poem for rose, paradoxically
i stumbled upon
myself stumbling upon
the difference between transcendence and immanence
my stumbling was the means by which i knew
there was an i to stumble
upon that which was there to be stumbled upon
immanence implied that i was everything that i stumbled upon
and everything i stumbled upon was me
transcendence granted me existence outside of what i stumbled upon
and that my being might exist outside of knowing
what was unknowable was how to unstumble
and thus in my unstumbling upon
myself unstumbling
i became unme
now immanence implied that everything unme
could be unstumbled upon and that everything that could be be unstumbled upon is in unme
whereas transcendence seemed to be saying that unme is also outside of unstumbling
and therefore could not be unstumbled upon
here i found a contradiction
if it is only possible to stumble upon something outside of me
then surely it is impossible to unstumble upon something inside of unme
unless of course my stumbling upon
myself stumbling upon
was in fact inside of me
meaning that there is no difference between transcendence and immanence
hence god’s indifference
to the problem
November 21st, 2007 at 11:59 am
yes
this is our business
does the ground worry
if a seed grows or withers away?
or how often a wayfarer stumbles?
the substrate whereby
we are
is god
both immanent and transcendent
within with without
us
our embrace of life lies in union
love is the yes to life
love is the blossom of anti-entropy