Reaching for the way

By valiswaverider

Thu, 07 Feb 2013
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The shifting constant
Made complex to simplify, a paradox in form
the Iteration and breaking of the waves
Order out of chaos, the shape of the world as a reflection of the soul jagged and raging
Exhausted but still with the urge for constant exploration

The waters have me, drunk like too much sake drank in haste
Losing the ability to stand
Wetsuit made heavy by the barrage of elements
The sweet intoxication between Ecstasy and drowning
Half remembered dreams flood my mind and hamper my body when limbs need instruction most

This remote dimension has been touched, but is fleeting both integral to the id and limitless as the sky
It shines into the very heart of my being like the sun
About to be consumed by the eclipse, enshrined with a hollow moon which fakes its self in posture and remorse, while wanting to sing of loves delight

The limits of the brain can only grasp at this
I am forever falling short of my completion
Such a leap of conception
Is found, boundlessly in the waves
Where harmony is within the self and the ferocity of the sea
Where object and desire dissolve

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Comments

Submitted by Tom Brown on
Excellent. I'm told that when you start drowning you begin to hallucinate. Symphonies the second coming all just as vivid and as spectacular. I wouldn't know I've never drowned. Some snakes' venom also makes you hallucinate. You know like acid or magic mushrooms and that. To me it all sounds very unpleasant. Cheers! Tom
 

Submitted by valiswaverider on
My protagonist does not drown, but rather is taken over by what Alan Watts called the oceanic feeling the feeling of oneness with the universe, in a sense the breaking of the hallucination of the differance between self and object in the act of surfing. Like Otto Rank,s definition of art in "art and artist", an act of total absorbtion which is transformative. Drowning and near death are part of the theme,but only as doors to walk though. I,ve being reading a lot of John C Lily and Terance Mckenna, and altered states of Consciousness fascinate me. I,ve been experimenting with binaural beats, zen, tibetain chatting and really want to try a sensory deprevation tank. I think we only use a small bandwidth of the human brain in western society at large, and I want to explore a greater parameter . my it be well with you Rob, good to hear from you again p.s you might like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjNPUtwURpc&list=FLAB9T34x2nt1kSENrNat3_...