This is wild! The overexcitement and enthusiasm in response to every new revelation is very well captured.
What speaks to me most in this chapter is the unexpected sense of being a child again, with the added bonus of not being bossed around by pesky adults. That's really great! It also reflects the philosophy of Jean Gebser, who wrote about structures of consciousness, suggesting that humans don't 'grow out of different stages' (towards enlightenment or whatever) but that growth of consciousness is a process of integration of earlier experience ~ as beautifully demonstrated by Paul Endrum in this chapter.
Hi Veronika - I wanted to reply sooner but have been preparing for and hosting and cleaning up after a big gathering for St. Patrick's Day. I appreciate your thoughts and will check out Gebser. You've got a good handle on Paul's evolution of consciousness.
PS his question in this chapter "What is the Truth" is the same one we were discussing in your Cafe Session Kin+ Ilk a few weeks back :) - the real world leaked into my fictional novel.
What an ecstatic ride! I love how you approach this with such innocence, not studied, not expected, just pure wonder and awe for the revelations. It’s just beautiful…and contagious!
“the gap between horrific suffering and pure bliss was much narrower than he could have ever imagined.” 🙏
This is wild! The overexcitement and enthusiasm in response to every new revelation is very well captured.
What speaks to me most in this chapter is the unexpected sense of being a child again, with the added bonus of not being bossed around by pesky adults. That's really great! It also reflects the philosophy of Jean Gebser, who wrote about structures of consciousness, suggesting that humans don't 'grow out of different stages' (towards enlightenment or whatever) but that growth of consciousness is a process of integration of earlier experience ~ as beautifully demonstrated by Paul Endrum in this chapter.
Hi Veronika - I wanted to reply sooner but have been preparing for and hosting and cleaning up after a big gathering for St. Patrick's Day. I appreciate your thoughts and will check out Gebser. You've got a good handle on Paul's evolution of consciousness.
PS his question in this chapter "What is the Truth" is the same one we were discussing in your Cafe Session Kin+ Ilk a few weeks back :) - the real world leaked into my fictional novel.
no worries! Sounds like you've been busy with good stuff.
Well, yes, funny how we can't separate ourselves from our own writing...
What an ecstatic ride! I love how you approach this with such innocence, not studied, not expected, just pure wonder and awe for the revelations. It’s just beautiful…and contagious!
“the gap between horrific suffering and pure bliss was much narrower than he could have ever imagined.” 🙏
We seem to be moving from the spiritual Lilliputians to the Brobdingnagians.