I think you beautifully articulate my core message here, David, and we are perfectly aligned. My own insight is that the pedestal itself is unnecessary. We can hold someone in high esteem while at the same time seeing their imperfections and accepting them as part of the inherent complexity and messiness of humanity. And that is what I t…
I think you beautifully articulate my core message here, David, and we are perfectly aligned. My own insight is that the pedestal itself is unnecessary. We can hold someone in high esteem while at the same time seeing their imperfections and accepting them as part of the inherent complexity and messiness of humanity. And that is what I too believe we should aspire towards. At the same time, because we humans dislike the ambiguous, I think we have a tendency to either idealise or villyfiy. Perhaps the whole work of development is leaning away from those two extremes and spending more time in the messy “middle” :)
- “Middle” represents the middle between a Polarity: the Guru and the Shadow
- Messy represents in fact another Polarity (the polarity of that middle) - is that Middle more on the Right or more on the Left, as exactly in the Middle means idealistic which doesn’t exist (some kind of meta Messy “Middle” meaning making)
And if we go farther with this logic we probably get the definition of the infinite game of wisdom elevation, on which journey we met each others.
My 2 cents about Oneness of all Polarities (if I may use the corporatist jargon 😊)
I think you beautifully articulate my core message here, David, and we are perfectly aligned. My own insight is that the pedestal itself is unnecessary. We can hold someone in high esteem while at the same time seeing their imperfections and accepting them as part of the inherent complexity and messiness of humanity. And that is what I too believe we should aspire towards. At the same time, because we humans dislike the ambiguous, I think we have a tendency to either idealise or villyfiy. Perhaps the whole work of development is leaning away from those two extremes and spending more time in the messy “middle” :)
How I interpret this Messy “middle”:
- “Middle” represents the middle between a Polarity: the Guru and the Shadow
- Messy represents in fact another Polarity (the polarity of that middle) - is that Middle more on the Right or more on the Left, as exactly in the Middle means idealistic which doesn’t exist (some kind of meta Messy “Middle” meaning making)
And if we go farther with this logic we probably get the definition of the infinite game of wisdom elevation, on which journey we met each others.
My 2 cents about Oneness of all Polarities (if I may use the corporatist jargon 😊)
Enjoy your infinite journey!