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rockinlibrarian) wrote2013-04-21 09:12 pm
rockinlibrarian) wrote2013-04-21 09:12 pm
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On Being One With the Universe, Or Maybe Humanity, Or Maybe I Just Can't Think Straight
I keep trying to write blog entries and then my brain gets so tangled up with everything I might want to say that it never happens, so if all else fails, today I just want to leave you with one of my favorite verses of lyrics to ponder upon:
A much shorter song lyric that says basically the same thing is "I am he as you are he and you are me and we are all together," except vaguer and not ending with the sad disconnect of the connection almost made but not. Well, maybe "See how they run like pigs from a gun see how they fly. I'm crying," covers that territory just fine.
Anyway, I'm thinking about namaste, or seeing Christ in everyone you meet, whichever religious spin you want to give it. The feeling, the understanding, the TRUTH that we're all connected, there's a part of the Divine in each of us. I'd like to write about friendship, and about friendship that stretches across geography, about Internet-friendship, and Internet etiquette, and remembering that the person on the other side of the Internet is a person just like you, flawed and yet divine, fearful and yet worthy, and remembering that the people you only see on TV or read about in magazines are people just like you, too, and remembering even that the people you see every DAY in real life, well, they're all part of the same thing. Not humanity. "Humanity" sounds serious and impersonal. They're all people. Sad people, broken people, beautiful people, divine people. Each one unique. Each one irreplaceable. Each one part of all of us.
But I don't have the mental energy to expound on this today, so instead I'll just leave it here. What do you think of when you hear these lyrics? What do you feel when you think of namaste? Do you feel connections to other people, or do they feel unreachable, unfathomable? Don't be shy: I genuinely want to hear your thoughts. Yes, YOU. Who did you think I was talking about? I MEAN YOU.
Strangers passing in the street
By chance two separate glances meet
And I am you and what I see is me
And do I take you by the hand
And lead you through the land
And help me understand the best I can
And no one calls us to move on
And no one forces down our eyes
No one speaks
And no one tries
No one flies around the sun*
--"Echoes," Pink Floyd, 1971
(*this is what the official lyrics say, but I've always heard it as "no one climbs above the sighs," which I find much more poignant and meaningful, so if you want you can read it my way instead.)
A much shorter song lyric that says basically the same thing is "I am he as you are he and you are me and we are all together," except vaguer and not ending with the sad disconnect of the connection almost made but not. Well, maybe "See how they run like pigs from a gun see how they fly. I'm crying," covers that territory just fine.
Anyway, I'm thinking about namaste, or seeing Christ in everyone you meet, whichever religious spin you want to give it. The feeling, the understanding, the TRUTH that we're all connected, there's a part of the Divine in each of us. I'd like to write about friendship, and about friendship that stretches across geography, about Internet-friendship, and Internet etiquette, and remembering that the person on the other side of the Internet is a person just like you, flawed and yet divine, fearful and yet worthy, and remembering that the people you only see on TV or read about in magazines are people just like you, too, and remembering even that the people you see every DAY in real life, well, they're all part of the same thing. Not humanity. "Humanity" sounds serious and impersonal. They're all people. Sad people, broken people, beautiful people, divine people. Each one unique. Each one irreplaceable. Each one part of all of us.
But I don't have the mental energy to expound on this today, so instead I'll just leave it here. What do you think of when you hear these lyrics? What do you feel when you think of namaste? Do you feel connections to other people, or do they feel unreachable, unfathomable? Don't be shy: I genuinely want to hear your thoughts. Yes, YOU. Who did you think I was talking about? I MEAN YOU.