THE JOURNEY CONTINUES: The Philosophy of Motion

IMAGE: A series of geometrical shapes appearing to have six points
surrounded by a semblance of a disjointed conversation layered 
against a dark jade sky with methane icefall above a frozen world.

Lily:   What journey is the author talking about?

Lex:    Is it metaphorical or metaphysical?

Ron:    Is there any difference? Metaphysics is but the play of metaphors.

Ram:    Maybe, but in one sense spirituality is the end of playing. You 
        are controlled by more metaphors than you realize.

Ron:    We only have one lifetime - where's the journey in that?

Linda:  Many lifetimes can be experienced in one birth.

Ron:    Do you actually believe such hogwash?

Ram:    In fact, so-called ordinary reality is mostly hogwash . . . 
        there are states of consciousness far beyond ordinary affairs.

Linda:  Anyway, the idea there is some spiritual voyage we need to take 
        seems like a relatively harmless myth.
        
Ron:    No myth is harmless. There is a price we pay for each sweet 'truth' -
        our minds become contaminated with partial truths.


Lex:    (sighing) No motion – no philosophy.

Ron:    That might be a blessing in disguise.


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from _Last Poems: Lost Poems_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY: A conversation among four friends about myths, metaphor, and metaphysics.
KEYWORDS: disjointed conversations, metaphysical discussions, journey metaphors, harmless myths

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - )
Begun: 2002 in Nagoya, Japan ✠ Finished: 2020 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}}  

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