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Editor's 1-Minute Essay: Intuition
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If you begin to trust yourself and leave behind dogma, the pre-packaged thinking of others; if you learn to cultivate the soul-forces within; if you honor the “still small voice,” the solitude of silence, the inner vibration; if you devote yourself to the refinement of the spirit and the pursuit of knowledge and understanding; you will enter a world of magical perception, unbounded by the four-dimensional concerns of time and space. "Ever desireless, one can see the mystery; ever desiring, one sees only the manifestations. And the mystery itself is the doorway to all understanding." The Tao Te Ching, the first verse It is living in “the mystery,” living in “the joy”...
'ere I forget all the joy
You will have stepped over the threshold, beyond the mundane and the ephemeral, into an enchanted land of endless perspicacity and extraordinary discernment. You will find yourself as recipient of the unthinkable, the inapprehensible. These “gifts from the gods” will come to you unexpectedly, grace your life, and protect you from calamity.
If, in your excitement of discovery, you attempt to share what you’ve seen - like a dazed refugee from Plato’s cave - there will be no one to receive you; no one will give credence to your words; no one will connect with your insights. Attempts to make oneself clear will result in a fruitless exercise of misunderstanding. Many will label you as odd, out of step - and, along with the “ugly duckling,” wish that “the cat might get you.” The longer you pursue the marvelous; the farther you journey on the path of the mystical; the less you will have in common with those of this world. Even so, you must keep walking, as they will be required to catch up to you.
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