Sunday, January 11, 2009

Shared Experience

Its a pretty lonely world. Or at least it can be, especially when the goals of your life vier away from the cultural norm. An acquaintance of mine once said, "welcome to the island." And it can sure feel that way, especially when you no longer enjoy things other's pursue and your reason for living everyday is now purely your own. But Shared experience is pivotal to existence! Or at least I would think so because many of the most powerful experiences of my life have taken place with others and after these experiences our relationships are no longer the same. There is nothing more powerful than glimpsing the essence, except I think glimpsing it with other people.


Three of us sharing the experience of jumping a cliff

But its a fine line, or at least it seems so. Other humans can play into my life in strange ways in terms of intention. And I would say most encounters between humans are not as healthy as they could be as the underlying ego plays into all relationships, but there are those moments of blinding brilliance...