tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13987092.post116345407951166182..comments2023-09-28T01:46:12.871-07:00Comments on Bro. Bartleby: Piercing the barrierBro. Bartlebyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980379263844521557noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13987092.post-1163688396131262812006-11-16T06:46:00.000-08:002006-11-16T06:46:00.000-08:00"Pierce" is an apt and descriptive word for those ..."Pierce" is an apt and descriptive word for those of us who dwell in the desert, for we are surrounded by cacti which are covered with either thorns or needles, and we humans with but a paper-thick shield of skin often are "pierced" by a needle, which gets our immediate attention, but it is amazing that we can dwell among the cactus and for the most part keep just enough distance and avoid getting stuck. As for the "cell" analogy, I admit that it is but an analogy, but one that paints a picture in my mind in such a way that I still like it. As for "pierce" the barrier, that too I find descriptive, in the sense that (as the analogy goes) all humans are cells, and all animals are cells, yet animals without language (in the sense of communicating abstract ideas) are "locked" in their cells (bodies), whereas humans can break through or pierce the cell barrier with language, the words freely moving "through" the cell barrier, just as your words typed into symbols are now serving the same purpose. Your thoughts and beliefs were formulated in your mind as words, words that could be typed on a keyboard, these "packets of thoughts" were sent through space and arrived on my monitor. These words awaited my eyes to "read" them, and then my mind translated these alphabetic symbols into our agreed upon meaning (thanks to Webster) and in my mind I more or less read your thoughts.Bro. Bartlebyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15980379263844521557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13987092.post-1163635615775122592006-11-15T16:06:00.000-08:002006-11-15T16:06:00.000-08:00I would suggest the we "live" in a virtual reality...I would suggest the we "live" in a virtual reality "world" of words--literally a tower of babel-- and that the only way to truly see the world (whatever it is altogether) is to transcend (pierce if you will) the compulsive never ending fear based always separative "thinking" mind.<BR/><BR/>Your use of language is revealing.<BR/>Who is going to "pierce" the barrier?<BR/>Pierce is a very aggressive word. Very much a product of a mind that is commited to separativeness or otherness.<BR/>There is a saying in one of the Upanishads:<BR/>"Whenever there is another, fear (inevitably) arises"<BR/><BR/>Is there a barrier? Or is it a presumtion in mind?<BR/><BR/>Also once one has "fallen" into the mind based trap of separativeness it is impossible to get out of it via any act of volition. <BR/>Divine Grace being the only possible "remedy".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com