Facing the World with Soul
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Facing the World with Soul
Our soul is where we secure our happiness and unhappiness, contentment or emptiness—and ultimately, determine the extent of our greatness. We must maintain a good one.
Ryan Holiday • Stillness Is the Key
The soul seems to suffer when its inward eye is occluded, a victim of overwhelming events.
James Hillman • The Essential James Hillman: A Blue Fire
as Plato said, soul and idea refer to each other, in that an idea is the “eye of the soul,” opening us through its insight and vision. Therefore
James Hillman • The Essential James Hillman: A Blue Fire
The first step to preserving the soul in our individual lives is to admit that the world has a soul also, and is somehow participating with us in our work and destiny. That there is a sacred otherness to the world that is breathtakingly helpful simply because it is not us; it is not defined by our human worries and preoccupations, and it never will
... See moreDavid Whyte • The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America
It is important to look into the shadows of our lives and to see who lives there, tattered, withered, hungry, and alone. Bringing these parts of soul back to the table is a central element of our work.
Francis Weller • The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
friend, likens the human soul to a wild animal in the backwoods of the psyche, sure to run away if cross-examined.