I thoroughly enjoyed this essay. Loved this from you: "...the great teachers who transmitted our traditional wisdom knew that there exists beyond and behind corporeal manifestations a multitude of spiritual realities." And there it is. A sense of wonder and gratitude sorely missing among the smug and hubris-filled "educated" elites and their media-hungry serfs. Thanks again Farasha.
Thanks, Farasha. You're soaring in this one, if I may say so. So much to think about...
Those few lines on mining by DHL are very interesting, bringing to mind that Sworder book I mentioned previously and Blake.
Govinda was writing about the Himalaya, I think, but he rings equally true in central Abruzzo, where I read this. Traditional life still hangs on here, and the natural world remains magnificent: peregrine, bee-eaters, fox, badger, beech marten, porcupine -- all seen over the course of a few days. That being said, even here the degradation continues: everyone glued to their cellphone, photographic drones being used over sacred places. At the Eremo of San Martino, the little posters introducing the nocturnal wildlife of the park read like pages from a biology textbook, with no mention of the poetry and breathtaking beauty of these creatures. Present the Eurasian Eagle Owl as a machine and he becomes part of the Machine.
Finally, on Peter Russell, I am intrigued by the supposed influence of De Chardin. As you know, the latter was excoriated by traditionalists (to many of whom Russell appears to proclaim his debt) for his embrace of modern evolutionary science. I suppose I will have to read Russell in order to understand.
I thoroughly enjoyed this essay. Loved this from you: "...the great teachers who transmitted our traditional wisdom knew that there exists beyond and behind corporeal manifestations a multitude of spiritual realities." And there it is. A sense of wonder and gratitude sorely missing among the smug and hubris-filled "educated" elites and their media-hungry serfs. Thanks again Farasha.
Thanks, Farasha. You're soaring in this one, if I may say so. So much to think about...
Those few lines on mining by DHL are very interesting, bringing to mind that Sworder book I mentioned previously and Blake.
Govinda was writing about the Himalaya, I think, but he rings equally true in central Abruzzo, where I read this. Traditional life still hangs on here, and the natural world remains magnificent: peregrine, bee-eaters, fox, badger, beech marten, porcupine -- all seen over the course of a few days. That being said, even here the degradation continues: everyone glued to their cellphone, photographic drones being used over sacred places. At the Eremo of San Martino, the little posters introducing the nocturnal wildlife of the park read like pages from a biology textbook, with no mention of the poetry and breathtaking beauty of these creatures. Present the Eurasian Eagle Owl as a machine and he becomes part of the Machine.
Finally, on Peter Russell, I am intrigued by the supposed influence of De Chardin. As you know, the latter was excoriated by traditionalists (to many of whom Russell appears to proclaim his debt) for his embrace of modern evolutionary science. I suppose I will have to read Russell in order to understand.