Well, this is officially the last post of ahsemkabirimmersion.blogspot.com. It is quite a sentimental moment, actually. I have become somewhat attached to this blog, which happens. But I have to end it: everything has an expiration date, and this is now. I hope you had a great time reading this blog, because I had a great time writing it. In this entry, we will be concerned with scopes of time: the past, present, and future, and what it all means for our Great Expectations. We will look back, and look forward, and relate the things we see with each other. So here goes:
I think the act of writing is a lot like breaking an ice chunk with a pickaxe. Many things are like this actually, including, but not limited to: exercise, stage performances, and meditation. It's hard at first, and you're a bit skeptical about whether the whole thing is going to work. But slowly, the chunks start to loosen, and it gets easier, even fun. The most difficult part is coming up with an idea, but once you do that, it's all just application from there. Sometimes, we already have the idea, but taking the first step to apply it is the difficult one. Regardless, the general trend is that things get easier. And the universal signature of anything you write (as long as you consider yourself a writer) is the intense feeling of relief and accomplishment you get after you're done. It's as if you've made a grand philosophical unification, and the whole world seems to fall into place and make "sense". The reason I'm telling you this is that I've really felt these feelings while writing this blog. I think of this entire blog as an attempt to break down a giant ice chunk that had to be broken down. It had to be broken down because of my premonitions. It was as if something was calling me to start keeping it, literally. As I sat in that bathtub way long ago on December 27th, I couldn't see it going any other way. I'm not going to lie: I was self-conscious about how 'good' I was going to be at keeping it, but now, it's the end, and you, the reader, can be the judge of that. The point is, we're here.
The big ice chunk of the blog was divided into littler chunks called 'entries'. Strangely, entries follow the same pattern of thought as blogs do, but they're just on a smaller scale: difficult at first, then easier, then satisfying. When I started keeping the blog, everything was falling into place, as I took one stab after another. Sure, it wasn't exactly how I'd envisioned it, but that's because it takes upon a life of it's own. Some entries, as you may have thought, were easier to write than others. Some were simply updates on how things were going, and others were intense philosophical quests.
If this blog were a book, the first few entries, from Great Expectations to Siem Reap, Cambodia: Itinerary served primarily as the introduction. They kept everyone up to date and gave the next few entries relevance, and had a few general ideas peppered throughout them. Volunteering So Far discussed the rising action in an explicit fashion. The seventh and eighth entries, The Role of Objectivism in Community Service and People Don't Buy What You Do, They Buy Why You Do It: Purpose, were the two most important entries of the blog. Of course, they couldn't have gotten their points across without the other entries applying them, but they still served as the climax, especially the eighth entry. They were also the longest, the most difficult to write, and eventually, the most rewarding. After that, it was just falling action. It was tying up loose ends, kind of like what a novel does. I broke down a few more little ice chunks, but there is still one big chunk left. It is also very important. It is called the conclusion. Will you break it down with me?
Look at what we have here. Almost twelve attempts to break things down, a mess on the floor, and 777 views. Now, we must ask: what was the point of all that? How are we better off than we were before all of this? Well, for one thing, we have touched the metaphysical center of all thought, several times, and that's not something very many beings get to do. It's not even something they've heard of. As you get closer to the center of that circle, things get few and far between. But once you get there, you'll know it. You have the potential to gain everything. It's just up to you to apply it. Maybe you're the one who needs to break the ice. And if you are, I wish you luck. But for now, I think we have lived up to our Great Expectations, since we have strived for the ideal of wisdom and knowledge. We have made the unifications, and we have discovered our benefactors and what they can do for us. We still have a long way to go, but I don't want anyone to forget what we've achieved here. Tomorrow, I will be going back to school, as will all of you high schoolers, and we will continue putting on the humdrum of everyday life. Same with everyone else: don't think you are all prohibited from experiencing these feelings. Whatever the case may be with you, just know that somewhere, something is in the air. Something infinite. As I've said, we have all experienced things that conversation cannot begin to truly capture. We have experienced Immersion. From that, the something comes up. Never let time dull that something in your memories. Hold on to it. Apply it. Play with it.
Love it.
So now, I think it's time to say goodbye. I have to get back to work. Again, I hope you have enjoyed reading this blog, and I hope you've learned something from it, because I certainly have. Farewell, and:
Thank you for everything,
Ahsem Kabir
Images from:
My phone
http://www.inlandmariners.com/Mariners_06/im_recent_StClair.htm
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| An ice chunk |
The big ice chunk of the blog was divided into littler chunks called 'entries'. Strangely, entries follow the same pattern of thought as blogs do, but they're just on a smaller scale: difficult at first, then easier, then satisfying. When I started keeping the blog, everything was falling into place, as I took one stab after another. Sure, it wasn't exactly how I'd envisioned it, but that's because it takes upon a life of it's own. Some entries, as you may have thought, were easier to write than others. Some were simply updates on how things were going, and others were intense philosophical quests.
If this blog were a book, the first few entries, from Great Expectations to Siem Reap, Cambodia: Itinerary served primarily as the introduction. They kept everyone up to date and gave the next few entries relevance, and had a few general ideas peppered throughout them. Volunteering So Far discussed the rising action in an explicit fashion. The seventh and eighth entries, The Role of Objectivism in Community Service and People Don't Buy What You Do, They Buy Why You Do It: Purpose, were the two most important entries of the blog. Of course, they couldn't have gotten their points across without the other entries applying them, but they still served as the climax, especially the eighth entry. They were also the longest, the most difficult to write, and eventually, the most rewarding. After that, it was just falling action. It was tying up loose ends, kind of like what a novel does. I broke down a few more little ice chunks, but there is still one big chunk left. It is also very important. It is called the conclusion. Will you break it down with me?
Look at what we have here. Almost twelve attempts to break things down, a mess on the floor, and 777 views. Now, we must ask: what was the point of all that? How are we better off than we were before all of this? Well, for one thing, we have touched the metaphysical center of all thought, several times, and that's not something very many beings get to do. It's not even something they've heard of. As you get closer to the center of that circle, things get few and far between. But once you get there, you'll know it. You have the potential to gain everything. It's just up to you to apply it. Maybe you're the one who needs to break the ice. And if you are, I wish you luck. But for now, I think we have lived up to our Great Expectations, since we have strived for the ideal of wisdom and knowledge. We have made the unifications, and we have discovered our benefactors and what they can do for us. We still have a long way to go, but I don't want anyone to forget what we've achieved here. Tomorrow, I will be going back to school, as will all of you high schoolers, and we will continue putting on the humdrum of everyday life. Same with everyone else: don't think you are all prohibited from experiencing these feelings. Whatever the case may be with you, just know that somewhere, something is in the air. Something infinite. As I've said, we have all experienced things that conversation cannot begin to truly capture. We have experienced Immersion. From that, the something comes up. Never let time dull that something in your memories. Hold on to it. Apply it. Play with it.
Love it.
So now, I think it's time to say goodbye. I have to get back to work. Again, I hope you have enjoyed reading this blog, and I hope you've learned something from it, because I certainly have. Farewell, and:
Thank you for everything,
Ahsem Kabir
Images from:
My phone
http://www.inlandmariners.com/Mariners_06/im_recent_StClair.htm
