ASOWYA: A Sense of Where You Are

February 19, 2021

“Where am I?

“Right here, directly above the center of the Earth.”

“But that is where I always am.”

“Yes, but it is where you are.”

“There must be more to it than that!”

“True, there are many things that fix one’s position. Some surround us, and some are within us.”

“Is that really something that can be clear? At all times?”

“No, but you can have a sense of where you are.”

“That sounds wise.”

“It is, but it is not from me. Bill Bradley, a prophet from the hardwood floors, a basketball player, observed 

‘When you have played basketball for a while, you don’t need to look at the basket when you are in close like this, you develop a sense of where you are.’ 

This is so wise that John McPhee, the legendary writer, used this as the title of a book about Bradley.”

“So this sense of where you are can be learned?”

“Not learned so much as cultivated. Through time and observation, it becomes intuitive, and with close inspection yields details as grains of truth.”

“Then it is worth paying attention.”

“It is.”