| 9 Feb 10, 10:27 PM Grownup_Frankie UK, 3 yrs  |
Well, the 'ego' is a funny thing. It thinks of itself as central, some controlling authority sitting in the centre of our brain, the 'I', the Big Cheese, but then there are times when Ego is strangely absent. Yuo know those times, when we come to ourselves and say oh, where was I for a minute? Well? Where WERE you? Where was the YOU? Sometimes it seems to me that what is sought is transcendental anihilation of the Self. There are those glimpsed moments that seem to transcend the self entirely - and yet we know indisputably that 'something' was present, and aware, and participating in the event. Its like being a lonely drop of water reunited with the ocean - where is the 'I'? And yet, you have not ceased to be. Do we seek the mystery of being/feeling 'beyond' our 'self'?
| ||
| 9 Feb 10, 10:58 PM Scribbles UK(RH), 4 yrs |
To be honest Frankie I spend quite a bit of time like that, but in different ways. A lot of it is just absent-mindedness, or enrapt in something, - so many things absorb me. Too many, arguably. All my life I've been a bit prone to going away with the fairies  | ||
| 10 Feb 10, 1:13 PM smallwitch UK, 4 yrs  |
Maybe the thrill of exploration? when things are channelled and presented for you, it can be a bit dull sometimes. I have always liked wastelands, and bits of land by the side of railways - not that there is many left now in towns, all pretty much built on. One of my favourite childhood haunts used to be park with a gypsy site on one side within a dump and at the back a thin stretch of woodland running alongside the railway tracks. It was like a secret world in there, hidden away from the all the cars and roads, noise and pebble dashed semis. I can still see it now in my minds eye. We use to have to clamber over wire fencing to get to the trees, past rubbish and all sorts and tyres hanging off, stonking fun. I'll stop rambling off the point...
Edited 10 Feb 10, 1:22 PM by smallwitch | ||
| 10 Feb 10, 2:10 PM stormywaters PT, 4 yrs |
Well maybe that is the point. Maybe that was all kind of sideways stuff. My object all sublime... | ||
| 10 Feb 10, 5:02 PM Grownup_Frankie UK, 3 yrs |
You mean land that human's don't use, or occupy, or really see? Threshold Spaces?
| ||
| 10 Feb 10, 9:12 PM smallwitch UK, 4 yrs |
yeah, bits of land tucked away, neglected no one really going there. We used to have another favourite place, a disused part at the back of a cemetary. All the graves were old and overgrown and there were really deep paths that used to fill up like little rivers. I guess people do see them, but not in the same way as you see them as a child, They probably think they are an eyesore or need tidying up or something. Not sure what you mean about threshold, though they do have a not here or there feel, inbetweeny. | ||
| 10 Feb 10, 9:14 PM smallwitch UK, 4 yrs |
After a run of late nights it is all sideways.. | ||
| 10 Feb 10, 11:37 PM Grownup_Frankie UK, 3 yrs |
I meant 'inbetweeny'. *smile*
|
