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This line was part of the reading for the man asking about leaving behind the pull/trappings of modern culture and since that thread, I have been considering this line as the one of transition. If you want to cross the river, you need to keep your eye on the goal, and hang on to a hollow gourd ( is this a life jacket? or maybe just a strong vision which keeps one afloat and steadied).
in any meaningful transition from one place of being to another, the thngs most likely to hold one back are the people who you once connected with and who, most likely, won't want you to change. you have to move beyond them, even if it means being ruthlessly determined. steadfastly determined.
and 36 is a wonderful adjunct...since in the time when the new has not fully come yet, it is best to keep your plans/vision to yourself. once again, well-meaning "buddies" can try to get you to re-think, to stay awhile back on the edge of the river, tell you you're being foolish. If one is alert to this danger and remains detrmined to leave the old- the wasteland - behind , he can be successful.
You know Trojan I don't have that experience with people dismissing my views and then claiming then later but in class the whole discussion got down to what I had been saying 30 minutes earlier. And then it was going toward the idea I had about immortality as shown in Medea, I don't think she knows her ancient Greek drama which is so dumb since she is teaching a class on the Abbey Theatre and the Athenians ran the first state theatre, hello.
I have to look at what this advice really is for me like you suggest Frank.
I think the ideal for me is finding out the truth of my opinions about the piece of literature in question and to see if they can hold up to scrutiny in a formal paper.
I am feeling very brightness tarnished today about it, but the counsel of the line was to be gentle so I guess I shouldn't get alienated even tho I feel that way.
Clarity,
Office 17622,
PO Box 6945,
London.
W1A 6US
United Kingdom
Phone/ Voicemail:
+44 (0)20 3287 3053 (UK)
+1 (561) 459-4758 (US).