Wednesday, September 17, 2008

'I'

How we are made I am unsure. How our minds and bodies work alludes me. I think and I know that I am thinking. So it would appear that my thoughts are separate from who I am. They are somehow a creation of my being. They only exist because I allow them to. And so it would appear that I am a creator of some kind. I can create thoughts that will bring about a vision of grandeur or thoughts that will tread upon my grave.

When I sit in quietness there is a restlessness that, metaphorically, tries to break through. Trying to clear the metaphor becomes problematic. Perhaps, simply speaking, it means 'the soul, the real me, the spiritual me, the being is trying to be displayed in action and thought.' Even as I describe this idea, my description is not me. That which creates the idea is the 'I'.

All description of the 'I' falls short because words are unable to express in completeness or with perfection what in fact the 'I' is.

What 'I' do perceive to be true is that the desires of 'I' are different then many of the present human displayed systems of ideologies, cutlural norms/moores, goals and values. The 'I' seems to desire peace, love, acceptance, tolerance, honesty, universal justice until justice is no longer needed because love is displayed by all, and unity in purpose and values. In other words, it appears the 'I' wants all that which could be defined as good to be displayed and thought.

This needs further contemplation. Or it simply needs quietness because it seems when 'I' am not bothered by the invited invaders of my life then I am.

1 comment:

Kenneth P. West said...

Interesting thoughts, Zane. Have you read Descartes' Meditations; I only ask because in that book he develops ideas similar to your own.

Do you think there can be love and peace in the world? I'm not sure there can be. Love, it seems to me, gives birth to conflict.