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New Crib! I was surprised the other day when you were off LJ.
Glad you are still here.
I've been preoccupied with Joyce’s remorse of conscience for decades now. It’s just a different way of conceiving our consciousness...
And here in Texas, we don't know how to dress any way BUT Ranch!
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I guess to me, Agenbite of Inwit was always translatable to the pain of guilt. Dedaelus steps on a lot of people in his near-mythical quest to "forge the unconscious spirit of his race."
What does it mean to you?
-Nick
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Agenbite of Inwit, remorse of conscience, especially as used by joyce, is pain/sadness of guilt, and guilt is an aspect of consciousness, of our awareness of being aware.
Most animals feel and experience pain, but we are unique in having consciousness capable of reflecting upon our situation and realizing our shortcomings, of understanding the self-inflicted nature of our sufferings.
Consciousness has nothing to do with experiencing pain, but everything to do with an extended awareness of the suffering. It’s a very Buddhist approach, that introspection upon our shortcomings leads to feelings of failure and resultant sadness.
Bloom wanders through Ulysses afflicted by the agony of his self-awareness:
“Venus had twisted her lips in prayer. Agenbite of inwit: remorse of conscience. It is an age of exhausted whoredom groping for its god....Agenbite of inwit. Inwit's agenbite. Misery! Misery!"
Suffering the pangs of remorse, just another aspect of consciousness.
bill
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...new journal holla. I got one too.
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