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In the dock of the bay.

While most reflections are shown through periods of time, some are simply seen Sundays.

Deep thoughts and analyzations of our everyday life and behaviors usually come at moments of timelessness. Where we are still enough to breathe in the mists of wisdom to refresh the mind’s dry grind. Some take multiple dips during the week, while others can only afford a view. 

Yet, we all sit parked in our dock of discovery; waiting around for self permission and enough knowledgeable information (trust & courage) to actually leave the bay. 

Explorers used to just go first, gather data second, and report last. Now it seems the opposite is true: report in real time and capture the environmental surroundings of the safe areas we researched before we arrived. 

  • Have we forgotten how to sail?
  • Have we lost our compass?
  • Have we changed our course?

Let’s stop making a day of reflection enough to sustain a week. Let’s start, gather data, and report to others what worked & what failed. 

The more we start seeing how intertwined our stories are, the more useful our experiences become. Sharing information should be about helping others find their way more than boasting about the adventure.

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One response to “In the dock of the bay.”

  1. iqiyou Avatar
    iqiyou

    Nice. I commented on your last post, and then came here and this seems to be already ruminating in that direction.

    I think the timeless insight comes at us of its own. I think of it as Grace.

    What I take from the above is to not wait for Grace, but to reproduce its insight with a little more chosen consideration. I also think that different qualities of activity are better approached with different states of mind.

    For instance, “have we forgotten how to sail?” Education aside, that physical act of paling a boat or ship quickly becomes a kind of meditation, with an all-encompassing perception, and a kind of intuitive reaction; thousands of minuscule adjustments, and a few big ones to keep you generally on a course and avoid obstacles. There can be a cleansing quality to sinking into action, and instinctive reaction in the course of constant change.

    Contrarily, “have we lost our compass?” Metaphorically, the act of checking a compass in anything other than sailing is checking in, not with the plan, but with the principal or intention, and perhaps with the intuition. This is best approached by stepping out of constant change, and taking a break from distractions long enough to sense the subtle voice inside, or the inclination nagging at you. This isn’t typically a sinking into activity, and it isn’t quick. Sometimes, one can sink into intuition and then try to engage in activity, keeping track of the inner guidance, but it isn’t the same as submersion in the experience of action.

    A lot of those old explorers are lost to us. Leaping first was more of survival of the fittest.

    If what you’re conveying is that the Christian admonition to take a day a week to reflect could benefit from sometimes being more social, then I agree. If you’re trying to say that one day of reflection may not be enough, then I agree with that, too. If you’re saying that when we reflect, we may not take our learning back into life and act on it, I agree with that too.

    Thanks for sharing.

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