As I read Loose Ends, I could not help but think of Rene Daumal and his little book Mount Analogue.
He said,
"You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again.... So why bother on the first place? Just this: What is above knows what is below, but what is below does not know what is above. In climbing, take careful note of…
As I read Loose Ends, I could not help but think of Rene Daumal and his little book Mount Analogue.
He said,
"You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again.... So why bother on the first place? Just this: What is above knows what is below, but what is below does not know what is above. In climbing, take careful note of the difficulties along your way; for as you go up, you can observe them. Coming down, you will no longer see them, but you will know they are there if you have observed them well. There is an art of finding one's direction in the lower regions by the memory of what one saw higher up. When one can no longer see, one can at least know."
So, we live by the memories of what we have come to know in those higher places. Perhaps more than by our present circumstance.
As I read Loose Ends, I could not help but think of Rene Daumal and his little book Mount Analogue.
He said,
"You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again.... So why bother on the first place? Just this: What is above knows what is below, but what is below does not know what is above. In climbing, take careful note of the difficulties along your way; for as you go up, you can observe them. Coming down, you will no longer see them, but you will know they are there if you have observed them well. There is an art of finding one's direction in the lower regions by the memory of what one saw higher up. When one can no longer see, one can at least know."
So, we live by the memories of what we have come to know in those higher places. Perhaps more than by our present circumstance.