Personhood [antikvár]

J realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself.Herman Hesse DemianAs early as the Sixth Century B.C. a very humane philosopher, Kung-fu-tze (Confucious), lamented.Why does the world create cares for itself? All roads lead to the same place. All thoughts go to the same conclusions. Why does the world create cares for itself?This very human question continues to resound disturbingly in the minds of all of us as we engage in the daily processes of living. What is most disillusioning is that we seem to have come no closer to an answer over these thousands of years. Rather, we have persisted in abusing and killing ourselves and each other. More and more we appear to be losing the joy in spontaneity and the wonder in spirituality. We seem to have become ahenated from the fact that we are all part of everything and everyone, and we have retreated into egocentricity and provincialism. As a result, we, and the world in which we live, still are mainly unrealized potential. We are all much less than what we can be.Existence is like an intricate tapestry on which no part can remain unrealized if we are to experience the sublime totality. In this sense no one life is of more or less significance than another nor is any one of us more or less responsible, for in each of us lies a vital part of the wholeness. Unless we all