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April 13th, 2006
Santa Cruz, California
Received by F.A.B.
I am here, Samuel Beckett [a famous twentieth century
writer].
You know that I was honest about myself and about life.
You also know that I had no comprehension whatsoever of
spiritual truth, alas! This spirit world has been so very
difficult for me. Please pray for me.
I don't see any good my writings can do humanity. All I
can do is to encourage you to persevere in your quest for
Truth, and don't let writers like me dissuade you.
With great unhappiness, Samuel Beckett
Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989)
was an Irish dramatist, novelist and poet. Beckett's work is stark,
fundamentally minimalist, and, according to some interpretations,
deeply pessimistic about the human condition. The perceived pessimism
is mitigated both by a great and often wicked sense of humour, and
by the sense, for some readers, that Beckett's portrayal of life's
obstacles serves to demonstrate that the journey, while difficult,
is ultimately worth the effort. Similarly, many posit that Beckett's
expressed "pessimism" is not so much for the human condition
but for that of an established cultural and societal structure which
imposes its stultifying will upon otherwise hopeful individuals;
it is the inherent optimism of the human condition, therefore, that
is at tension with the oppressive world. His later work explores
his themes in an increasingly cryptic and attenuated style. He was
awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1969 "for his writing,
which—in new forms for the novel and drama—in the destitution
of modern man acquires its elevation".[2] Beckett was elected
Saoi of Aosdána in 1984. (Source: Wikipedia)
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