An interview on the radio
An author(1) talks about
meeting with her chilhood rapist
She explains
how we are all
multi-dimensional
We see people
being good or bad
nothing more
Her abuser
being the bad person
is also multi-dimensional
so she wrote
a novel about him
the paperbag rapist
This multi-dimentionality
stayed with me
I've always had trouble
accepting my multi-dimensionality
Why am I not simpler?
Why am I not more focused?
Why can't I get good
at one thing
and one thing only?
I depised
my generalistic personality
thinking it was a flaw
a lack of focus
I learned to juggle
to draw, to paint
to play the violin,
the tablas, the piano
the shakuachi
to do yoga
to dance and meditate
I worked in construction
in tech-support
as a designer
in commercial kitchen
in an orchard
I can't stop
learning new things
about everything
I teach yoga to kids in rave
I broadcast meditations
on a tech underground radio
I dj dance party in meditation centers
I'm the hacker of the hippies
I'm the hippy of the hackers...
I wanted to be
one or two dimensions...
Why can't I only be one thing
But I am not
I read about
spiritual activism,
this south american woman (2)
calls herself a bridge
connecting different community
using her multi-dimentionality
as a gift to others
Am I a bridge?
My path is not
about removing dimensions to my life
But to align these dimensions
with the purpose of my life
How can all these dimensions
complete each other
all taking a position
in the stary sky
creating constellations of meaning
Writing on gopher
helps me express
this multi-dimentionality
Something raw
is being triggered
when I write
without censor
I see now
that we are all
multi-dimentional beings
but we are trained to believe
we are only one or two dimensions
Are we being robbed
of our inates powers?
I read that
more and more people
cannot hear a voice
in their head
Their internal dialogue
lost in translation
Is that by design?
Is that a desired outcome
of consumerism?
Or a side effect
of over-simplification
of our human life?
What are we
without our inner dialogues
I read that
more and more
people cannot dream
I read that
more and more
people cannot visualize
Are these dimensions
of our sleves
that we are loosing...
In shamanism
there is this concept
of our soul
being shatered
at different moments
in our lives
When we live a trauma
and we don't resolve it
we leave a part of ourself
behind in our past
It's a similar
concept as samskaras
in the yogic traditions
We loose parts of ourselves
in events that we decide
not to resolve
but to simply burry
and try to forget
Our whole culture
seems to be about
hidding shaming and burring
the parts that we don't like
Slowly disposing
of all the parts
that makes us humans
Removing all these dimensions
from our lives
until we are only
an empty shell
of a working consumer
"Hi, my name is Geoffroy
I am a worker
and I like to consume"
Tell me about you
but don't go for more
than a couple dimensions deep
It would make
this conversation
uncomfortable
and I'll have to try
to forget all about it...
1) Mexican Hooker #1, book by Carmen Aguirre
2) Gloria E Anzaldua