In your clay body,
things are coming to expression and to light
that were never known before,
that were never known before,
presences that never came to light or shape
in any other individual.
in any other individual.
To paraphrase Heidegger, who said,
"Man is a shepherd of being,"
"Man is a shepherd of being,"
we could say, "Man is a shepherd of clay."
You represent an unknown world
You represent an unknown world
that begs you to bring it to voice.
Often the joy you feel
does not belong to your individual biography
but to the clay out of which you are formed.
but to the clay out of which you are formed.
At other times,
you will find sorrow moving through you,
you will find sorrow moving through you,
like a dark mist over a landscape.
This sorrow is dark enough to paralyze you.
This sorrow is dark enough to paralyze you.
It is a mistake to interfere
with this movement of feeling.
with this movement of feeling.
It is more appropriate to recognize
that this emotion belongs more to your clay
that this emotion belongs more to your clay
than to your mind.
It is wise to let this weather of feeling pass;
it is on its way elsewhere.
We so easily forget that our clay
We so easily forget that our clay
has a memory that preceded our minds,
a life of its own
a life of its own
before it took its present form.
Regardless of how modern we seem,
we still remain ancient,
sister and brothers of the one clay.
sister and brothers of the one clay.
In each of us
a different part of the mystery
becomes luminous.
becomes luminous.
To truly be and become yourself,
you need the ancient radiance of others.
you need the ancient radiance of others.
~ John O'Donohue
from Anam Cara
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