In his book, Life's Philosoophy, Arne Naess writes about how playful emotions drive "artists of life." These individuals always have a smile ready to break out. Naess feels one has to reflect creatively on life's opportunities. Here a focus on feelings works rather than depending upon reason.
How do you feel about yourself and the world? Most people will write about how they "see" the world or "understand" the world. They don't say, "This is how I feel myself about the situation."
Creative Write: Check out feelings you encounter at various times of the day. How do you name and tame them? Return to a childlike mind to recall when you first experienced their tones.
I just had to read an excerpt by Naess tonight, I love the ideas of living "simple in means, rich in ends", interacting with all living and non living things, and maintaining universal symbiosis. Self-realization really does come out of the relationships we have with others and the natural world around us!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your insights, Emma. Nature shows us how organisms take sunlight and splashes of rain for nourishment. Insects, plants and animals count on one another for support. They also reveal what it means to live from the inside out. So simple! Human beings make it more difficult than it needs to be.
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