“We have framed a reality that has no heart.”<\/i><\/u><\/b> <\/u><\/i><\/u><\/p>\n
—Dynamics of Time and Space, Page 24<\/strong><\/p>\n These nine words invoke the human realm, how it operates, and how suffering continues.<\/p>\n Associations:<\/strong><\/p>\n –Reality has been framed<\/strong><\/em>, like an innocent suspect being interrogated,<\/p>\n –What we call reality<\/strong><\/em> is like a corpse with no life-giving blood running through its veins<\/p>\n –There is no abiding, intrinsic coherence joining the successon of appearances onto which we project substance, permanence and\u00c2\u00a0an existence independent of our own search for meaning.<\/p>\n Corollaries:<\/strong><\/p>\n –Unless we include our own being in the dynamic, reality<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0is like a brochure of a vacation get-away that we will never actually visit,<\/p>\n –For reality<\/strong> to have a heart<\/strong>, we have to lend it ours, like a mother and a fetus beating as one,<\/p>\n –Just as a mother’s sharing of her heart<\/strong> with her fetus is not self-centered, we are at our most generous and open, when we allow outselves to care about all we are tempted to call real<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “We have framed a reality that has no heart.” —Dynamics of Time and Space, Page 24 These nine words invoke the human realm, how it operates, and how suffering continues. Associations: –Reality has been framed, like an innocent suspect being … Continue reading