"To truly put this seeking aside is to become, in many ways, a non-person." I was struck by this line of yours. you know that "except a corn of wheat fall to the ground..." and "whosoever loseth his life for my sake shall find it". I think that there is the fear of becoming a non-person but that isn't what actually happens. Certainly som…
"To truly put this seeking aside is to become, in many ways, a non-person."
I was struck by this line of yours. you know that "except a corn of wheat fall to the ground..." and "whosoever loseth his life for my sake shall find it". I think that there is the fear of becoming a non-person but that isn't what actually happens. Certainly some onlookers might say that you are unimpressive or foolish. Truly we become more fully ourselves and more fully alive and more of what God created us to be. Not by trying, it is true.
This is a Girardian insight about metaphysical desire, or at least I intended it to be. But it is exactly as you say. In being socially relevant we become less than we are meant to be. In becoming a "non-person" socially we can begin to come into being in ways that we couldn't have planned. The irony is how much time we--myself--have spent trying to gain admittance to the social exalted confines of non-being.
I'm doing great, thank you, and I see that you are thriving in your mountain retreat :)
Yes indeed! Come late Spring, I have several long trips planned to the deserts and mountains of the West. I can't wait to return to that part of the country.
I hope your journey continues going well, wherever it takes you.
"To truly put this seeking aside is to become, in many ways, a non-person."
I was struck by this line of yours. you know that "except a corn of wheat fall to the ground..." and "whosoever loseth his life for my sake shall find it". I think that there is the fear of becoming a non-person but that isn't what actually happens. Certainly some onlookers might say that you are unimpressive or foolish. Truly we become more fully ourselves and more fully alive and more of what God created us to be. Not by trying, it is true.
This is a Girardian insight about metaphysical desire, or at least I intended it to be. But it is exactly as you say. In being socially relevant we become less than we are meant to be. In becoming a "non-person" socially we can begin to come into being in ways that we couldn't have planned. The irony is how much time we--myself--have spent trying to gain admittance to the social exalted confines of non-being.
In Zen the goal is to become - "the True Man of No Name".
Amen to that.
Benjamin, how are you? Any plans for adventures out into the wild?
I'm doing great, thank you, and I see that you are thriving in your mountain retreat :)
Yes indeed! Come late Spring, I have several long trips planned to the deserts and mountains of the West. I can't wait to return to that part of the country.
I hope your journey continues going well, wherever it takes you.