There was a period of years when I kept asking myself the question, ‘what is the responsibility of the one who gets free’. I find myself thinking about that again. Plato’s allegory briefly is this. A group of prisoners have been chained for their whole life time and this is the only life they know. Continue reading “#19 Plato’s Allegory of the Cave”
Month: July 2015
#18 The Invisible
At last week’s Gathering in North Carolina of over 1300 Quakers, I had occasion to recall an experience of the invisible. Since this surfaced during an extended worship time (sitting in expectant silence with a group) it holds a special significance for me. The story goes like this. Continue reading “#18 The Invisible”
