First and foremost, yet again please remember when reading words, sentences, paragraphs, chapters, books, theses, newspapers and anything at all, whether written, spoken, imagined, and pretty much the whole world, or worlds, we humans create ... let's reiterate: "The Word is not the Thing described; the meal is not the menu, the map is not the territory ..."
In fact the Thing, being a noun, is certainly not Reality according to Ancient Wisdom and Quantum Physics. .. these do their best to point to "That which may not be described" (Dao De Jing verse 1) with ideograms originally, letters in translation, and many interpretations ever since ... as for Physics, Max Planck, an early pioneer, is quoted as observing: "When we change the way we look at things, the things we look at change!" ... clearly a clever device to blend experimental evidence and insight ... (btw Wayne Dyer, well known teacher and published author, often quoted Max, without attribution, which rather concerned some folks already questioning Wayne's cowboy approach, love of money, fecundity and tendency to overuse personal pronouns ... still, he's dead now, and his books continue to inspire many seekers, so why quibble? Messages arrive in many forms with Messengers of different types after all is said and done! Who knows? Perhaps Wayne was experiencing the Reality of looping time, eternal time, and just said those very words at the same moment as Max ... ) meanwhile, back to paragraph one and apologies for not popping the words in parentheses into a footnote. .. also, verbing better describes reality ...
Words explain, words constrain you see? Limited use of thought, trapped by words, insists that an opposite cancels the other ... of course, more complex thought sees past the trap and insists both can be true simultaneously, depending on the point of view ... Dao Zen, let's extend these musings and move to the problem inherent in stories and their role in explaining the world or worlds, when the Word is not the World described ... for example, Shakespeare is quoted as writing that: All the world's a stage and humans merely players acting in each life many different roles ... imagine your favourite actor, convincing the audience her role was really her, then going home to her family in costume and continuing to play the role! Stick with this metaphor for a moment and play with it yourself, in the knowledge from mystics throughout the ages about the illusory nature of the egoic self ... or role .. you see there's no point playing your various roles inauthentically is there? And when existential angst arrives, as it must, don't worry! Just remember who you really are beyond all the roles ...
A sunny Easter Holiday, quite eventful so far, reaches Monday, the holiday for Banks and many other institutions ... though if you wish to do banking things, online is always open for business, plus cash machines for a while longer, though beware, ATMs can be switched off at any time ... local economies with community currencies look like the best bet now ...
A trip over the hills to Hexham yesterday proved fruitful for humans keen to be resurrected after a year asleep, in a nightmare imagined by Governments gone rogue last March ... sane folks stood around the Bandstand conversing, hugging, shaking hands a radically playing ancient human behaviour without the strange rules imposed to embed Fear ... Stanhope meanwhile attracted visitors from miles around providing opportunities for discussing deep questions. ..
Sheldrake's book reaches new heights with its poetic prose, learned words on lichen, magic mushrooms and so on ... and a smattering of snow on the ground gives way to a sunny morning, with strong winds forecast for later ... time to walk!
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