Epitome
Could epitome be out of the pit of me?
:- Doug.
What to you is the best kind of conversation? What is the highest quality for you?
:- Doug.
“You’ve got to be taught” goes the song from South Pacific. You’ve got to be taught to separate yourself from Mamma, from Poppa, and from the world out there. So our efforts to self transcendence are in the nature of reminding that we are part of the whole, can live in delight, don’t need an egotistic ego. We can remember the things our English language is designed to keep out of our mouths.
:- Doug.
If we are going beyond ourselves it is well we go with another. The halt can lead the blind!
:- Doug.
Is there de-personalization in de-conversing? Just as in conversation we bring forth persons, by refusing conversation, we withhold reality and vitality from those who could be.
:- Doug.
The storm is upon us
Go out
Extend your hand
There is no more risk
We are already dying
:- Doug.
How is the power of together increased? We don’t know till we ask one another.
:- Doug.
Do you find as time goes on your life seems to make more sense, seems to have a direction?
:- Doug.
It’s come to me with age
It may have come upon you with an experience or two
What is age but a collection of experiences?
:- Doug.
The ball is spinning
the borders are permeable
“for sure” is not
life-death-space-time
is mist-if-fying
one question
asked of us
:- Doug.
“It’s too hard” is not a valid reason to not try and see. We may get part way there, which could surprise those people!
:- Doug.
Construct a mind map together. What subject? Community? A joint philosophy, say each writes one true statement about life, spirituality, the body-mind problem/interface? What we together believe is true and startling to put into words? What we should do together?
:- Doug.