Betsy Robinson's Blog - Posts Tagged "self"

The Spectators began with a question: How can I be as a member of a diverse, chaotic herd that I cannot control? I am a member of the human herd whether I like or agree with that or not. And the question has become more urgent as the political and cultural chaos escalates and we seem to be careening toward self-destruction.

Here's a secret that I discovered by writing it: what I was really writing was a quest for the Self. People who meditate will understand that. I hope some non-meditators will understand as well.

Here is an excerpt where I more or less say it:

The whole truth is that I need my spectator friends as much as they need me. I claim to have written them, so I must contain them, but this is not exactly true. They contain me as much as I do them. And who contains all of us? Who or what writes me writing them? What etheric umbilical cord conveys all that is? A birthing is happening, but who is birthing what? These are questions that drive me crazy, and the only people who would even listen to me talk about this without directing me post-haste to a therapist or an ashram are other spectators. We are a tribe

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