"Solitude is as needful to the imagination
as society is wholesome for the character."
James Russell Lowell
Awareness and Silence are two friends shaping my life into balance. Both are needed in order for learning and process. Exposed to teachers, my understanding gains depth only as I pay attention. I need to be aware of the information being shown to me ... through language, nature, or dreams.
Then I safe guard the wisdom to a safe place where I can be silent and decipher the deepest meaning. I mentally watch the information take on different shapes and sizes, or perceptions and interpretations prior to accepting or denying.
To be balanced means to be informed but not overly saturated. "Yes, this is true," I quietly survey,, "but now I must return to the point of the moment." No extremes, no drama, just awareness and silence maintains my presence in this physical life. See it, and then let it go ...
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