"Le Petit Prince" from Saint-Exupery
Henri
On n'entend bien qu'avec le coeur
L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux
On Aug 28, 2008, at 8:20 PM, Tree Fitzpatrick wrote:
Wow, it is fun to learn what some folks are reading, what books have
been particularly meaningful to them. And it is fun to think about
books that have been important to me.
If I have to pick just one book -- praise goddess that I don't have
to choose only one -- that influenced my thinking about being human,
it might be Riane Eisler's The Chalice and the Blade. Eisler's book
allowed me to find a new relationship to culture, particularly as it
relates to the fact of my gender in this particular lifetime. Only
after I read this book did I realize how hard it had been for me,
all my life, to feel connected to the surrounding culture, which is
one rooted in domination. This book freed me to, well, be me, it
helped me accept that I do not have to be defined by surrounding
culture, that i can shape culture for myself.
Today I happen to be rereading The Occult Significance of
Forgiveness by Sergei Prokofiev. This Prokofiev is the Russian
grandson of the great composer. This Prokofiev is an
anthroposophical researcher. I am rereading this book because I am
working on forgiveness, again. Again and again and again, I have to
work on my forgiveness skills. Darnit. The book is kinda obscure
and might not be very accessible to people unfamiliar with
anthroposophy but Prokofiev's message, that it really, really,
really matters that each and everyone of us forgives everything, is,
imho, central to what it means to be human.
And, imho, Where The Wild Things Are, a children's picture book by
Maurice Sendak is another great approach to the occult significance
of forgiveness.
Two works of fiction have been profoundly influential for me.
Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and Michael Chabon's The
Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay. Each of these novels delve
deeply into the darkness of the human heart while simultaneously
reminding us of the light that also resides in it.
Man on the Threshold by Bernard Lievegoed and anything else this guy
ever wrote.
I am vaguely disappointed to have to reveal that more books by men
come to mind as I contemplate this question than books by women. I
have considered sharing a false list, only listing books by
women. . . but I am working, today, on sharing my microscopic truths
in all streams in my life. Just for today. Just for this moment.
And in this moment, it is true that men's thinking has been
important to me.
On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Chris Corrigan <ch...@chriscorrigan.com
> wrote:
The Tao te ching by lao tzu ( i like Stephen Mitchell's translation
these days) is like an owner's manual for this life, at least in my
experience. It's very simple, very profound, full of theory, poetry
and practices and surprises, even after many years of reading and
befriending it.
Chris
On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 9:13 AM, Metta <me...@open-space-technology.com
> wrote:
Three Classics -- 2 Western, 2 Eastern:
On Being Human, Ashley Montague
Man's Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl
I Am That, Nisargadatta Maharaj
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At 11:20 AM 8/27/2008, you wrote:
Greetings All,
I realize that this topic is a little broader than the focus of
this list, but selfishly, I would love to tap the rich breadth and
depth of humanity here, so…I have a request for all of you Open
Space readers out there who have ever pondered what it means to be
human. I'm wondering what books have you discovered along the way
that taught you the most about being human those that helped you
understand something about yourself or others.
If you could recommend your top one or two, I'd appreciate it…
Appreciatively,
Karen
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