Let everything happen to you, beauty and terror, no feeling is final.
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Prayers After Disaster
Let everything happen to you, beauty and terror, no feeling is final.
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
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I like this picture. Very stark contrast between the prayer of the monk and the destruction all around him.
I wonder what is the content of the monk's prayer? Is he making an appeal to a supernatural power? Is this a personal act, or a tool to remind him of his own impermanence? Maybe it is a public display put on for the benefit of others - to bring them solace and comfort in the face of great tragedy.
It is in contexts like these that my Atheism seems to fall flat.
-Sheldrake
Amazing, powerful photo.
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