tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post115069671734969904..comments2024-03-28T03:31:42.278-07:00Comments on Chiron: IntersectionsRoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08483616030072739190noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-1150892976933952722006-06-21T05:29:00.000-07:002006-06-21T05:29:00.000-07:00It's also the obstacles that life sometimes throws...It's also the obstacles that life sometimes throws up in your face that keep you from making certain turns.<BR/><BR/>Of course, whether you are deterred by those obstacles or overcome them depends on the choices you make, as Kai pointed out.The Moody Minstrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16342935635794595909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-1150858693488365692006-06-20T19:58:00.000-07:002006-06-20T19:58:00.000-07:00The Universe is infinite, unfathomable, timeless, ...The Universe is infinite, unfathomable, timeless, but consciousness makes it all small, knowable, timely. And with such few conscious beings in such a small area, intersections are unavoidable. It's a wonder we don't end up tripping over each other. We are all connected, it's our limited awareness capacity that limits the path we walk and the number of gates we recognize.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-1150841218313598022006-06-20T15:06:00.000-07:002006-06-20T15:06:00.000-07:00Sometimes, if you are very strong, you are your ow...Sometimes, if you are very strong, you are your own mentor.Roryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483616030072739190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-1150811141858955092006-06-20T06:45:00.000-07:002006-06-20T06:45:00.000-07:00It's not just the intersections, it's how you choo...It's not just the intersections, it's how you choose at them. And we have only very limited ability to judge (or value) how things would have gone differently (after all, it's a pointless waste of time and energy, there's life in front of me to be lived). <BR/><BR/>Lately I've been thinking more about the random (and not-random) circumstances that created the people who had an affect on me for better or worse. What made my mother the person she was? <BR/><BR/>Since you wrote the hero piece, I've been searching for signs of a mentor in my life, whether in the past or the present.Kai Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13319136737099550784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-1150809586361422842006-06-20T06:19:00.000-07:002006-06-20T06:19:00.000-07:00I know exactly what you mean. If my parents hadn'...I know exactly what you mean. If my parents hadn't gone to great lengths to prevent me from majoring in music in college I never would have wound up in Japan...which has been the best thing to happen to my music! (Of course, there was also that bizarre, openly favoritist chemistry prof that convinced me to give up my science major, the corruption in the system that wound up preventing me from going to Germany, etc...)<BR/><BR/>It's things like that that make me wonder whether it really is all a bunch of random coincidences or whether strings are being pulled for the sake of keeping me on a particular path. When I really get to wondering about it, I crack open another beer and start thinking of a new song or story...<BR/><BR/>(BTW thanks for the compliment!)The Moody Minstrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16342935635794595909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-1150698337030069192006-06-18T23:25:00.000-07:002006-06-18T23:25:00.000-07:00I think about those intersections all the time. M...I think about those intersections all the time. Moving cross-country, joining a particular writing group, going to a particular party thrown by a member of that group, Kai coming to the party to keep a friend company, tracking her down afterward...a lot things had to happen just so. Otherwise I'd never have met her, much less married her!<BR/><BR/>MarkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com