"...the only courage that is demanded of us: to have the courage for the most strange, the most singular and the most inexplicable that we may encounter..." (Rilke)
Dictionary interpretation of the Fool: from the latin follis translating as 'bellows, windbag or empty-headed person'; fools rush in where angels fear to tread - a person without good judgement will have no hesitation tackling a situation that even the wisest person would avoid...
STOP!
The Fool is:
the creative spark, the new beginning, the inspirational step.
the sponaneous heart, the innocent adventurer, the unconventional, ecstatic lover.
the first step to wild living, to Being.
According to Joseph Cambell, there are three terms or words in the ancient language of Sanskrit that refer to 'the jumping-off place to the ocean of transcendence'. These are:
The Fool is:
the creative spark, the new beginning, the inspirational step.
the sponaneous heart, the innocent adventurer, the unconventional, ecstatic lover.
the first step to wild living, to Being.
According to Joseph Cambell, there are three terms or words in the ancient language of Sanskrit that refer to 'the jumping-off place to the ocean of transcendence'. These are:
Sat = being
Chit = consciousness
Ananda = rapture
Chit = consciousness
Ananda = rapture
(Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth, pp. 113, 120)
Creative living is the refusal to see any dream as beyond the envisioning and the willingness to always step out off the ledge. Even when the force of disapproval lands heavy in its blow...
Step out, step out!
'...Something to my heart replies
You too were for rapture strung.
Why else the dreams that rise
round you when the year is young.'
(Arnaut Daniel, 12thC Troubadour)
You too were for rapture strung.
Why else the dreams that rise
round you when the year is young.'
(Arnaut Daniel, 12thC Troubadour)
1 comment:
The jumping off place...I had a dream last week where I was running across the furniture and jumpng through an upstairs window into the sky. As soon as I got into the sky a virtual reality plane made of crystal formed around me and I was guided gently to the ground. All I had to do was trust. I keep doing it over and over again and each time it was exhilarating!!
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