A Pause For Beauty
One ought every day at least to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture,
and if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
- Goethe
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The Deep Silence In Each Of Us
My life is a story of the self-realization of the unconscious. Everything in the unconscious seeks outward manifestation, and the personality too desires to evolve out of its unconscious conditions and experience itself as a whole.
- Carl Jung, from the Prologue to Memories, Dreams, Reflections.
The Indian Upanishads have a verse about two birds sitting in a tree. One eats fruit and chatters while the other looks silently on. The silent bird is the deep silence in each of us, the quiet place of wisdom.
In my journal, I often turn to that quiet being. I don’t actually envision a bird, or any physical entity, but rather a spirit entity that watches and thinks carefully, without emotion and and then calmly selects the correct course of action.
I ask that entity for guidance. It sometimes responds with a path forward that surprises me. Sometimes that path initially appears unattractive, but I can’t remember a time when I went with it that it didn’t work out, or rejected it and later didn’t regret that rejection.
The two-page spread above is from the book I’m working on:
Sing The Song Only You Can Sing
Creating A Life And Doing Creative Work On Your Own Terms
To access a version that is easier to read, you can download a PDF by clicking on the image above or by clicking here.
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