I mean, all the baby knows right now, at a fundamental level, is life in the womb. How would it even know there's anything else, or realize that life is so much more than that? Just like Plato described in his cave allegory, the body (i.e. my body) traps the soul (i.e. the baby) and restricts us from seeing true knowledge (i.e. life!); but, if we travel with our soul to the exit of the cave, we can transcend these restrictions and see reality. So, baby: come out of the cave already! Enlightenment is just that close - all you have to do is venture out of that womb!
Sunday, April 02, 2006
April 2 came... and went
So here it is, The Date we've been anxiously anticipating for 9 months. And... no baby yet. Hrmpf! Is the baby possessed by a Mark-like laid-backness, waiting for just the right moment to calmly make its appearance, no stress? Or is it, Julie-like, grappling metaphysical truths before it is able to make its way out into the 'real' world?
I mean, all the baby knows right now, at a fundamental level, is life in the womb. How would it even know there's anything else, or realize that life is so much more than that? Just like Plato described in his cave allegory, the body (i.e. my body) traps the soul (i.e. the baby) and restricts us from seeing true knowledge (i.e. life!); but, if we travel with our soul to the exit of the cave, we can transcend these restrictions and see reality. So, baby: come out of the cave already! Enlightenment is just that close - all you have to do is venture out of that womb!
I mean, all the baby knows right now, at a fundamental level, is life in the womb. How would it even know there's anything else, or realize that life is so much more than that? Just like Plato described in his cave allegory, the body (i.e. my body) traps the soul (i.e. the baby) and restricts us from seeing true knowledge (i.e. life!); but, if we travel with our soul to the exit of the cave, we can transcend these restrictions and see reality. So, baby: come out of the cave already! Enlightenment is just that close - all you have to do is venture out of that womb!
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are you even reading my comments???
anyway, it's still april 2, not too late! do you know that only one out of 20, or 5%, of all babies arrive on their due date? At least s/he didn't arrive on april 1!
Hi Julie & Mark,
AAGH no baby yet! Can image you can't wait for him/her to make his/her entry into this world! Just wanted to let you know that I really enjoy reading you blog, it's very funny. Hope you will have time & energy to maintain it once the little WeberFerguson is there. Good luck!!!
Anna
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