Once I thought that to be human was the highest aim a man could have, but now I see that it was meant to destroy me. Today I am proud to say that I am inhuman, that I have nothing to do with creeds and principles. I have nothing to do with the creaking machinery of humanity—I belong to the Earth!
Henry Miller
“Tropic of Cancer”
John Eberly
Jun 7, 2016 -
This is akin to Guatama (Buddha)’s earth touching gesture following enlightenment. In this gesture he acknowledged the ground of being, as opposed to place, where one might find oneself at any given moment ie; the shifting sands of opinion and conceptualization, “creeds and principals.”