Conception

There is no other place to go.

To my destiny,

in the dust of creation,

I am truly bound.

 

19/07/19

Author's Note

Reviews

[Movielum Biloarso]

"Destiny" is a word that dates back to the 14th Century CE and has strong link to "predestination," a Christian theological concept asserting that God chooses some people to be saved before birth. The converse is that God must also choose some to be damned before birth. The argument I heard defending this view of God, by one Protestant minister, is that some must be destined for damnation in order for others to be destined for salvation. I personally consider that to be the dishonest calculus of institutionalized religion seeing people as mere abstract numbers rather than as living, breathing human beings. As a result, I reject the notion of destiny even among devout, practising Christians, let along in the case of the average Twenty-First-Century atheist.

"Fate" is an entirely different notion from destiny. In its original Greco-Latin meaning "fate" is "one's guiding spirit." This is reflected in the PIE roots of the two words. While "destiny" has a PIE root meaning "to stand," the PIE root of "fate" meant "to speak/tell/say." While a destined being is abandoned to his destiny even before birth, a fated being is guided by his fate throughout life. The Ancient Fates were conceived as spinning the thread of a person's life as his life goes along, then cutting it when his life is done. In the case of destiny there is a sense of falling toward an inevitable end. In the case of fate, there is no fall, but rather the emergence of life from the raw wool of life through the hands of ever-engaged and ever-active goddesses.

I hope these remarks assist in how you see your own poem and how some readers may see it.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

I am truely amazed at this comment. I am unfazed that it makes little reference to my attempt at a senyru as you have written here a text which provides such interesting reading. Personally I do not believe in religion, chosing to despise those who use it to control or hurt others while having some understanding, sympathy and regard for those who need religion in order to be at peace with themselves and the world. In writing this I was referring to being abandoned to destiny even before birth. It is though merely a poetic senyru that I hope people will enjoy as well as consider at an intellectual level. To this end I truly appreciate your contribution.

[Movielum Biloarso]

I tried to google "senyuru" and then even tried Bing Search in my Edge, but came up with nothing that might help me understand what you mean by the word. Could you kindly tell me what a senyury is? A reference to further reading material is fine--I like to read! :)

[John Alexander McFadyen]

It is senyru and here is one such link. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senry%C5%AB

[Einstein Noodle]

ohhhhhhhhhh i like this one John .. deeply spiritual and philosophical says i! ashes to ashes; dust to dust ... i say a glorious part of life ;)
E.
ps. great song choice!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Why thank you Sir 'E' I am truely grateful.