now.. i was thinking.. by the inner you.. do you by any chance mean the 'us' we are not really aware of..kind of like the subconcious you...and by the outer you do you mean the face we show to the world..figuratively...for my part i am aware of 3 "me's"...the outer me..who plays the role in the world..responds and acts according to situation..the inner me..or my thoughts and my experience ... and further back ..the self in the shadows..which knows and has all the answers..but i dare not bring this self to the fore..because i am aware that it will shatter the self-image my inner self has created of me..its mostly fear of the unknown..and the consequences..(conquering yourself is the most difficult thing i think)..but it watches from behind nevertheless..and you are aware of it..perhaps there are infinite layers..which reveal themselves as you grow... if any of this makes sense.....
On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > There is a pattern in life that goes like this: if we are confronted > with a problem, want to know ourselves, or are looking for particular > meaning in life – and we take this into the contemplative space, hold > the question in our mind, dwell on it before sleep each night – > however we ask and continue to ask in silence - the answers to our > questions will eventually come to us. This pattern is age old, found > in ancient texts such as the bible “ask and ye shall receive, knock > and the door shall be opened to you,” Luke 11:9 > > "We have not even to risk the adventure alone, for the heroes of all > time have gone before us - the labyrinth is thoroughly known. We have > only to follow the thread of the hero path, and where we had thought > to find an abomination, we shall find a god; where we had thought to > slay another, we shall slay ourselves; where we had thought to travel > outward, we shall come to the center of our own existence. And where > we had thought to be alone, we shall be with all the world." Joseph > Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces > > I find these answers can come from anywhere, and often the most > unexpected places: a spam email, a Facebook post, a passing remark > from a stranger, and intimate disclosure from a loved one. Whatever > the source, the act of recognizing the answers we are given is > recognition of enduring fulfillment. We are recognizing spirit in > action, energy in motion, Divine Action. It can all occur in silence > within us, or be expressed in creativity, but it is always the > realization of the inner you. And in this kind of heroic discovery > you find that this inner you in fact is what governs your outer you. > > What do YOU think? > -- \--/ Peace
