More Mystery, More Enigma

I am coming to enjoy mystery and enigma which cannot be solved. They are tension, as such. Tension cannot be possessed, objectified, or codified by us. Tension can only be experienced, lived, related to and in.

In our time analytical knowledge is prized, taught, and sought after. This form of knowledge only works through possession. Hence this form of knowledge denies that contradiction exists. Contradiction cannot be known. This tension which cannot be possessed cannot be, and therefore is excluded from the realm.

Sadly we all are contradictions. We are all in tension. People cannot remain human and be possessed or objectified. When possessed, they become objects of analytical knowledge. They are no longer human. They become quantitative, not qualitative.

We can, however, know one another as humans: in contradiction and in tension. This is not analytical knowledge, but dialectical knowledge (perhaps even speculative knowledge). We are defined by our relations. We define ourself by our relationships. These create the tensions within us.

The analytical annihilation of mystery in our time has destroyed our faith in our ability to know in this other way. We are further from one another. And the deepest wish of analytics is to have everything objectified and possessed. This is harmful to us, as individuals and as a culture.

I need mystery, tension, and contradiction. I need to understand relationally. Only then can I find meaning. And meaning is why we are all here.