It means the man standing on the ground, blind to the karmic consequences, has done/is doing something wrong which will doom him to be reincarnated with someone else's junk dangling on his back.
Monuments are like sculptures: they're the things you bump into when you're backing up to get a good look at a painting or a building. But seriously...and not to nitpick, but the thing is referred to as a temple, not a monument. Temples are places of worship and contemplation, no? These are things that take time. I'm not hanging around something like this - not if it's only going to depress me, but I'm genuinely curious to know who would.
As I said, I think it's a beautifully conceived and rendered proposal. Architecture is my second love and sacred architecture is of particular interest to me so this really got my attention. I'm not trying to be a jerk, I promise. :-)
It's an elegant design and I think it does what it's intended to do, but... I'm not sure why someone would want to spend time in such a temple. The sense of perspective the structure brings along with the underlying atheism seems depressing to me. Presumably. given the orientation of the gold band at the bottom of the tower, one is to look up to contemplate the past and down to contemplate the future, where one sees only the floor - a slab, underneath which is what? darkness? nothing?
Merrily, merrily! For some reason, in the midst of helping to move our family's belongings into a new house my father designed and built, I ran across his "A Free Man's Worship" and read it and it affected me profoundly. I think I was around 15 at the time. As I listlessly carried box after box of things out of the truck and up the stairs I can remember being consumed with thoughts of how futile the whole enterprise was. Happy days. It took me about ten years to climb out of that hole and Bertrand's scaffolding wasn't much help, I can tell you!
I'm in the same boat, not to the extent you are, but my 'special someone' has big problems with open, honest communication and this makes the sort of exchange where acknowledgement and forgiveness can happen almost impossible.
Perhaps if you tried simply writing your feelings down in a letter with an open invitation to accept your forgiveness you might be able to put some of it behind you. It's amazing how powerful this simple act can be. Even if you never mail the letter you've still given yourself a chance to let go of some of the hurt. I'm very sorry about your dad and what happened to you and your brother.
Forgiveness can be VERY difficult, but if you can muster the strength to do it you can unload most, if not all, the bad feelings you're carrying around for the offender, whoever they are.
Parents' offenses, real and imagined, are particularly difficult to forgive but all the more important to do so. I've known too many people who've allowed their parents to die without any resolution and therefore doomed themselves to live out their lives dragging around all the bad memories and hurt feelings. No one should have to do this if they can avoid it.
Sorry for the terrible puns. Neat stuff.
As I said, I think it's a beautifully conceived and rendered proposal. Architecture is my second love and sacred architecture is of particular interest to me so this really got my attention. I'm not trying to be a jerk, I promise. :-)
Bertrand must be cheering in his grave. Oh, wait...
Perhaps if you tried simply writing your feelings down in a letter with an open invitation to accept your forgiveness you might be able to put some of it behind you. It's amazing how powerful this simple act can be. Even if you never mail the letter you've still given yourself a chance to let go of some of the hurt. I'm very sorry about your dad and what happened to you and your brother.
Parents' offenses, real and imagined, are particularly difficult to forgive but all the more important to do so. I've known too many people who've allowed their parents to die without any resolution and therefore doomed themselves to live out their lives dragging around all the bad memories and hurt feelings. No one should have to do this if they can avoid it.