Phil-osophy 1 – Intro to Edgeology
“Typically, I wake up in the morning and spread a couple of blankets out on the cliff’s side. I have a cup of tea and watch the sun rise while meditating on the Giant Rock.” Phil and I had just hiked to one of his favorite spots – a hidden canyon, where a great rock formation on the far side drew unavoidable focus. Ancient petroglyphs confirmed that other people had found this spot of interest.
Phil had carved a meditation cave out of the soft stone in the canyon wall across from the rock. It was really cool.
“So, that’s what you call it?” I asked. “ ‘The Giant Rock’? Does it have a name?”
“Just ‘Giant Rock,’ or ‘That Giant Rock.’” Phil thought for a moment. “I believe the Anasazi called it ‘Roger.’ Or some variant. So I’m told.”
“Okay. So you come here and gaze upon the rock…”
“…formerly known as Roger.”
“…and what do you think about? What do you meditate on?”
“Nothing.”
“Nothing?”
“Nothing.”
“You find a holy rock, gaze on it for hours, and you don’t even think about anything useful? ‘Who am I?’ ‘What’s the point?’ Etcetera.”
“Sometimes I learn more about a thing by thinking about nothing than by concentrating on the thing itself. Really. Once you know what nothing consists of, you can see what’s missing, right? It’s all related to Edgeology.”
Edgeology. I instantly began to wonder how I would spell it.
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