The fall of man is a symbol for childhood development of the reasoning faculty. In this reasoning state, the child falls into abstraction and can never again participate in the present moment like he did before he fell. The fall of man happens to everyone between the ages of 1 and 2. When we're born, we aren't reasoning yet. It is only because we suffer that we reflect. We become captured by our own reflection (like Eve and Narcissus).
interestin'! -- an' indeed both reasonin' & reflection are simultaneously gifts an' drawbacks... methinks it's most-always been looked upon thatta'way an' I daresay it's the writers, the poets, an' the artists that try ta capture the complexities of it all. (But today there are way too many whack-doodle narcissists--that's fer sure!)
You really know how to connect dots ... and words, Daisy. Makes my head spin. Hats off!
why thank ya Petra!--tho' I hope we all at least hold on to our hats given them "wind machines" blowin' full blast on this soundstage we're in!
The fall of man is a symbol for childhood development of the reasoning faculty. In this reasoning state, the child falls into abstraction and can never again participate in the present moment like he did before he fell. The fall of man happens to everyone between the ages of 1 and 2. When we're born, we aren't reasoning yet. It is only because we suffer that we reflect. We become captured by our own reflection (like Eve and Narcissus).
interestin'! -- an' indeed both reasonin' & reflection are simultaneously gifts an' drawbacks... methinks it's most-always been looked upon thatta'way an' I daresay it's the writers, the poets, an' the artists that try ta capture the complexities of it all. (But today there are way too many whack-doodle narcissists--that's fer sure!)