"I have the feeling once you realize you'...

2011-10-31T18:00:51.615-04:00

"I have the feeling once you realize you're at the border, you realize that you've in fact always been there."

Yes, I believe you're right...
mikeS

I have the feeling once you realize you're at ...

2011-10-31T16:26:38.639-04:00

I have the feeling once you realize you're at the border, you realize that you've in fact always been there.

Yes, I was sinking into an abyss when writing that...

2011-09-02T20:43:35.891-04:00

Yes, I was sinking into an abyss when writing that. One episode of many.

I imagine the guide can only be in my head and once I sift through all the other voices, I hear the right one. Hard to discern though, above all the chatter.

"All you have is your friends. Guidance comes (or returns) in mysterious ways."

Indeed, it has been coming to me weirdly lately.

Thanks,
mikeS

A most interesting post. A touch melancholic, per...

2011-09-01T01:41:16.644-04:00

A most interesting post. A touch melancholic, perhaps, but deeply interesting. I don't know as I have a direct response. It's deeply internal, somehow, this post. I have some gatekeeper image from antiquity in my head, but I know it is not that. I don't know. Maybe there is something to shamanism after all, but to find one who is the genuine article and not some actor (however self-deluded in sincerity), would be a daunting task.

There is a story, I wish I could remember the authoress, but it is about the girl who lost her feeling one hour when she wasn't paying attention. She went on a long journey, a very melancholy journey, one might say, to reclaim the companionship of her feeling (which was inspiration, I think. Muse, passion, etc.) Well, you know she ran into tricksters and magicians and all sorts of hoo ha, but when she least expected it, there it was.

Anyway, I suppose the guide is deeper than one can actually reach out and touch...yet, it is reachable and just about touchable. I don't know if that makes any sense. I'm so tired of New Age speak that even if I felt it was a matter of soul, I'd reject the "within" connotation of that.

I think the internet is a sinister beast. The Hopi prophesied the great spider web that would wrap itself around the world in communication with the furthermost corner of each direction. And then there is the Web Bot, that can almost predict events through chatter. Most amazing. Anyway, I think the guide is anywhere but in this web...although, as is said, many shadows holding up mirrors do reside within its sticky labyrinth. That can be good, but it can also be an overload.

But one must beware the shadows. Sometimes they hold a two way mirror and if one is not careful, they will congratulate themselves for bringing you down in the guise of wisdom.

I have often longed for a mentor. Never found one. Now, I often wonder about the foolishness in ever having wished for one.

All you have is your friends. Guidance comes (or returns) in mysterious ways.

Sorry to babble.

Blessings,
Nahnni

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"I have the feeling once you realize you'...

I have the feeling once you realize you're at ...

Yes, I was sinking into an abyss when writing that...

A most interesting post. A touch melancholic, per...