Comments on: The Ghost

By: takuin

takuin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:07:11 +0000

Tom,

I’ve met this liar many times.

Hey, who you calling a liar?

By: Davidya

Davidya — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:09:35 +0000

I’ll assume by liar, you mean the Ghost.

Classical is a reference to your new picture. I know what you mean about wordy/wordless. When you wait on the muse, one never knows what will or won’t arise. Or when.

By: Tom Stine

Tom Stine — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:49:43 +0000

“Tom has gone classical.”

Thanks, Davidya, I’ll take that as a compliment. I’ve been feeling “wordless” these days, as if saying anything is too much. It comes and goes. Today, I’m feeling “wordy” so maybe I’ll write something on my blog. You never know!

Anyway, I still love what Takuin wrote. I’ve met this liar many times.

By: takuin

takuin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:10:02 +0000

Kaushik,

Yes, it arrives at just the right time…

By: takuin

takuin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:08:29 +0000

Thank you, Matt.

It is all there for you to see.

By: Kaushik

Kaushik — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:21:17 +0000

This sense of apathy and detachment–the “what’s the point of life” comes and goes. The point is this experience right here. I’ve noticed though that courage shows up whenever needed.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:39:57 +0000

The ghost, has haunted me for the last year. I’ve never heard someone describe the ghost before. Thank you for your insight my friend

By: Davidya

Davidya — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:18:08 +0000

Hi Mike
Yes, the I is born and dies and is the body. But it does end. That you don’t believe it is a good thing. But you may need to let go of the refusing. (laughs)

You’ll find the shift in perception will come as a result of the change rather than the other way around. But its not something the I does, hence it seems remote.

For myself, I found having kids drew me more into the mundane. But also being real and present. Beautiful, yes. Mine are now young adults and tall, so I ‘look up’ to them. (laughs)

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:12:29 +0000

It does, Takuin, it really does. The “ghost” is my constant reminder that I am merely this package of blood, guts, and bones. I refuse to believe it, but it’s so much easier to accept that I am this body and I was born and I will die. Life goes on, and I get caught up in the role I play in it, only to question it in fits and spurts.

My “ah ha” seems like it will never come. I think of it as a shift in perception, a different way of looking at things, that might bring about the realization, or the dropping away of the false associations. I don’t know. I dream, but the bills appear, and how quickly I’m snapped back.

Thanks for the congrats. Having a new life around brings back my old questions and somewhat intensifies the search. Do you have children? It’s a beautiful experience!

By: takuin

takuin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:35:24 +0000

Mike,

Does it say something to you?

I did not aim it specifically, but it is something I’ve heard quite a bit, off and on now, for the last few years.

The Ghost seems a good phrase for it. Seems to be real. Built from what came before. Leftovers, really.

Congratulations on the new addition, by the way.