How Many?

How many people who believe they never dream are sleepwalking in their marriage, in their job, in their church, blindly adhering to ideas they never question, with no heart in what they are doing?"  Marion Woodman

Culture

"Our culture is fast moving and complex.  We have a sharp eye for authoritarianism and control in their direct and obvious forms.  We are, in ironic contrast, almost completely blind to the huge control and subtle authoritarianism of consumerist image culture.   On the other hand, we are warriors for the freedom view and on the other hand, simultaneously, are absolute disciples of the God of Quantity.  Our society is addicted to and incessantly nourishes and inflates the spectacular."   John O' Donahue

Kalyana-Mitra

This is the Buddhist tradition of friendship, the "Noble Friend".   They will not accept pretension but will gently and firmly confront you with your own blindness, complement your vision in a kind and critical way.  They are willing to negotiate awkward and uneven territories of contradiction and woundedness."