Allowing time for my deeper self means allowing time for what I really want and am interested in, and not ignore or suppress it. It's easy to let what I really want be dominated by busy-ness or obligation, that is, by what I think I have to do or should do. Granted, there are situations where it is important to postpone what I really want, but that's dangerous as the want or insight or inspiration of my deeper self can pass quickly and even be lost, like a dream. The division between the want of my deeper self and the want of my thinking is dangerous in that I am tempted to follow my thinking and often do follow it, and if it's not incorporating the yearning of my deeper self, I pull away from my deeper self and can lose that self. Seeing that danger results in action that is more faithful to my deeper self. I've followed my thinking and neglected my deeper self many times. Fortunately the opportunities to choose deeper self continue in every moment.
On Nov 17, 2013 david doane wrote :
Allowing time for my deeper self means allowing time for what I really want and am interested in, and not ignore or suppress it. It's easy to let what I really want be dominated by busy-ness or obligation, that is, by what I think I have to do or should do. Granted, there are situations where it is important to postpone what I really want, but that's dangerous as the want or insight or inspiration of my deeper self can pass quickly and even be lost, like a dream. The division between the want of my deeper self and the want of my thinking is dangerous in that I am tempted to follow my thinking and often do follow it, and if it's not incorporating the yearning of my deeper self, I pull away from my deeper self and can lose that self. Seeing that danger results in action that is more faithful to my deeper self. I've followed my thinking and neglected my deeper self many times. Fortunately the opportunities to choose deeper self continue in every moment.