Uphill Writing: Quips and Quotes
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“Neither Christ nor Buddha nor Socrates wrote a book, for to do so is to exchange life for a logical process.”
- William Butler Yeats
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There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio... and isn't it time you experienced some of them?
I have actually given some thought to this idea in the last couple of months. I do believe, that there really is a choice involved here. You can only concentrate on one direction: improving your life, character, etc., including how you relate directly with others, or improving your art, etc. and speaking in what is necessarily a context that is one removed from reality. It is more than a matter primarily of emphasis, I believe. I note Yeats chose the writer’s path. I do believe that the other is much more difficult, and would demand among other things far more concentration, and as the Buddhists and new philosophy says, mindfulness: i.e. being aware of both what you are doing, and how you are doing it. Is it possible, as your post on ‘not thinking’ mentioned to be in such a state of mind, where the effort is ‘meditatively’ focused ON the thought, rather than IN the thought, as they teach in Buddhist ‘training the mind’ seminars. .
I was impressed with the quote, myself… but found myself wondering how people would react. So far, you’re the whole show. ))