Chapter 69

           

           Bytheway,Ifoundmyword.

           Ifounditinthelibrary,ofcourse,bookwormthatIam.I’dbeenwonderingaboutmywordeversincethatafternoonbackinRomewhenmyItalianfriendGiuliohadtoldmethatRome’swordisSEX,andhadaskedmewhatminewas.Ididn’tknowtheanswerthen,butkindoffiguredmywordwouldshowupeventually,andthatI’drecognizeitwhenIsawit.

           SoIsawitduringmylastweekattheAshram.IwasreadingthroughanoldtextaboutYoga,whenIfoundadescriptionofancientspiritualseekers.ASanskritwordappearedintheparagraph:ANTEVASIN.Itmeans"onewholivesattheborder."Inancienttimesthiswasaliteraldescription.Itindicatedapersonwhohadleftthebustlingcenterofworldlylifetogoliveattheedgeoftheforestwherethespiritualmastersdwelled.Theantevasinwasnotoneofthevillagersanymore-notahouseholderwithaconventionallife.Butneitherwasheyetatranscendent-notoneofthosesageswholivedeepintheunexploredwoods,fullyrealized.Theantevasinwasanin-betweener.Hewasaborder-dweller.Helivedinsightofbothworlds,buthelookedtowardtheunknown.Andhewasascholar.

           WhenIreadthisdescriptionoftheantevasin,IgotsoexcitedIgavealittlebarkofrecognition.That’smyword,baby!Inthemodernage,ofcourse,thatimageofanunexploredforestwouldhavetobefigurative,andtheborderwouldhavetobefigurative,too.Butyoucanstilllivethere.Youcanstillliveonthatshimmeringlinebetweenyouroldthinkingandyournewunderstanding,alwaysinastateoflearning

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