Unfortunately my “one more day” was followed by more than two and half months of silence. This is largely due to two major things that recently took place in my life. This blog of mine has never been explicitly personal and I don’t plan to start making it as such. However, I did decide where my geographic location will be for the next half year to year. In addition, I had to finish writing my master’s thesis which was due last week–I did finish it, and hope to publish it, possibly. The thesis needs much revision but it’s a first in-depth analysis on the subject.
I am still debating whether or not I should post my youtube link here. I have made 2-3 videos for class which are interesting academic creations, but not quiet things to which most people are accustomed. I will decide and see.
In any case, I don’t want to leave everyone without something to think about–do you believe in spiritual energy? Most people, especially in the west, don’t quite have the words to describe what the idea of spiritual energy would comprise. In many ways, the notion of spiritual energy is analogous to God in the west–for the non-religious and some atheists–that is, a concept left unconsidered.
In other words, spiritual energy probably sounds like a new age, neo-spiritual, eastern, or foreign concept to most people. However, do we find physical energy strange? We have our bodies and we have physical energy. At the same time, do we find mental energy strange? When we’re falling asleep, is it only our body, or does our mind also play a crucial role? Mental fatigue, unrest, mental stress, etc. all deal with mental energy. Then, what about spiritual energy? I’ll save the explanation of this for next time and let you think about it (especially since discussing the superiority of or lack thereof of sticky rice over non-sticky rice in Chinese needs to take precedence over this discussion of spiritual energy, for now).
Shalom
Looking forward to your video, if you ever come around to posting it, that is.