The inner journey of self-discovery can be likened to peeling an onion, layer after layer, perhaps with some tears and fears along the way. Each layer explored reveals new, deeper feelings and foundational beliefs, some unexpected or uncomfortable, others perhaps exhilarating or exciting. It is a never-ending journey in part because we humans are complex beings and in part because both you and the world around you are ever changing. Plus, you can think of each of your major life roles as a separate onion in the same garden patch: work life, friends, family, spiritual, spouse, kids, community.
Not all choose the path of self-discovery. Inner work is definitely not for those who prefer the easy road, nor is it for the faint of heart. It is the cave we most fear to enter that holds the greatest treasure. It is a challenge I urge you to accept; find your cave, courageously explore away.
Closing Quotes:
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” – Aristotle, 384 BC-322 BC
“Life is like peeling an onion; you have to peel it one layer at a time, and sometimes you cry.” – Carl Sandburg, 1878-1967, 3 Nobel Prizes, Literature
“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams, who looks inside, awakes.” – Carl Jung, 1875-1961
As always, I share what I most want and need to learn. – Nathan S. Collier
Note: Every effort has been made to properly source any 3rd person material. I am, however, a voracious reader. If anyone finds any unattributed material, pls let me know asap and I will be delighted to give credit where credit is due.
“All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832
