"In order to arrive there,
To arrive where you are, to get from where you are not,
You must go by a way wherein there is no ecstasy.
In order to arrive at what you do not know
You must go by a way which is the way of ignorance.
In order to possess what you do not possess
You must go by the way of dispossession.
In order to arrive at what you are not
You must go through the way in which you are not.
And what you do not know is the only thing you know
And what you own is what you do not own
And where you are is where you are not."
- T.S. Eliot, a small sliver from his poem "East Coker"
thank you Erin.
4 comments:
interesting to note that when reading this on your blog, different words stand out
while we may all be looking at the same thing, the view is slightly different depending on 'where' we are now :-)
what an interesting point kel - i love that we all come at something in such a unique way.
pretty metaphysical, even for eliot, doncha think? "what you do not know is the only thing you know" is an especially wonderful line.
:)
more blog reading now that fb is on break sir??
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