tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37445570.post507588607049611325..comments2023-10-28T03:19:00.627-07:00Comments on Jane Fulton Alt: A Thin PlaceJane Fulton Althttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812373404717608673noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37445570.post-35420029029235305502012-04-02T05:11:17.391-07:002012-04-02T05:11:17.391-07:00Although I resist the idea of a "heaven"...Although I resist the idea of a "heaven" and the possibility that we might recognize, through some mystical conjuring, a "heaven on earth," I do like this notion of thin places very much. And the fact that you chose to illustrate it here with pictures of Benares/Varanasi, the "forest of bliss," tells me we're in synch; as Diana Eck articulated the "city of light" in her book "Banaras" (everyone spells the name of thin places differently), it is regarded as a "tirtha," a gateway between earth and the afterlife. That's a more compelling metaphor for me, since the afterlife has qualities no one living can express.<br /><br />And, by the way, the scrim of fire is a very thin membrane between one state and another.rephotographicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471481603819973960noreply@blogger.com