two quotes by Rainer Maria Rilke
avi loved this quote:
"Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue to exist, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky."
— Rainer Maria Rilke
and i just read this quote, i'm not exactly sure ... i need avi to explain it to me:
"It seems to me that almost all our sadnesses are moments of tension, which we feel as paralysis because we no longer hear our astonished emotions living. Because we are alone with the unfamiliar presence that has entered us; because everything we trust and are used to is for a moment taken away from us; because we stand in the midst of a transition where we cannot remain standing. That is why the sadness passes: the new presence inside us, the presence that has been added, has entered our heart, has gone into its innermost chamber and is no longer even there, - is already in our bloodstream. And we don't know what it was. We could easily be made to believe that nothing happened, and yet we have changed, as a house that a guest has entered changes. We can't say who has come, perhaps we will never know, but many signs indicate that the future enters us in this way in order to be transformed in us, long before it happens. And that is why it is so important to be solitary and attentive when one is sad: because the seemingly uneventful and motionless moment when our future steps into us is so much closer to life than that other loud and accidental point of time when it happens to us as if from outside. The quieter we are, the more patient and open we are in our sadnesses, the more deeply and serenely the new presence can enter us, and the more we can make it our own, the more it becomes our fate."
— Rainer Maria Rilke
"Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue to exist, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky."
— Rainer Maria Rilke
and i just read this quote, i'm not exactly sure ... i need avi to explain it to me:
"It seems to me that almost all our sadnesses are moments of tension, which we feel as paralysis because we no longer hear our astonished emotions living. Because we are alone with the unfamiliar presence that has entered us; because everything we trust and are used to is for a moment taken away from us; because we stand in the midst of a transition where we cannot remain standing. That is why the sadness passes: the new presence inside us, the presence that has been added, has entered our heart, has gone into its innermost chamber and is no longer even there, - is already in our bloodstream. And we don't know what it was. We could easily be made to believe that nothing happened, and yet we have changed, as a house that a guest has entered changes. We can't say who has come, perhaps we will never know, but many signs indicate that the future enters us in this way in order to be transformed in us, long before it happens. And that is why it is so important to be solitary and attentive when one is sad: because the seemingly uneventful and motionless moment when our future steps into us is so much closer to life than that other loud and accidental point of time when it happens to us as if from outside. The quieter we are, the more patient and open we are in our sadnesses, the more deeply and serenely the new presence can enter us, and the more we can make it our own, the more it becomes our fate."
— Rainer Maria Rilke
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Comment by Margaret(Marge) Wetherell Maycoc on January 27, 2011 at 8:38pm
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Dear Bhasa, I have to say that this was so important to read at the time of Avi's passing and so important now. I am sharing this alot with my clients. I am not sure but hear that this is an especially difficult "energetic" time. Alot of people struggle in their relationships and so do I ,still, sometimes. I come back to these facets of truth and the things that you have shared often. Thank you for all of these sayings, etc. it is helpful as are Anna's remembrances, Nina's. I still struggle without him and turn to him and wondering what he would say. Blessings to you, Marge
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Comment by bhasa leona on September 29, 2009 at 6:49pm
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anna, this is from Letters to a Young Poet, written by Rainer Maria Rilke, it is from Letter #8.
it is all very deep and profound and i can only feel pieces of what is being said inside myself,
it is beyond my understanding, but is deep in my heart. you can see all the letters on the web,
here is one site for you to read: http://www.sfgoth.com/~immanis/rilke/letter8.html
i know you know ... maybe rilke wants to accompany you for a little while ...
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Comment by Anna Hertzberg on September 29, 2009 at 10:28am
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Oh Bhas, this is exactly how I feel about my sadness, this is why I choose to be alone and not to rush into anything new (job), why I do not seek company (but welcome it when it comes) why I have mixed feelings about leaving my house, even to go to Brooklyn, let alone Poland. This is a brilliant quote to me. Where is it from?
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