Facing the absurd can become a spring-board for spiritual evolution. This was the final note on the previous post on humor. The absurd is at the root of all jokes. Even if it doesn’t seem obvious. Meeting the absurd is one essential experience that we all have to face, more or less often. The way we are able to deal with it determines how we move on the scale that takes from clarity to despair, form freeing the conscience to suffocation. We are rarely told about this cornerstone of our existential experiences, so I will try to share a few of my thoughts on this.
Posts tagged ‘suffering’
On the way to face the absurd
Remembering yourself causes awakening
“Realizing that you know less as you are on the way towards spiritual development.” This thought can be often heard as a proof of some sort of awakening. Although hearing it too often from the same person is – for me at least – a certain sign of standing in front of a parrot. Even if it resembles a human. Just listen more carefully for a moment and you will hear again about the extraordinary realization of not knowing. Awakening (to this) then brings conclusions on how the extraordinarily wonderful spiritual path needs to be followed from now on. “Now I see the light!” [irony]Can you see here the immanent humility and piety? The modesty of not knowing![/irony] Still, we are witnessing the birth of a new knowledge. The knowledge of where to from here. The first steps towards insanity.
