So we reach the end of the cycle. I'm fascinated that the end is 'death-wish' rather than actual death. Does the wish for death, mean that it is inevitable? Or does the death-wish mean that the FX carries on but in a dead form? I'm all for death, I think that it can be liberating, but I think that we should not assume that death means that there will be a resurrection. Death is Death.
I also think that the 'death-wish' maybe something that different people go through at different times, in part depending on your role within the community. For example, my leaving Sanctus1 was in some ways a 'death-wish' a death of my life in that community, yet the community carries on. The community is bigger than the pioneer. The death-wish was individual rather than corporate, the danger is making a personal death-wish corporate.
However, there is also a time when a personal death-wish needs to be worked through for the sake of the community. A time where we put out struggles and frustrations to one side as we're in a different place to the rest of the community. If we don't we'll drag the community down with us.
When the death-wish is corporate I think that is when it needs to die. The cycle has come to a close and the community ceases to be. Death is death.
So we reach the end of the cycle. As I've said before, I think that the cycle can be broken but the key piece of discernment is when to break that cycle, and what to move into...
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