To respond adequately, completely to a crisis – the word ‘responsibility’ means that. I cannot respond completely if I am frightened. I cannot respond completely if I am seeking pleasure. I cannot respond totally if my action is routine, repetitive, traditional, conditioned. So, to respond adequately to a challenge means that the ‘me’, which is the past, must end. from Dialogue 3 with Allan W. Anderson in San Diego, California, 19 February 1974 Read more |