“All real living is meeting.” Martin Buber
Only Ever What did you notice around you today, and what stirred within you as you noticed? Perhaps a deficit occurred, knowing what was missed between the noticing not noticing, but isn't that just part of it all, part of the awareness of the whole, of self, the knowingness of the way we are, the way life is, just so, knowing that the knowing is incomplete is surely the good part, we can never know until we know through other, another, and not just ourselves, we are only ever ourselves in the presence of other, but then, I'm sure you noticed that long ago. Copyright 2021 ©Paul Vincent Cannon All Rights Reserved ®
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We see ourselves differently through the eyes of others: self-image reflected in a myriad of different perspectives.
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Yes, that’s how I feel about it, and I think Buber was right in that we only exist in relationship. Thank you Chris.
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Exactly.
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Thank you Gerhard
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It seems like an oxymoron, but “we are only ever ourselves in the presence of other” actually makes a lot of sense to me.
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Yes, I think he was really spot on with this, thank you Jim.
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“We don’t know what we don’t know.”. Donald Rumsfeld, former Secretary of Defense.
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So true Pat
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we are only ever ourselves
in the presence of other.
Everyone else awakens different things in us
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That’s it in a nutshell Gerhard.
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Love this so true
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Thank you so much Cheryl.
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In the context of knowing, I always think of “other” as ineffable.
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Yes, even when other is not divine, something about the ineffable that is fundamental to life.
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“we can never know until we know through other…” well said, Paul. Thank you for this poem.
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My pleasure – thank you very much Amy.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Always a pleasure to read and share your posts with followers, Paul!! Have a great day!
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We can never know until we know. Until then, we continue to share whatever shows.
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Yes, exactly so Astrid, just attending is all we need to do.
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Mmmm – no I hadn’t noticed that but you are so right now that you have posed the question and challenged me to reflect on this
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That ever so fleeting moment of pure connection.
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