A sheer mass of ice, seemingly so solid. Analogous to this is a rigid belief system and perhaps community, not a judgment but an observation. There is safety in the herd especially with animals and other forms of nature. However with humans there is the spirit of inquiry and exploration and to push the borders further.
However there are two ways of this pioneering enterprise one we may name outside the mind in the world of form and one inside the mind by self inquiry and meditation.
The outside form maybe mountaineering and such like, overcoming disabilities, business risks and various other physical challenges and it is true it requires mental and mind effort, and maybe age has a lot to do with not being able to do the physical challenge but provides one with the fortitude and inner strength of will power and determination to see one through senior years. This still remains in the material form level.
However there is another challenge of the inner quest, this is to endeavor to find the origins of oneself, the essence of Life, this often means giving up ones 'mental and mind habits and sequence's, patterns and well known path's and safety through the library of stored experience'.
The process maybe the same for both. With the warmer arriving 'chunks of the block of ice drop off to become an iceberg. One leaves home and starts the journey into unknown territory(modern research has it that water has memory---laying that aside we continue with our narrative) the iceberg has nine tenths of its form under water, its sub or unconscious, which has itself emerged in its essence but unaware of it, it is fascinated by the sea life of ocean beings, boats, humans, strange land masses.
The material form one may ponder how it came into this life and form and leave it at that and delight in the new experiences. The inquiry one will also delight in the external wonders and then become aware of the sea and begin to explore those parts under the ocean until it begins to feel and realize it is the ocean and has found its source.
Both as they travel to warmer climes eventually melt into the ocean one realizing its source and is not fearful and the other reluctantly having to give up its form and perhaps with some trepidation.
For those who are of the reincarnation mode; the sea then starts the precipitation cycle of rising to clouds and the rain, rivers and back to sea, another cycle, the clouds may also follow the form or inquiry analogy.
Could it be the one that has recognized its essence and has known its Source while in form does not join the precipitation cycle and moves onto other experiences and has evolved into something else?
SHACK
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