most.fungi
Rising Star
Hello Everyone,
This is a place for an Introduction Essay. I do not know that this post will meet the full criteria. However, I would like to introduce myself briefly and say hello to everyone.
Life is such an amazing exploration of all that can be, and by the time anything is, it passes into was. One of my favorite poems is the "Dry Salvages" by T.S. Eliot's. Here are a few lines that speak to me:
At the moment which is not of action or inaction
You can receive this: 'on whatever sphere of being
The mind of a man may be intent
At the time of death'-that is the one action
(And the time of death is every moment)
Which shall fructify in the lives of others:
And do not think of the fruit of action.
Fare forward.
This is meaningful for me because it agrees that life is a continual series of deaths. It also implies that these deaths need not be the focus of life. It is not a song of lament, but a call for hope. "Fare foward" - look not back but towards the future.
My father has an expression that applies then this philosophy to life: - "Always do the next right thing."
Fare Forward.
None of us may know why we are given the life we lead. But there is no time, for "the time of death is every moment," to question it. "If I look back, I am lost" - (via George R.R. Martin).
My own experiences have brought me to this world with a loving family and to a wife and life halfway across the world away from this family. My experiences have brought me to the vine of the souls in the Amazon with the Shuar, and to the Catholic church in a dominantly Taoist/Buddhist culture. I try to be grateful for every moment of my life, but wish I could be more grateful, more patient, and more loving.
For whatever reason, too, my life has led me to this forum and to other sources of information like this online. This forum seems a true community of beings. Much more than words and much removed from the push and pull of the advertisements of modern society.
I look forward to learning from this community and all the others in which I am involved. May we all fare bravely forward!
In love,
most.fungi
This is a place for an Introduction Essay. I do not know that this post will meet the full criteria. However, I would like to introduce myself briefly and say hello to everyone.
Life is such an amazing exploration of all that can be, and by the time anything is, it passes into was. One of my favorite poems is the "Dry Salvages" by T.S. Eliot's. Here are a few lines that speak to me:
At the moment which is not of action or inaction
You can receive this: 'on whatever sphere of being
The mind of a man may be intent
At the time of death'-that is the one action
(And the time of death is every moment)
Which shall fructify in the lives of others:
And do not think of the fruit of action.
Fare forward.
This is meaningful for me because it agrees that life is a continual series of deaths. It also implies that these deaths need not be the focus of life. It is not a song of lament, but a call for hope. "Fare foward" - look not back but towards the future.
My father has an expression that applies then this philosophy to life: - "Always do the next right thing."
Fare Forward.
None of us may know why we are given the life we lead. But there is no time, for "the time of death is every moment," to question it. "If I look back, I am lost" - (via George R.R. Martin).
My own experiences have brought me to this world with a loving family and to a wife and life halfway across the world away from this family. My experiences have brought me to the vine of the souls in the Amazon with the Shuar, and to the Catholic church in a dominantly Taoist/Buddhist culture. I try to be grateful for every moment of my life, but wish I could be more grateful, more patient, and more loving.
For whatever reason, too, my life has led me to this forum and to other sources of information like this online. This forum seems a true community of beings. Much more than words and much removed from the push and pull of the advertisements of modern society.
I look forward to learning from this community and all the others in which I am involved. May we all fare bravely forward!
In love,
most.fungi
