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Saturday, 24 April 2010

A Motivational Image - Philosophy Corner

After my last post you could be forgiven for thinking that the mood is down, but that isn't the case.  I have played my way nicely through the first difficult days of chemotherapy and the mood in the Swordfish camp is good and the smiles are back in all corners of the household.

I have been meaning to make use of the following image for quite a while as it connects with me on a number of different levels.  I found it on the web when looking for an image to add colour to a concept. I have been given permission to reproduce it here by a very nice German man who took it on is holiday.

Personally, I think that it is a beautiful perspective of the Welsh mountain, Cadair Idris.


The fundament of the analogy that this piece is based on comes from an unusual source, which is dealing in shares.  It was based on a discussion with the only person on the list of public followers of the blog who  I have never met, "Barcap".  You will note that his ID picture has a similar theme.  Barcap's name is indicative of field that he worked in for many years and in recent times he has been making his own recovery from ill-health but has been going about it in an altruistic way.

The basic tenet of the analogy is that sometimes things have to go down to find a base (support) from which to operate before going resuming an upward path.  Our speak was "The Beast is going down to the river to take a drink and rest before continuing up the mountain path".  I am sure you can imagine that this was elaborated on a lot with "frightened fishes" when the beast stuck his head under water (people selling unnecessarily) and all sorts of other whimsical deviations.- any excuse to wax lyrical.   However, the analogy works for me in a number of ways.

When looking at the picture as an articulation of where I have been the last few days, or whether looking at it from the principle of the journey as a whole,  imagine me as "The Beast" looking from the perspective of the first hill down into the lake.

If the perspective is of the last few days then the lake is the chemo; a necessary stop off which, whilst seemingly unwelcome, is an essential on the continuous path of healing; up the mountain track.

If the perspective is of my life then the lake is the cancer, which is bringing me to rest (or to "heel") to consider and re-evaluate the onward journey of my life; up the mountain track.

The image of Cadair Idris holds a special place for me.  I walked the mountain many years ago when I was 15 or 16 with Gandalf, Bee and Bee's brother and remember seeing the view of the lake from up the mountain.  It is a powerful and magnetic draw on the soul and is in many ways symbolic of the magical and mystical aura that has perpetuated around the mountain.

Legend has it that Idris, King of Meirionydd or Idris Gawr (Idris the Giant), was a giant and astronomer of Welsh tradition.  His rock-hewn chair was supposed to mete out death, madness or poetic inspiration to whoever spent a night on it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadair_Idris.

I finish the entry with this thought and a final note regarding "Barcap".


Barcap, has managed to to demonstrate an altruistic nature whilst recovering from illness (a time when it is easier to be selfish and introspective).  His on-line financial website and PC software have generated charitable donations of nearly 15K for underpriviliged children via "Action for Children". His time has been given freely in all aspects of the project.

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