As a twentysomething, I'm excited to read your book (currently waiting for it on hold at the library) and explore this theme in more depth. It's validating to have more concrete language for the existentialism I've often felt the past few years. It is indeed "deeply embodied" as you write - I viscerally feel when I'm moving in a direction that's nourishing, versus one that's depleting. At this point it feels like a lot of my successes and good experiences have been mostly luck and chance. While I don't believe in manifestation in the hippie spiritual sense, I am hopeful that as I grow older, I can tune up that "ethereal instinct" that you mention, so that I'm more actively guiding myself toward what feels right for me.
"I viscerally feel when I'm moving in a direction that's nourishing, versus one that's depleting." This is it! Instinct and finding our most satisfying path in life is so much more about learning how our bodies respond to the world than we realize, and so much more about the tiny details of moments than one huge thing. I love your reflections. Thank you for sharing.
I love this. I felt those feelings of deep, aching longing (for what?) and "The ethereal feeling of seeking something is hard to name and explain" -- YES. In my twenties, a spiritual wanderer after being raised in high-control religion (which seems to be a bit of a theme?) I felt the way you describe all the time. It felt like no one else was talking about it though, at least not my age, so I found myself gravitating towards those in their second half of life. Wish I had your writings then! I'm currently in the stability phase, raising two little kids, but gazing towards the day when I can orient in a more meaning-focused way (I write as my preschooler loudly talks at me about her toy buses, and those days feel very far away 😂)
As a twentysomething, I'm excited to read your book (currently waiting for it on hold at the library) and explore this theme in more depth. It's validating to have more concrete language for the existentialism I've often felt the past few years. It is indeed "deeply embodied" as you write - I viscerally feel when I'm moving in a direction that's nourishing, versus one that's depleting. At this point it feels like a lot of my successes and good experiences have been mostly luck and chance. While I don't believe in manifestation in the hippie spiritual sense, I am hopeful that as I grow older, I can tune up that "ethereal instinct" that you mention, so that I'm more actively guiding myself toward what feels right for me.
"I viscerally feel when I'm moving in a direction that's nourishing, versus one that's depleting." This is it! Instinct and finding our most satisfying path in life is so much more about learning how our bodies respond to the world than we realize, and so much more about the tiny details of moments than one huge thing. I love your reflections. Thank you for sharing.
I love this. I felt those feelings of deep, aching longing (for what?) and "The ethereal feeling of seeking something is hard to name and explain" -- YES. In my twenties, a spiritual wanderer after being raised in high-control religion (which seems to be a bit of a theme?) I felt the way you describe all the time. It felt like no one else was talking about it though, at least not my age, so I found myself gravitating towards those in their second half of life. Wish I had your writings then! I'm currently in the stability phase, raising two little kids, but gazing towards the day when I can orient in a more meaning-focused way (I write as my preschooler loudly talks at me about her toy buses, and those days feel very far away 😂)
Anyway, thank you so much for your work!
So glad to have discovered you and your downloads. What a generous share.
I can't imagine what it might have been like to have this level of validation of my deepest experience back then. Such an incredible contribution.