From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Sun Jan 30 2005 - 13:52:32 GMT
Hi Scott,
> Here's the Merrell-Wolff quote:
>
> "While in the State [of High Indifference, as he called it], I was
> particularly impressed with the fact that the logical principle of
> contradiction had no relevancy. It would not be correct to say that this
> principle was violated, but rather, that it had no application. For to
> isolate any phase of the State was to be immediately aware of the opposite
> phase as the necessary complementary part of the first. Thus the attempt of
> self-conscious thought to isolate anything resulted in the immediate
> initiation of a sort of flow in the very essence of consciousness itself,
> so that the nascent isolation was transformed into its opposite as
> co-partner in a timeless reality....It seemed to be the real underlying
> fact of all consciousness of all creatures." [Experience and Philosophy,
> p.286]
Thanks for the quote. I wrote the following poem in 1990 to my daughter
who was dying of brain cancer. If I understand what Merrell-Wolff says, my
poem reflects his view, at least partially. I wonder if you agree.
Black is true
So is white
Dark is true
So is light
Each alike
Each apart
Yet both are one
At nature's heart.
Straight is true
So is round
Silence is true
So is sound
Each is different
Each a pole
Yet both are one
In existence whole.
Reality to us
Seems to be split
Black and white
Distinct parts of it
But black could not be
Without white there, too
Both are one
In the broader view.
You and I
Are like these poles
Two things apart
With separate souls
Each unique
Each a face
Yet both one
In timeless space.
The world we see
Divided and split
Is an illusion we need
To survive a bit
Each is born
Each will die
Yet both are one
In reality high.
The real we see
Is not the real
Though joy and pain
Is what we feel
Trapped to ground
We look above
And know the truth
Through faith and love.
We are one then
You and I
Faith and love
Are binds that tie
And in my life
Where'er I go
You'll be there too
In the essence flow.
The touch of eye
The lilt of smile
Have joined us now
And for all the while
So when we part
And life seems done
Down deep you'll know
That we are one.
Platt
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