Sedimentary
We are all like grains of sand in a riverbed – which in turn is made up of layers of sediment left by the tides of history, culture and life experience. This observation – of the process of cultural absorption of philosophical world views – was beautifully described as ‘sedimentation’ by the twentieth-century French philosopher Merleau-Ponty. It is a reminder that we are at the same time influenced by the past, yet ever-changing. We are multi-layered, yet free to move. We are inescapably shaped by our context, yet able to rise above it. We connect past, present and future in life’s stream.
— Wayne Visser
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