People always ask me this! Yes, I think he's a very important voice on these issues. I think the Machine is very much a product of the Emissary's rebellion. Perhaps the Machine is the Emissary himself, made manifest.
People always ask me this! Yes, I think he's a very important voice on these issues. I think the Machine is very much a product of the Emissary's rebellion. Perhaps the Machine is the Emissary himself, made manifest.
The postmodern emphasis on narrative can sometimes be overdone. Yet it usually is the best story that wins. Not always the deepest story, but the one told in the most compelling way. An often fine distinction, I admit. This is why I am often down on the para-scholarly mode ("left brain" narrative) I habitually fall into. It is far more conducive to the glazing of eyes than changing of hearts.
The Master and His Emissary tells us why that is--and now The Matter with Things. The question I have is about my own capacity to absorb it all and not reduce it down to the para-scholarly or the merely ideological. We are asking a lot of ourselves here.
This is a massive undertaking, and it isn't a reach to say we all feel the pressure of time...because something is closing in. Something palpable, ominous but all too slippery to pin down. If I fall into machine modes to oppose the machine the monster only grows. It is daunting, sometimes terrifying, but also exciting and potentially joyful.
The Abbey is a strange attractor in the these chaotic times for those drawn, realistically or not, to this massive project, or certainly one such. A project that isn't only intellectual, or even mostly so, but a radical transformation of our hearts. This is what gives me hope.
Personally I have started to try to focus on the beam in my own eye, as Jesus said, and show the truth to others via my actions. But it doesn't feel like it's enough.
People always ask me this! Yes, I think he's a very important voice on these issues. I think the Machine is very much a product of the Emissary's rebellion. Perhaps the Machine is the Emissary himself, made manifest.
The postmodern emphasis on narrative can sometimes be overdone. Yet it usually is the best story that wins. Not always the deepest story, but the one told in the most compelling way. An often fine distinction, I admit. This is why I am often down on the para-scholarly mode ("left brain" narrative) I habitually fall into. It is far more conducive to the glazing of eyes than changing of hearts.
The Master and His Emissary tells us why that is--and now The Matter with Things. The question I have is about my own capacity to absorb it all and not reduce it down to the para-scholarly or the merely ideological. We are asking a lot of ourselves here.
This is a massive undertaking, and it isn't a reach to say we all feel the pressure of time...because something is closing in. Something palpable, ominous but all too slippery to pin down. If I fall into machine modes to oppose the machine the monster only grows. It is daunting, sometimes terrifying, but also exciting and potentially joyful.
The Abbey is a strange attractor in the these chaotic times for those drawn, realistically or not, to this massive project, or certainly one such. A project that isn't only intellectual, or even mostly so, but a radical transformation of our hearts. This is what gives me hope.
Hollywood is the P.R. machine of the Machine.
How can we react in non machine modes?
Personally I have started to try to focus on the beam in my own eye, as Jesus said, and show the truth to others via my actions. But it doesn't feel like it's enough.