Life
Like a journey of discovery within ourselves too
Life is a long voyage of discovery in the course of which we explore unknown regions of the world and, above all, the unknown regions of our own inner world. Some of the regions we visit are hospitable and we can linger in them at least for a while. Others are hostile and we must avoid them, or, if we have the misfortune to set foot in them, we must flee from them as quickly as possible. Poets and philosophers often speak of life as a journey, for even if you spend your entire life at home in the same room, you can find within yourself every phenomenon of nature and every variety of landscape that the world has to offer. There are days when you complain, ‘I don’t know what the matter is, I feel stifled’. Well, this is because, without realizing it, you have descended too far into the subterranean regions and the atmosphere is weighing you down. The answer is to rise to a higher level and get out into the fresh air. And if you sometimes feel buoyant and inspired, as though the laws of gravity had lost their hold on you, it is because, consciously or unconsciously, you have succeeded in scaling an inner mountain.*
* Related reading:
Man's Psychic Life : Elements and Structures
Daily Meditations 2023 (eBook)