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You can’t rush enlightenment. It’s an ongoing process that never (need never) ends. But neither can you (I) justify hanging around until it’s over (everyone is like a loaf of bread – you need to discover what temperature you bake best at). At fifty I feel that I’m long enough in the truth to become more active. (Wasn’t it Socrates who told his students “Know thyself!” Very well, but when you’ve ‘found yourself’, what do you do with that person – and what is (s)he good for?) At the back of my mind I’ve always been reluctant to teach or write unless I had something of value to say. Here we go, then . . .
Monday, April 28, 2008
Long in the truth
You can’t rush enlightenment. It’s an ongoing process that never (need never) ends. But neither can you (I) justify hanging around until it’s over (everyone is like a loaf of bread – you need to discover what temperature you bake best at). At fifty I feel that I’m long enough in the truth to become more active. (Wasn’t it Socrates who told his students “Know thyself!” Very well, but when you’ve ‘found yourself’, what do you do with that person – and what is (s)he good for?) At the back of my mind I’ve always been reluctant to teach or write unless I had something of value to say. Here we go, then . . .
