Change and Constancy
The other day Phil sent me a link to the following video:
It reminded me of something I vaguely remembered hearing on a martial arts documentary when I was a child. I can’t remember the exact words. I think the narrator was talking about Buddhist monks when he said something like:
“When on pilgrimage, the monks continually move, in the hope that, by being in constant motion and change, they will be able to discern what is eternal”
I may be misremembering the words or have them out of context, but I would say that the above statement does ring true for me. Having done some travelling I have noticed that in moving around you do tend to notice, not only the differences between peoples and cultures, but also their similarities.
Maybe we’re not as different as we think.
