Jul
23
knowing and the ecstatic
Colin: “The commitment [to whatever] is the way of knowing.”
Ecstasy - beside one’s self. What if my other self were next to me? Greek funeral - pay mourners to stand next to you to mourn on your behalf. Like we become divorced from the experience. Or soap operas - all the laughing/crying is done for us.
Two extremes here - one is ‘actual’ bliss/ecstasy, the other is surreal/unreal ….
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(notes from 23 July 09)
