Place
is not substance, not
a point in space,
more a point in time
when the conjunction of mind
and matter create
an experience
that
makes us believe there is a spot
to which we can return.
Lightning
never strikes the same place twice
because the same place isn't there
even seconds later.
Place is a figment of our
tendency towards memory, our
love of solidifying the things
we want most to revisit.
In the time it takes to
name it, place
is gone.
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Wow..Great Post. I am really impressed. Next week i am going to London via LMT then i will also about this to my friends.
Posted by: London Hotels | Nov 13, 2009 at 10:44 AM
Wow, I am impressed!
"In the time is takes to name it, place is gone."
How cool, and true. Focusing on now, would be a good way to be in place, what do you think?
Posted by: Claudia Blanton | Feb 07, 2008 at 01:31 PM
Best I've ever read on place. Wonderful!
Posted by: Peter | Feb 01, 2008 at 05:36 AM
(o)
(Returning to the place to leave a stone :->)
Posted by: dale | Jan 15, 2008 at 11:07 AM
Or can we not return because *we* are not the same, so of course the place we come back to can't be?
Posted by: beth | Jan 13, 2008 at 01:20 PM