I had to bungee jump twice.
The first time, I barely understood what had happened. Fear kept me frozen at the edge of the platform, staring down at the swaying treetops. Then, suddenly, the crew counted down: “Three. Two. One. Go!”
Sasha jumped. I stayed put.
My friends cheered from below, but I felt nothing. The next morning, I jumped again—this time, body, mind, and soul together.
We enter this world unconscious and against our will. Until that moment, everything had been safe and calm. Then—bam! Someone kicks us out of the nest, making the leap for us.
“The bad news is you’re falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no parachute. The good news is there’s no ground.” — Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Years pass, and we get used to falling. But at some point, a vague dissatisfaction creeps in, growing stronger by the day. It’s the need to leap again—but this time, by our own will, with our own mind.
We need to be able to say, “I did it,” and hear, “Yes, you did.”
This is about a dialogue with Reality, the Cosmos, God—something far greater than us. To be reborn, we must create a “We-space”, a place where we can shape our own μεταμόρφωσις at our own pace.
Despite 175 billion terabytes of digital data in the world, the knowledge of how to reinvent oneself must still be gathered piece by piece. Then again, the very hunt for insights changes us along the way.
Being consciously reborn a second time is not the limit either. That skill, once gained, stomps impatiently for another run. After all, self-discovery has no ceiling above, no floor below. A never-ending process of R&D.
“Creativity is nothing if not change.” — Robert Moore
Yours sincerely,
-Alexander
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