It has been a busy morning as I have been working with others in an attempt to sell my books. With contracts being signed for consignment sales, books have been ordered and now are being tracked to ensure delivery to the book sellers. Now, as you can see in the image, it’s time for a break. The only problem that presented itself was the fact that it was only 8 Celsius out (46 F. for my American friends). It’s a good thing that the wind, and yes, it is windy, was blocked by my neighbour’s garage and my garden shed. As long as there is sunshine and protection from the wind, being outside with a cup of coffee is absolutely delicious.
So what have I been thinking about, thinking perhaps too much about this morning? Well, as might be easily guessed, it is about spiritualism, psychology and naturism. I am finding that it is becoming increasingly more and more difficult to separate the three of these. This gets all bound up in images for me, images that are more than a simple recording of what was seen. Images for me become a bridge between – between my “self” and my “ego” – between me and an “other” or others – between myself and the world in which I am contained – and perhaps confusingly, between my “self” and my “Self.” This last word, “Self” is a weak approximation of the infinite that is within a person. In the Bible, we hear of Jesus saying that “the kingdom of God is within you.” That notion of a boundless universe existing within one’s being simply blows the mind. How can the “self” as we know it, contain all of that? And, how can we ever possibly define it, refer to it with any hope of being understood. This is where the capital S comes into play – self expanded to Self.
Of course, I have the excuse of being a psychotherapist for finding myself wrestling with thinking too much. Part of my self-cure is to get some clothing on and go for a walk in the countryside with my wife. Clothing is necessary in that we live in a small prairie town and the local country roads are busy with tractors and trucks during the annual planting of crops.