Dag Hammarskjöld

Dag Hammarskjöld, Markings
In the point of rest at the center or our being. we encounter a world where all things are at rest in the same way, Then a tree becomes a mystery, a cloud a revelation, each man a cosmos of whose riches we can only catch glimpses. The life of simplicity is simple, but it opens to us a book in which we never get beyond the first syllable.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Moving Out of Self-Squelch Mode

I sat paralyzed this morning. In the middle of realizing the importance of Resolution 4, that I felt fear and foreboding. I must write because I think. But I am wary of some people availing themselves of my thoughts. Why? What is it that I am afraid of? I'm a fucking septogenarian. Who can have power (of destruction) over me? Well, the usual suspects come to mind. And that is very telling, to realize that. I am not free until I realize Project C. But, in the end, do I not have to share openly my thoughts? Is that not the essence of the community principle? To risk all or to gain nothing.
Posted by R W Rawles at 3:15 PM

7 comments:

  1. Teresa EvangelineJanuary 14, 2012 at 5:22 AM

    A blogging friend and I recently had a discussion around this: how do we share ourselves without "broadcasting." There are things I would consider sharing in my blog, but they feel too personal and I would feel Too vulnerable, and I'm not sure I even allow my closest friends to see that, at least, not often.

    I like your last question, but I'm still stuck on my concerns that my readers will want to try and fix it and I don't want opinions on how to fix Me, sometimes we just want people to Know us more fully. I've actually considered doing so and shutting off comments, but it's the commenting that makes this feel like a community. Frederich Buechner has some great thoughts on sharing our secrets and thus creating a community, but I'm not sure I'm there yet. And some secrets really are meant to be secrets... aren't they? Ah, the pondering goes on... :)

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  2. R W RawlesJanuary 14, 2012 at 7:01 AM

    Very helpful, Teresa. Looking up (Googling) Frederick Buechner.

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  3. R W RawlesJanuary 26, 2012 at 8:16 AM

    Frederick Buechner's Quotes

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  4. Teresa EvangelineJanuary 26, 2012 at 8:07 PM

    Hey, you uncovered my secret stash. Ssssh. Don't tell anyone else. :)

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  5. R W RawlesJanuary 26, 2012 at 9:29 PM

    Well, actually I am thinking of going confidential. The only problem is will you still read me if I do?

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  6. Teresa EvangelineJanuary 28, 2012 at 6:57 PM

    Absolutely.

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    1. R W RawlesFebruary 18, 2012 at 1:36 PM

      I'm thinking I can either run silent or run deep. Because I cannot be silent, I'm taking Day Pages deep.

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