The way you think about your life can turn your soul into a
haunted room. You are afraid to risk going in there anymore.
Your fantasy peoples this room of the heart with sad presences,
which ultimately become disturbing and sinister.
haunted room. You are afraid to risk going in there anymore.
Your fantasy peoples this room of the heart with sad presences,
which ultimately become disturbing and sinister.
The haunted room in the mind installs lonesomeness at the heart
of your life. It would be devastating in the autumn of your life
to look back and recognize that you had created a series of
haunted rooms in your heart.
of your life. It would be devastating in the autumn of your life
to look back and recognize that you had created a series of
haunted rooms in your heart.
Fear and negativity are immense forces, which constantly tussle
with us. They long to turn the mansions of the soul into a totally
haunted house. These are the living conditions for which fear
and negativity long, and in which they thrive.
with us. They long to turn the mansions of the soul into a totally
haunted house. These are the living conditions for which fear
and negativity long, and in which they thrive.
We were sent here to live life to the full. When you manage to be
generous in your passion and vulnerability, life always comes to
bless you. Had you but the courage to acknowledge the haunted
inner room, turn the key, and enter, you would encounter nothing
strange or sinister there.
generous in your passion and vulnerability, life always comes to
bless you. Had you but the courage to acknowledge the haunted
inner room, turn the key, and enter, you would encounter nothing
strange or sinister there.
You would meet some vital self of yours that you had banished
during a time of pain and difficulty. Sometimes, when life
squeezes you into lonely crevices, you may have to decide between
survival and breaking apart. At such times, you can be harsh with
yourself and settle to be someone other than who you really long
to be. At such a time, you can do nothing else; you have to survive.
during a time of pain and difficulty. Sometimes, when life
squeezes you into lonely crevices, you may have to decide between
survival and breaking apart. At such times, you can be harsh with
yourself and settle to be someone other than who you really long
to be. At such a time, you can do nothing else; you have to survive.
But your soul always remains faithful to your longing to become
who you really are. The banished self from an earlier time of life
remains within you waiting to be released and integrated. The
soul has its own logic of loyalty and concealment.
who you really are. The banished self from an earlier time of life
remains within you waiting to be released and integrated. The
soul has its own logic of loyalty and concealment.
Ironically, it is usually in its most awkward rooms that the special
blessings and healing are locked away.
blessings and healing are locked away.
Your thinking can also freeze and falsify the flow of your life's
continuity to make you a prisoner of routine and judgement.
continuity to make you a prisoner of routine and judgement.
John O'Donohue
from Eternal Echoes
with thanks to The Beauty We Love
~
Photo - Mystic Meandering
image from light on the ceiling
through the top of a lamp shade...
image from light on the ceiling
through the top of a lamp shade...
