Encountering, Crossing our Rubicons: Talks and Meditations with Martin
In this episode, after a break of some time, I discuss meeting a new friend, Martin. Martin has had a rough year, recently diagnosed with gastritis. With him, I explore meditation work, forgiveness and re-scripting the past in order to heal the present and future. One thing stands out is Martin's need to be the father-figure in friendships. I can relate to this and share my experience about my time with Suzanna, a girl I wanted to date, and yet I found myself longing to rescue her. We talk about the drawbacks of being a rescuer and how ultimately, we must let others be in order to better allow them and ourselves to heal.
“I was abandoned in a corner where I could hear other children playing. ”
A View of Frankfurt with the Old Sachsenhausen Bridge, 1858, Gustave Courbet - Städel Museum, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany
“As he paused, the following portent occurred. A being of splendid size and beauty suddenly appeared, sitting close by, and playing music on a reed. A large number of shepherds hurried to listen to him and even some of the soldiers left their posts to come, trumpeeteers among them. From one of these, the apparition seized a trumpet, leapt down to the river, and with a huge blast sounded the call to arms and cross over to the other bank. Then said Caesar: ‘Let us go where the gods have shown us the way and the injustice of our enemies call us. The die is cast.’”
A stroll along the Main River, Frankfurt