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What Gives Existence: The Heterobiography of James David Audlin

James David Audlin

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Description:“Since this is not an autobiography the story does not center on me, and therefore though I am telling the story, the story is not about me. It begins with ancestors, with place, with time. Nor does it end with me. This story embraces all. It doesn’t look at me but outward from me. This story is written by the world, and only recorded by me.“A heterobiography is not an autobiography, not the organized, synthesized memories of self-as-actor in the context of community, but the raw memories of community in the context of self-as-observer. An autobiography is necessarily narcissistic, dwelling on the self recounting the memories of self. An autobiography is deliberately selective, like a history, choosing certain memories for inclusion and others for exclusion in order to present a certain desired simulacrum of the past. Memories, however, are primarily not of self but of the world around us – for we do not observe ourselves; we remember far more the world around us, and the words and actions of others. What we think of as memories of ourselves are really only mental reconstructions not true to life. Therefore a heterobiography is truer to memory, and tells the story more faithfully, giving only indirectly a sense of the individual telling the story.“Besides that it can more faithfully portray the past, a heterobiography seems to me the right medium for a deeper reason. I do not believe one can ever know with certainty why one was given the gift of life; Creator neither confides in us a raison d’être nor gives us a list of instructions or projects that we are expected to complete before death. But I do believe that Creator provides us with hints as to what we are to do with our life, and that these hints may be found in the people we meet, the experiences we have, the particular abilities we find within ourselves, the books we read, and so on. I have, for instance, had the opportunity to meet wise exponents of the world’s great faiths; there is general consensus that within me is a facility for learning languages and writing well, and composing and performing music. Others have taught me the importance of thinking clearly and deeply relatively free from the subtly instilled strictures of society; and of doing what one can to leave some goodness behind when one is gone from this life – and, since these aspects of my nature are ultimately the residue of direct experience, they seem to point clearly to why I exist. This book, I hope, will bear out this unprovable belief.”–from the opening pagesTHIS BOOK IS FORTHCOMING - WATCH HERE (OR AUDLINBOOKS.COM) FOR ITS RELEASE!We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with What Gives Existence: The Heterobiography of James David Audlin. To get started finding What Gives Existence: The Heterobiography of James David Audlin, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Release: 2014

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Description: “Since this is not an autobiography the story does not center on me, and therefore though I am telling the story, the story is not about me. It begins with ancestors, with place, with time. Nor does it end with me. This story embraces all. It doesn’t look at me but outward from me. This story is written by the world, and only recorded by me.“A heterobiography is not an autobiography, not the organized, synthesized memories of self-as-actor in the context of community, but the raw memories of community in the context of self-as-observer. An autobiography is necessarily narcissistic, dwelling on the self recounting the memories of self. An autobiography is deliberately selective, like a history, choosing certain memories for inclusion and others for exclusion in order to present a certain desired simulacrum of the past. Memories, however, are primarily not of self but of the world around us – for we do not observe ourselves; we remember far more the world around us, and the words and actions of others. What we think of as memories of ourselves are really only mental reconstructions not true to life. Therefore a heterobiography is truer to memory, and tells the story more faithfully, giving only indirectly a sense of the individual telling the story.“Besides that it can more faithfully portray the past, a heterobiography seems to me the right medium for a deeper reason. I do not believe one can ever know with certainty why one was given the gift of life; Creator neither confides in us a raison d’être nor gives us a list of instructions or projects that we are expected to complete before death. But I do believe that Creator provides us with hints as to what we are to do with our life, and that these hints may be found in the people we meet, the experiences we have, the particular abilities we find within ourselves, the books we read, and so on. I have, for instance, had the opportunity to meet wise exponents of the world’s great faiths; there is general consensus that within me is a facility for learning languages and writing well, and composing and performing music. Others have taught me the importance of thinking clearly and deeply relatively free from the subtly instilled strictures of society; and of doing what one can to leave some goodness behind when one is gone from this life – and, since these aspects of my nature are ultimately the residue of direct experience, they seem to point clearly to why I exist. This book, I hope, will bear out this unprovable belief.”–from the opening pagesTHIS BOOK IS FORTHCOMING - WATCH HERE (OR AUDLINBOOKS.COM) FOR ITS RELEASE!We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with What Gives Existence: The Heterobiography of James David Audlin. To get started finding What Gives Existence: The Heterobiography of James David Audlin, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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