and his scholarship speaks for itself, along with his clear effort not to latch-on to some EZ 'solution for all'..

No one can say 'what he realized', of course, just as with any other person. But he wasn't selling anything! and I think that's evidence that he really did grok the humor and saw why it didn't much matter - which metaphor you decide to focus on, so long as you didn't start to build a model-Edifice.. around it and begin renting space in it. :-\ufffd

Believe the other verses you quote are as apt as any that are around re astonishment - what else is an appropriate response to just noticing the Mystery of umm *I Am*, as that filters in from sleep, each AM (or PM - depending on your hours ;-)? Many have noted even the astonishing-humor of ~ 'seeking' that which already you 'possess', but just haven't noticed.

Enjoy the process; it seems that no two are the same and there's never an EOF (except for the Model-builders: then you Know they got it screwed up)


Cheers,

Ashton
still dismantling dead ones; it's sometimes a start - beats owl-entrails.