Friday, July 14, 2006
Boethius's The Consolation of Philosophy
Man living out his days.
Where they are measurred by the hours and minutes of scientific time.
Where Free Will is exercised, and Karma comes into play.
The Past presents the Present, the Present presents the Future.
Where we are slowly consumed by Kronos.
This is what Boethius called 'Fate'.
Then there is the Transcendant Realm.
Where Past, Present, and Future are experienced simultaneously.
The Realm of the Almighty, Who allows us to experience this Realm
only by Intuition, by Dream, by the Unconscious, by Flights of Fancy
and by Magic.
This is what Boethius called 'Providence'.
To be humble is to know when to confine onesself to his Fate.
To not be overreaching in his humanity.
To realize the fickleness that Fortune displays in the Fate of our Days.
To realize that one never truly possesses, but only borrows for a short while.
And without this limitation, nothing would be sweet, sublime, precious or valuable.
Man living out his days.
Where they are measurred by the hours and minutes of scientific time.
Where Free Will is exercised, and Karma comes into play.
The Past presents the Present, the Present presents the Future.
Where we are slowly consumed by Kronos.
This is what Boethius called 'Fate'.
Then there is the Transcendant Realm.
Where Past, Present, and Future are experienced simultaneously.
The Realm of the Almighty, Who allows us to experience this Realm
only by Intuition, by Dream, by the Unconscious, by Flights of Fancy
and by Magic.
This is what Boethius called 'Providence'.
To be humble is to know when to confine onesself to his Fate.
To not be overreaching in his humanity.
To realize the fickleness that Fortune displays in the Fate of our Days.
To realize that one never truly possesses, but only borrows for a short while.
And without this limitation, nothing would be sweet, sublime, precious or valuable.
