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And I counted four people who joined ATS just to comment on the thread. That might be a record...
Parsifal is discussed extensively in Philip K Dick's 1981 novel, Valis. Indeed, for some SF readers, Valis may be the only context they have ever encountered Parsifal. Chapter 8 of Valis contains a nice little précis of Wagner's opera, which we can use as a starting point:
The leader of the grail knights, Amfortas, has a wound which will not heal. Klingsor has wounded him with the spear which pierced Christ's side. Later, when Klingsor hurls the spear at Parsifal, the pure fool catches the spear - which has stopped in midair - and holds it up, making the sign of the Cross with it, at which Klingsor and his entire castle vanish. They were never there in the first place; they were a delusion, what the Greeks call dokos; what the Indians call the veil of maya. There is nothing that Parsifal cannot do. At the end of the opera, Parsifal touches the spear to Amfortas's wound and the wound heals.
"Here, time becomes space". One of Wagner's most often quoted statements, enigmatic, baffling. In what space, what time, is Parsifal set? In the northern mountains of Gothic Spain, in the chivalric Middle Ages, in Arab Spain? Yes, if we interpret the letter, not the spirit, of the information Wagner gives. Parsifal's space is an imaginary space, the time in which Parsifal takes place is an imaginary time. As soon as space appears, past and future time become the present. Light creates space, changing light is changing time.
The scene of events is surrounded and enclosed by vertical objects of a crystalline structure. Crystal, a formation from the dawn of nature, with its transparent, natural tone, is capable of absorbing light and colour and is brought to light by light -- coloured light. Light is life. This life is brought by light out of the vast, cosmic night of the universe.
Originally posted by linSing
Still waiting for that... or whatever it is that haunts me.. just this deep knowing that things are wrong somehow and I don't remember how or why I know this. All my life I have been so confused by the ability of people to just meander along and live life without much thought, wondering why can't they see that everything is so backward? Why do they all ignore the elephant in the room, which is - NOBODY KNOWS WHAT IS GOING ON !!!
reply to post by starshift
I feel that our star is changing something within us through its light frequencies. As I believe that the Earth is a living being with a soul, the stars are living beings with life cycles lasting millions to billions of years. The magnificence of such beings defies any encapsulation. The planets, life forms and civilizations within that stars influence, nourish and drive the expression of life upon its bodies. There is a relationship. When civilizations work in alignment with that relationship, they broaden their spectrums of experience and evolve to a higher frequency. Many of the posts shared indicate a broad spectrum of life perspectives underway.
as I said I still feel as I am meant for something or something is going to happen.
Remain true to yourself, but move ever upward toward greater consciousness and greater love. At the summit you will find yourselves united with all those who, from every direction, have made the same ascent. For everything that rises must converge.
Have you discovered what you're waiting for?
Originally posted by tripsick
Its what all mortals feel. you are waiting for the end
Originally posted by odd1out
Hey, let's all pat each other on the back because we are so special, that we are the chosen ones who see that something is coming...yes, we don't know what exactly, but we just like, um know. Ya, I've had this feeling all my life, I've um been waiting for something and now it's really coming! I can't describe or say what it is but Whooopeeee!
BARF. What a waste of virtual bandwidth.
It all reminds of the philosophical BS sessions we had as teenagers after smoking some Thai or Panama. And by BS sessions, well, I hope you know what I mean. I've dabbled in and around this thread where everyone is gratuitously throwing stars around like virtual pats on the back..Oh you feel it too...???? Stars for you!
So many things in this vast universe amaze and astound me, but none so much as the extreme self-centeredness and ego-centric nature of the human being. And when they think some sort of cosmic magic is at hand, that certain feeling they can't describe it disgusts me even more...Why, hopefully you are all correct and human beings really aren't on a very slow downward spiral towards extinction; but because of their selfishness and greed, it will be slow and painful, and seemingly an eternal journey into a sordid and horrifying demise. Perhaps I am a pessimist? But the people of extreme action in this world seem to be the evil ones, while "good" people pray and "have feelings" and pretend things don't get continually worse with the human spiritual condition. Perhaps something magical will happen, maybe some cosmic something will step in and do our dirty work for us... perhaps rearrange the chaos we perceive as order in our self-deluded existence as supreme being in the know. The Squirrel senses it too...it's winter coming, only he doesn't think he is so damn special or smart, gathering nuts for the spring.
Originally posted by tripsick
Its what all mortals feel. you are waiting for the end
The only BEING in this thread that gets it...
Go out and stare into the night sky at countless stars and ask yourself how big am I? How much do I know? Then go down to the beach and lay among the grains of sand and tell yourself you know more than they do.
I'm sure I'll make a few friends with this post!
Originally posted by odd1out
Originally posted by tripsick
Its what all mortals feel. you are waiting for the end
The only BEING in this thread that gets it...
Go out and stare into the night sky at countless stars and ask yourself how big am I? How much do I know? Then go down to the beach and lay among the grains of sand and tell yourself you know more than they do.
I'm sure I'll make a few friends with this post!edit on 26-2-2013 by odd1out because: (no reason given)