I was to write a new essay tomorrow, but another odyssey has arisen to take up this long weekend.
As it is, an addition to today's blog, which calls for so much elucidation, and it is this: as noted, we often seem to be pulled towards transcendental, or greater consciousness, even when those desires of our present perspective remain at least somewhat unmet. For the wandering siddhus of India, these unmet desires include virtually everything - for their lot is to destroy all desire - but they do so by choice. For many others, these unmet needs might include basic nutrition and shelter, and it might seem that people in such straights would be forced to concentrate on their present concerns - and I think this is largely true. For many in this country, however, those unmet desires are mostly social (prestige) in origin or come from needs of passion. Still, the pull is there, and millions turn from the yearnings of their current status to yearn for something greater - something they (we) really know very little about.
Although that is the question - do we know little of the greater realms, or do we have a deeper knowledge of the Big Beyond than we consciously realize? Is this what draws us on? Or is it God's plan, this yearning planted in us to have us realize 'It' personally? Then again, why not both? As the Hindus say, the Brahmin - the cosmos - is in the atman - the individual. In any case, we are drawn on to something unknown when, by practical standards, we should not be. Often we are not aware of this draw - it hides itself with a desire, say, to climb mountains or sail the world alone, but they become one and the same, the same drive towards a goal that seemingly has no point. But it does, and somehow we know it. FK
As it is, an addition to today's blog, which calls for so much elucidation, and it is this: as noted, we often seem to be pulled towards transcendental, or greater consciousness, even when those desires of our present perspective remain at least somewhat unmet. For the wandering siddhus of India, these unmet desires include virtually everything - for their lot is to destroy all desire - but they do so by choice. For many others, these unmet needs might include basic nutrition and shelter, and it might seem that people in such straights would be forced to concentrate on their present concerns - and I think this is largely true. For many in this country, however, those unmet desires are mostly social (prestige) in origin or come from needs of passion. Still, the pull is there, and millions turn from the yearnings of their current status to yearn for something greater - something they (we) really know very little about.
Although that is the question - do we know little of the greater realms, or do we have a deeper knowledge of the Big Beyond than we consciously realize? Is this what draws us on? Or is it God's plan, this yearning planted in us to have us realize 'It' personally? Then again, why not both? As the Hindus say, the Brahmin - the cosmos - is in the atman - the individual. In any case, we are drawn on to something unknown when, by practical standards, we should not be. Often we are not aware of this draw - it hides itself with a desire, say, to climb mountains or sail the world alone, but they become one and the same, the same drive towards a goal that seemingly has no point. But it does, and somehow we know it. FK
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