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Friday, August 23, 2019

Two Steps

Stepping back from the
magnificent fountains of 
knowledge and details into 
the numinous ground of
intuition and memory 
can be an act both 
courageous and brave.

Stepping onto the 
bridge that spans both worlds
can bring them together
adding depth, colour and humanity
to cold and damp facts that
are scribed on onion skin paper 
in heavy books of great knowledge.

“When you reach the end of what you should know, 
you will be at the beginning of what you should sense.”
~ Kahlil Gibran

2 comments:

Unknown said...

“Numinous” is a completely new word for me. After checking for its meaning, the “beginning of what you should sense” seems to fit so well.

Susan Ward said...

I heard that word 'numinous' some time ago - book club maybe? I love it. I love the meaning and the sound of it.