Mar 8, 2024

This week's Awakin reading is by Afton Wilder titled 'Without Ourselves':

A clear glass orb floats above the cliff just off the edge representing our conscience, souls, and selves what if it shatters? becoming a puzzle of icy glass and then nothing at all? what if it disappears? what would we fight for? would we still know ourselves for the loving, backstabbing, beautiful, horrible, emotional, heartless, empathetic, shunning, wonderful people we are? could we go on without ourselves? without a foothold? step lightly, they say don’t leave your self like a scarf in the forest like a sandal on the beach tuck it in safe don’t free it don’t lose it don’t go without a railing but could we be more without the limits of our own selves? if we could take the risk would we end up not being in trouble after all? would we be freeing ourselves by letting go of our SELVES? we’d have identity of what we know and what we’ve learned but not the burden of the world. ... [Read more]

Seed questions for reflection: What does freeing ourselves by letting go of our SELVES mean to you? Can you share a personal story of a time you took the risk of going beyond the limits of your own self? What helps you have an identity of what you have learned without the burden of the world?