Jump off. You are a protected individual. Do not fear.
Henry MillerRead
Until we accept the fact that life itself is founded in mystery, we shall learn nothing.
Interpretation
Embracing life's mysteries is essential for true understanding and growth.
Henry Miller's quote suggests that to truly grasp the essence of life and learn from our experiences, we must first acknowledge and accept the mysteries inherent in existence. Life is not always clear-cut or understandable, and by recognizing this uncertainty, we open ourselves to deeper insights and knowledge that can enhance our journey.
In practice
During a motivational speech about personal growth.
Jump off. You are a protected individual. Do not fear.
I saw through to the last sign and symbol, but I could not read her face. I could see only the eyes shining through, huge, fleshy-like luminous beasts, as though I were swimming behind them in the electric effluvia of her incandescent vision.
The essential thing is to WANT to sing. This then is a song. I am singing.
Great God! What have I turned into? What right have you people to clutter up my life, steal my time, probe my soul, suckle my thoughts, have me for your companion, confidant, and information bureau? What do you take me for? Am I an entertainer on salary, required every evening to play an intellectual farce under your stupid noses? Am I a slave, bought and paid for, to crawl on my belly in front of you idlers and lay at your feet all that I do and all that I know?
We are swimming on the face of time and all else has drowned, is drowning, or will drown.
To sing you must first open your mouth. You must have a pair of lungs, and a little knowledge of music. It is not necessary to have an accordion, or a guitar. The essential thing is to want to sing. This then is a song. I am singing.
Besides the respect of the lives of human beings, all the animals and plants should be on the list too. That is the real humanitarianism.
In anything that does cover the whole of your life - in your philosophy and your religion - you must have mirth. If you do not have mirth you will certainly have madness.
Strange and marvelous things will happen with constant regularity as you alter your life and begin living in harmony with the laws of the universe.
You must believe that you can help bring about a better world. A good society is produced only by good individuals, just as truly as a majority in a presidential election is produced by the votes of single electors.
In the space which thought creates around itself there is no love. This space divides man from man, and in it is all the becoming, the battle of life, the agony and fear. Meditation is the ending of this space, the ending of the me.
We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.
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