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RE: Living With Consciousness: Is Personal Growth Necessarily Scary?
Excellent observations here. I had a friend who attended a Unitarian church for awhile, and the competition there was who could be the least religious. That became a new religion in and of itself.
More than one of the greats in the realm of the arts have also said/implied that the greatest works are not always done in times of poverty, starvation, and want, but often in times of plenty, when the mind is free to roam, and at leisure to explore. One of the greats in literature who implied this was George Orwell. Another, if I am not mistaken, was W. Somerset Maugham.
Cheers for the great piece. Resteemed.
Thanks Graham, appreciate the good words and the support.
It's funny how we humans tend to "self-organize" into clusters... and then these clusters almost immediately start having a clubby/cultish feeling to them. I can relate to the Unitarian example... I've seen the same thing locally.
This post was originally prompted by a Facebook discussion in which this very bright and insightful kid of 20-something was being taken to task over his insights because-- in the eyes of some older group members-- he "hadn't suffered enough." And it struck me that we were having a "suffering contest" that actually had little to do with self-realization, and a lot to do with having a pissing match. And I thought about how widely this can be applied... from spirituality to art (the "angst ridden artist" is the most authentic-- but WHY?).