I loved this - incompletion is often the key to the deepest parts of the self. What exhausts is not the process, but the fixation that the ideal must be achieved. Itβs a bit like language: mastery is only an ideal, like a god we yearn for but never touch. Maybe the point is not to reach heaven, to master a language, or to finish the puzzle - but to stay with the precise moment of transformation.
This is soo true! We pour in so much of our energy obsessing over some flawless, finished version of ourselves or our lives, when the actual purpose resides within the journey rather than the destinationβthe process of becoming is, in itself, a huge part of living.
Thank you for reading and for sharing such a thoughtful reflection <3
Wonderful. Iβve studied philosophy and thought much about the notion of the noumenon. Iβve struggled to accept its reality. It seemed to be too beyond us to be of any relevance to our lives. But this gave me a different perspective.
Itβs easy for academic philosophy to feel abstract or entirely detached from our quotidian lives, but philosophy itself was born from direct questioning. Those thinkers were looking at the tangible world around them and trying to make sense of it, just as we do. If their questions emerged from their surroundings, then they can inherently be applied to ours as well.
Itβs a bit like the principle of actualism: the idea that the same underlying phenomena reappear constantly under different circumstances across generations and centuries, so whatever happened then, in some form, still happens now.
It's tremendously rewarding to hear that this piece offered you a new perspective. Thank you for reading and for taking the time to share your thoughts !!
such a thought provoking read like always, truly nobody does it like you - this was so insightful but also deep, you've left me with a lot of thoughts after this piece. beautifully written x
I loved this - incompletion is often the key to the deepest parts of the self. What exhausts is not the process, but the fixation that the ideal must be achieved. Itβs a bit like language: mastery is only an ideal, like a god we yearn for but never touch. Maybe the point is not to reach heaven, to master a language, or to finish the puzzle - but to stay with the precise moment of transformation.
This is soo true! We pour in so much of our energy obsessing over some flawless, finished version of ourselves or our lives, when the actual purpose resides within the journey rather than the destinationβthe process of becoming is, in itself, a huge part of living.
Thank you for reading and for sharing such a thoughtful reflection <3
Wonderful. Iβve studied philosophy and thought much about the notion of the noumenon. Iβve struggled to accept its reality. It seemed to be too beyond us to be of any relevance to our lives. But this gave me a different perspective.
Itβs easy for academic philosophy to feel abstract or entirely detached from our quotidian lives, but philosophy itself was born from direct questioning. Those thinkers were looking at the tangible world around them and trying to make sense of it, just as we do. If their questions emerged from their surroundings, then they can inherently be applied to ours as well.
Itβs a bit like the principle of actualism: the idea that the same underlying phenomena reappear constantly under different circumstances across generations and centuries, so whatever happened then, in some form, still happens now.
It's tremendously rewarding to hear that this piece offered you a new perspective. Thank you for reading and for taking the time to share your thoughts !!
such a thought provoking read like always, truly nobody does it like you - this was so insightful but also deep, you've left me with a lot of thoughts after this piece. beautifully written x
Your continuous support and kind words truly mean the world to me!
Thank you alif for always being such a wonderful reader <3 Sending you lots of love xx