> >
> > Like Jed, I'll take a stab at answering this conundrum. I'll
> also be
> > the first to admit that my comments are highly eccentric,
> personally> opinionated, and filled with a kind of new age mystic
> drivel that
> > would have likely irked Sir Arthur, being the atheist that he
> was, to
> > no end, so my apologies up front.
> >
> > I'd like to think that Clarke being the playful and inquisitive old
> > soul that I suspect he was, was likely beginning to sense his own
> > personal connections with the vast collective unconsciousness, or
> > super-consciousness. I gather such recognitions, particularly
> in the
> > beginning "old soul" stages of the recognition process, is not
> > necessarily perceived as a welcomed experience since there is the
> > initial fear that one's personal identity, all that o!
ne thinks
Hmmm
IMO, identity and integrity are related but different.
However, there is a tendency in identity politics to regard identity
as prior or foundational to integrity.
Harry
