Age. Ages. Aging. No. Lets go back to AGES. It doesn't really even look like a word, taken with no context. As I sit here, in the afternoon of this day, April 16, 2006 I don't wonder about age....I have it. I don't wonder about aging....I understand it. What I wonder about is Ages. And what does that mean? Just what does it apply to in this 21st century? The Age of the Dinosaur, The Ice Age, The Dark Ages,The Age of Enlightenment, The Atomic Age, The Age of Reason, we don't say the Age of Industry because they decided to call that one the Industrial Age. So what the heck is the deal with placing things in Ages?? And what does that mean in 2006. I suppose you could call this The Age of the Speed of Light, because that's about how fast everything is going. Or faster.
I've often wondered if the Age of Enlightenment had a logical ending place, or if it just trailed on, into every age that came after it. I don't feel fully enlightened. And is it possible that anyone is...fully enlightened? Or are we traveling towards full enlightenment. Would we know if we got there? I suppose, since we'd be FULLY enlightened.
What I am led to ponder is a connection between clarity and confusion. And since both are states of being, there must be a connection there. Thinking about a circle...such a lovely thing. With no beginning and no ending. But it does have sides. It is dimentional. An inside to the line, and an outside. A below and an above. In my mind I can see something flat having dimentions. Alright, I am "in" confusion...seeking clarity. Confusion is strong, very strong, and not a desired state of being. Gradually as I move into clarity, I can see what the confusion was, is. I try to avoid going back to the state of confusion. But clarity isn't strong in the way that confusion is. Once I sense the lack of strength, I'm already being pulled back to the confusion.

I wonder if neither state has any substance, other than what I endow it with? And what if we really need a third "c" word here....connection. What if the place to stand with clarity and confusion is on their connection? What if the connection is the stable thing, and also the path? And when you are in doubt, you look for the connection.
And, as the connection becomes the path, is it also the line that is the circle? And the form of the circle is the connection between confusion and clarity? For a line is only a line until it connects to itself. Once connected, as in a circle, it has a within and a without. And as I move through this "ages" thing I am trying to understand, I can see that much has been resolved over the eons, by "calling the circle", as tribes meet to decide things. Kings have their Round Tables,and in a circle each is equal distance from the center. I think maybe that is a good place to be...the same distance from the center as everyone else. And if you find me to be confused about "ages", don't get me started on "time" *VBS*