You've penned a beautiful essay Mary. There are many elements in this piece for me to spend time thinking about - and for that, thank you!
One interesting new thought (to me) that happened inside my head while I was reading your essay is the idea of materialism (which I hate) and how we get bogged down by 'having to have something'...anyway, I am also a proponent of minimalism which I always thought of in terms of the material world we spend most of our time in...but I wonder...is it also possible, valuable even to embrace spiritual minimalism?
There you go again, Mary, speaking directly to me. Of course, I know that wasn’t your intent, but you did nonetheless. Your essay focused on a few of the issues I’ve been dealing with, the “essential unworthiness” for sure. The idea of bringing in a belief or a trait or an issue from a past life which may still be having an impact on you and your relationships in this life is worth thinking about. Certain aspects of our personalities might have ancient origins. I also appreciated the tale about the ant and the insight you gained from it, dropping the shell of our old, or false self at the feet of a higher power can be very liberating, could also be scary, but exciting at the same time. The spiritual aspect all this “work” is the most important. I need to get a whole lot better at contemplative prayer, finding that still-point that you mentioned in your last essay, but without the use of MDMA. Ha! Thanks for this.
So many parallels…but that’s for another conversation.
Right now, my only comment is that I remember that after a few of my moves after graduate school, I cried the first time that I couldn’t fit everything I owned into the back of my car, ready to drive away somewhere new.
always thought provoking, and beautifully expressed. Thank you Mary
Beautiful as always! I am reading through your past posts in between new SS content. Yours is so wonderfully uplifting ❣️
Just beautiful Mary. Your voice is unique honest and obviously inspired!
You've penned a beautiful essay Mary. There are many elements in this piece for me to spend time thinking about - and for that, thank you!
One interesting new thought (to me) that happened inside my head while I was reading your essay is the idea of materialism (which I hate) and how we get bogged down by 'having to have something'...anyway, I am also a proponent of minimalism which I always thought of in terms of the material world we spend most of our time in...but I wonder...is it also possible, valuable even to embrace spiritual minimalism?
There you go again, Mary, speaking directly to me. Of course, I know that wasn’t your intent, but you did nonetheless. Your essay focused on a few of the issues I’ve been dealing with, the “essential unworthiness” for sure. The idea of bringing in a belief or a trait or an issue from a past life which may still be having an impact on you and your relationships in this life is worth thinking about. Certain aspects of our personalities might have ancient origins. I also appreciated the tale about the ant and the insight you gained from it, dropping the shell of our old, or false self at the feet of a higher power can be very liberating, could also be scary, but exciting at the same time. The spiritual aspect all this “work” is the most important. I need to get a whole lot better at contemplative prayer, finding that still-point that you mentioned in your last essay, but without the use of MDMA. Ha! Thanks for this.
So many parallels…but that’s for another conversation.
Right now, my only comment is that I remember that after a few of my moves after graduate school, I cried the first time that I couldn’t fit everything I owned into the back of my car, ready to drive away somewhere new.