the small place he was held captive, and later life itself? These questions I will never get an answer to.
What is wealth? What has value? What is real: capital, or life?
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1215.html
The article I read about J. Paul Getty's personal thoughts revealed some things about J. Paul Getty I suspect would be the thoughts of many wealthy, and rich people. - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories
If the grandson inherited the Western inclination to separate, and isolate God did this send him bitterly away from connecting with any energy outside of the narrow confines of his torment, his body, the small place he was held captive, and later life itself? These questions I will never get an answer to.
What is wealth? What has value? What is real: capital, or life?
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1215.html
The article I read about J. Paul Getty's personal thoughts revealed some things about J. Paul Getty I suspect would be the thoughts of many wealthy, and rich people. - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories
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