Of the many men whom I am, whom we are,
I cannot settle on a single one.
They are lost to me under the cover of clothing
They have departed for another city.
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Know thyself said Socrates. It is the most difficult task for every one of us.
In remembrance of Leonard Cohen who passed away this week, I listened to his Goin' home and pondered whether he is trying to express the same as Neruda does in the above wonderful poem on an attempted but alas failing rational approach to life and self.
To what degree are we all 'split'? Are we not all multifaceted? The problem arises when the splits are unknown and unconscious.
I shall speak not of the self but of the geography... the concluding line!