
“You are an infinite spiritual being having a temporary human experience.”
Vanessa Williams reflects on motherhood, struggle and stardom (May 9, 2012)
“You are an infinite spiritual being having a temporary human experience.”
Henrik Larsson http://www.theredcard.ie/news/2006_03_01_archive.html
Interview with CosmoGIRL! http://www.cosmogirl.com/lifeadvice/dream-jobs/news-anchor-nicole-lapin?src=rss (May 2008)
Source: The Politics of Experience (1967), Ch. 1 : Experience as evidence
Context: I see you, and you see me. I experience you, and you experience me. I see your behaviour. You see my behaviour. But I do not and never have and never will see your experience of me. Just as you cannot "see" my experience of you. My experience of you is not "inside" me. It is simply you, as I experience you. And I do not experience you as inside me. Similarly, I take it that you do not experience me as inside you.
"My experience of you" is just another form of words for "you-as-l-experience-you", and "your experience of me" equals "me-as-you-experience-me". Your experience of me is not inside you and my experience of you is not inside me, but your experience of me is invisible to me and my experience of you is invisible to you.
Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Alvin Journeyman (1995), Chapter 13.
“In my experience, the more you know of the gods, the more you know what you cannot understand.”
Eddis
A Conspiracy of Kings (2010)