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“A path is only a path, and there is no affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you . . . Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself alone, one question . . . Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn't it is of no use.”
Carlos Castaneda

Thursday, February 28, 2013

With You In Your Dreams - Hanson



Happy Birthday to my best friend!

I miss you every day.

R.I.P.

Mystic Dog Ears' Cover Photo

One on my earliest visions was of me standing, like the Vitruvian man, on a hillside while a full moon rose on the horizon. The great expanse of space was visible and at that moment I felt as one with the universe.

I didn't feel small, I didn't feel large. I was one with the universe... I was the Universe. I cannot begin to explain the deep connection I felt, or the joy, or the love. It was completely engulfing and eternal.

That moment was the big bang and I knew everything... for only that moment.

I've come to be able to express this as, and believe it to be, a revelation. A fleeting communication from the source of Oneness I will call God for all intents and purposes.

Some may argue this was a dream and yes, I was asleep at the time, but one knows the difference when it touches you.

I was blown away when I came across this photo and knew instantly I needed it for my cover photo.



This is a brief explanation of #3 from Moments in Time

ACT


Friday, February 22, 2013

Friday, February 15, 2013

You have no idea how hard I've looked...

You have no idea how hard I've looked
for a gift to bring You.
Nothing seemed right.
What's the point of bringing gold to
the gold mine, or water to the ocean.
Everything I came up with was like
Taking spices to the Orient.
It's no good giving my heart and my
soul because you already have these.
So I've brought you a mirror.
Look at yourself and remember me.

-Rumi



If You Think You're Free...



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Thursday, February 14, 2013

La Vie Dansante (The Dancing Life) - Jimmy Buffett

They can come take it all away 
          Break your heart by the light of day 
Drown your love in a distant bay 
          So lonely 
See the ships heading for the rocks 
          See the time melting off of the clocks 
There's a light shatters all the locks 
                    And saves me 
                                It saves me 

Miss the beat if you close your eyes 
            Every night wears a new disguise 
And I live when a new surprise surrenders 

Feel it all with a willing heart 
           Every stop is a place to start 
If you know how to play the part with feeling 
                        I play with feeling

Why don't you wander and follow La Vie Dansante 
     On the night wind that takes you just where you want 
          That's all you want La Vie Dansante


A Course in Miracles - Lesson 133


Lesson 133

I will not value what is valueless.
Sometimes in teaching there is benefit, particularly after you have gone through what seems theoretical and far from what the student has already learned, to bring him back to practical concerns. This we will do today. We will not speak of lofty, world-encompassing ideas, but dwell instead on benefits to you.
You do not ask too much of life, but far too little. When you let your mind be drawn to bodily concerns, to things you buy, to eminence as valued by the world, you ask for sorrow, not for happiness. This course does not attempt to take from you the little that you have. It does not try to substitute utopian ideas for satisfactions which the world contains. There are no satisfactions in the world.
Today we list the real criteria by which to test all things you think you want. Unless they meet these sound requirements, they are not worth desiring at all, for they can but replace what offers more. The laws that govern choice you cannot make, no more than you can make alternatives from which to choose. The choosing you can do; indeed, you must. But it is wise to learn the laws you set in motion when you choose, and what alternatives you choose between.
We have already stressed there are but two, however many there appear to be. The range is set, and this we cannot change. It would be most ungenerous to you to let alternatives be limitless, and thus delay your final choice until you had considered all of them in time; and not been brought so clearly to the place where there is but one choice that must be made.
Another kindly and related law is that there is no compromise in what your choice must bring. It cannot give you just a little, for there is no in between. Each choice you make brings everything to you or nothing. Therefore, if you learn the tests by which you can distinguish everything from nothing, you will make the better choice.
First, if you choose a thing that will not last forever, what you chose is valueless. A temporary value is without all value. Time can never take away a value that is real. What fades and dies was never there, and makes no offering to him who chooses it. He is deceived by nothing in a form he thinks he likes.
Next, if you choose to take a thing away from someone else, you will have nothing left. This is because, when you deny his right to everything, you have denied your own. You therefore will not recognize the things you really have, denying they are there. Who seeks to take away has been deceived by the illusion loss can offer gain. Yet loss must offer loss, and nothing more.
Your next consideration is the one on which the others rest. Why is the choice you make of value to you? What attracts your mind to it? What purpose does it serve? Here it is easiest of all to be deceived. For what the ego wants it fails to recognize. It does not even tell the truth as it perceives it, for it needs to keep the halo which it uses to protect its goals from tarnish and from rust, that you may see how "innocent" it is.
Yet is its camouflage a thin veneer, which could deceive but those who are content to be deceived. Its goals are obvious to anyone who cares to look for them. Here is deception doubled, for the one who is deceived will not perceive that he has merely failed to gain. He will believe that he has served the ego's hidden goals.
Yet though he tries to keep its halo clear within his vision, still must he perceive its tarnished edges and its rusted core. His ineffectual mistakes appear as sins to him, because he looks upon the tarnish as his own; the rust a sign of deep unworthiness within himself. He who would still preserve the ego's goals and serve them as his own makes no mistakes, according to the dictates of his guide. This guidance teaches it is error to believe that sins are but mistakes, for who would suffer for his sins if this were so?
And so we come to the criterion for choice that is the hardest to believe, because its obviousness is overlaid with many levels of obscurity. If you feel any guilt about your choice, you have allowed the ego's goals to come between the real alternatives. And thus you do not realize there are but two, and the alternative you think you chose seems fearful, and too dangerous to be the nothingness it actually is.
All things are valuable or valueless, worthy or not of being sought at all, entirely desirable or not worth the slightest effort to obtain. Choosing is easy just because of this. Complexity is nothing but a screen of smoke, which hides the very simple fact that no decision can be difficult. What is the gain to you in learning this? It is far more than merely letting you make choices easily and without pain.
Heaven itself is reached with empty hands and open minds, which come with nothing to find everything and claim it as their own. We will attempt to reach this state today, with self-deception laid aside, and with an honest willingness to value but the truly valuable and the real. Our two extended practice periods of fifteen minutes each begin with this:
I will not value what is valueless,
and only what has value do I seek,
for only that do I desire to find.
And then receive what waits for everyone who reaches, unencumbered, to the gate of Heaven, which swings open as he comes. Should you begin to let yourself collect some needless burdens, or believe you see some difficult decisions facing you, be quick to answer with this simple thought:
I will not value what is valueless,
for what is valuable belongs to me.

Welcome to My World - Jim Reeves



Welcome to my world

Won't you come on it
Miracles I guess
Still happen now and then

Step into my heart

Leave your cares behind
Welcome to my world
Built with you in mind

Knock and the door will open

Seek and you will find
Ask and you will be given
The key to this world of mine

I'll be waiting here

With my arms unfurled 
Waiting just for you
Welcome to my world

Happy Valentines Day <3



Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Freedom of Speech - Bill Hicks


Bill Hicks on Freedom of Speech



In May of 1993, deeply offended by its "blasphemous" content, a priest wrote to Channel 4 and complained about the recent screening of "Revelations," a recording of Bill Hicks's live show at London's Dominion Theatre some months before — a show which, incidentally, can be seen in its entirety here.

Upon receiving said complaint, Channel 4 passed it to Hicks himself. Hicks then responded to the priest directly with the following letter.

(Source: Love All the People; Image: Bill Hicks, via The Quiet Front.)

8 June 1993

Dear Sir,

After reading your letter expressing your concerns regarding my special 'Revelations', I felt duty-bound to respond to you myself in hopes of clarifying my position on the points you brought up, and perhaps enlighten you as to who I really am.

Where I come from — America — there exists this wacky concept called 'freedom of speech', which many people feel is one of the paramount achievements in mankind's mental development. I myself am a strong supporter of the 'Right of freedom of speech', as I'm sure most people would be if they truly understood the concept. 'Freedom of speech' means you support the right of people to say exactly those ideas which you do not agree with. (Otherwise, you don't believe in 'freedom of speech', but rather only those ideas which you believe to be acceptably stated.) Seeing as how there are so many different beliefs in the world, and as it would be virtually impossible for all of us to agree on any onebelief, you may begin to realize just how important an idea like 'freedom of speech' really is. The idea basically states 'while I don't agree or care for what you are saying, I do support your right to say it, for herein lies true freedom'.

You say you found my material 'offensive' and 'blasphemous'. I find it interesting that you feel your beliefs are denigrated or threatened when I'd be willing to bet you've never received a single letter complaining about your beliefs, or asking why they are allowed to be. (If you have received such a letter, it definitely did not come from me.) Furthermore, I imagine a quick perusal of an average week of television programming would reveal many more shows of a religious nature, than one of myshows — which are called 'specials' by virtue of the fact that they arevery rarely on.

All I'm doing in 'Revelations' is giving my point of view in my language based on my experiences — much the same way religious broadcasters might organize their programs. While I've found many of the religious shows I've viewed over the years not to be to my liking, or in line with my own beliefs, I've never considered it my place to exert any greater type of censorship than changing the channel, or better yet — turning off the TV completely.

Now, for the part of your letter I found most disturbing.

In support of your position of outrage, you posit the hypothetical scenario regarding the possibly 'angry' reaction of Muslims to material they might find similarly offensive. Here is my question to you: Are you tacitly condoning the violent terrorism of a handful of thugs to whom the idea of 'freedom of speech' and tolerance is perhaps as foreign as Christ's message itself? If you are somehow implying that their intolerance to contrary beliefs is justifiable, admirable, or perhaps even preferable to one of acceptance and forgiveness, then I wonder what your true beliefs really are.

If you had watched my entire show, you would have noticed in my summation of my beliefs the fervent plea to the governments of the world to spend less money on the machinery of war, and more on feeding, clothing, and educating the poor and needy of the world ... A not-so-unchristian sentiment at that!

Ultimately, the message in my material is a call for understanding rather than ignorance, peace rather than war, forgiveness rather than condemnation, and love rather than fear. While this message may have understandably been lost on your ears (due to my presentation), I assure you the thousands of people I played to in my tours of the United Kingdom got it.

I hope I helped answer some of your questions. Also, I hope you consider this an invitation to keep open the lines of communication. Please feel free to contact me personally with comments, thoughts, or questions, if you so choose. If not, I invite you to enjoy my two upcoming specials entitled 'Mohammed the TWIT' and 'Buddha, you fat PIG'. (JOKE)

Sincerely,

Bill Hicks

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Life as Music by Alan Watts - Kinetic Typography

Om Asatoma

Om asatoma sadgamaya
Tomasoma jyotir gamaya
Mrityorma amritan gamaya
Om Shantih Shantih Shantihi

Let us move from the unreality to the reality
From the darkness to the light and 
From mortality to immortality
Om Peace, Peace, Peace

I Find Your Lack of Ni-Fe Disturbing...





A Course in Miracles - Lesson 170


Lesson 170

There is no cruelty in God and none in me.
No one attacks without intent to hurt. This can have no exception. When you think that you attack in self-defense, you mean that to be cruel is protection; you are safe because of cruelty. You mean that you believe to hurt another brings you freedom. And you mean that to attack is to exchange the state in which you are for something better, safer, more secure from dangerous invasion and from fear.
How thoroughly insane is the idea that to defend from fear is to attack! For here is fear begot and fed with blood, to make it grow and swell and rage. And thus is fear protected, not escaped. Today we learn a lesson which can save you more delay and needless misery than you can possibly imagine. It is this:
You make what you defend against, and by your own
defense against it is it real and inescapable. Lay down
your arms, and only then do you perceive it false.
It seems to be the enemy without that you attack. Yet your defense sets up an enemy within; an alien thought at war with you, depriving you of peace, splitting your mind into two camps which seem wholly irreconcilable. For love now has an "enemy," an opposite; and fear, the alien, now needs your defense against the threat of what you really are.
If you consider carefully the means by which your fancied self-defense proceeds on its imagined way, you will perceive the premises on which the idea stands. First, it is obvious ideas must leave their source, for it is you who make attack, and must have first conceived of it. Yet you attack outside yourself, and separate your mind from him who is to be attacked, with perfect faith the split you made is real.
Next, are the attributes of love bestowed upon its "enemy." For fear becomes your safety and protector of your peace, to which you turn for solace and escape from doubts about your strength, and hope of rest in dreamless quiet. And as love is shorn of what belongs to it and it alone, love is endowed with attributes of fear. For love would ask you lay down all defense as merely foolish. And your arms indeed would crumble into dust. For such they are.
With love as enemy, must cruelty become a god. And gods demand that those who worship them obey their dictates, and refuse to question them. Harsh punishment is meted out relentlessly to those who ask if the demands are sensible or even sane. It is their enemies who are unreasonable and insane, while they are always merciful and just.
Today we look upon this cruel god dispassionately. And we note that though his lips are smeared with blood, and fire seems to flame from him, he is but made of stone. He can do nothing. We need not defy his power. He has none. And those who see in him their safety have no guardian, no strength to call upon in danger, and no mighty warrior to fight for them.
This moment can be terrible. But it can also be the time of your release from abject slavery. You make a choice, standing before this idol, seeing him exactly as he is. Will you restore to love what you have sought to wrest from it and lay before this mindless piece of stone? Or will you make another idol to replace it? For the god of cruelty takes many forms. Another can be found.
Yet do not think that fear is the escape from fear. Let us remember what the text has stressed about the obstacles to peace. The final one, the hardest to believe is nothing, and a seeming obstacle with the appearance of a solid block, impenetrable, fearful and beyond surmounting, is the fear of God Himself. Here is the basic premise which enthrones the thought of fear as god. For fear is loved by those who worship it, and love appears to be invested now with cruelty.
Where does the totally insane belief in gods of vengeance come from? Love has not confused its attributes with those of fear. Yet must the worshippers of fear perceive their own confusion in fear's "enemy"; its cruelty as now a part of love. And what becomes more fearful than the Heart of Love Itself? The blood appears to be upon His Lips; the fire comes from Him. And He is terrible above all else, cruel beyond conception, striking down all who acknowledge Him to be their God.
The choice you make today is certain. For you look for the last time upon this bit of carven stone you made, and call it god no longer. You have reached this place before, but you have chosen that this cruel god remain with you in still another form. And so the fear of God returned with you. This time you leave it there. And you return to a new world, unburdened by its weight; beheld not in its sightless eyes, but in the vision that your choice restored to you.
Now do your eyes belong to Christ, and He looks through them. Now your voice belongs to God and echoes His. And now your heart remains at peace forever. You have chosen Him in place of idols, and your attributes, given by your Creator, are restored to you at last. The Call for God is heard and answered. Now has fear made way for love, as God Himself replaces cruelty.
Father, we are like You. No cruelty abides in us, for there is none in You. Your peace is ours. And we bless the world with what we have received from You alone. We choose again, and make our choice for all our brothers, knowing they are one with us. We bring them Your salvation as we have received it now. And we give thanks for them who render us complete. In them we see Your glory, and in them we find our peace. Holy are we because Your Holiness has set us free. And we give thanks. Amen.

Monday, February 11, 2013

MLK - U2



Sleep, sleep tonight
And may your dreams be realized
If the thunder cloud passes rain
So let it rain
Rain down on me
So let it be
So let it be

 

Sunday, February 10, 2013

I Need to be Reminded

I need to be reminded where I'm going
I need to be reminded why I'm here
I need to be reminded where I came from 
I need to be reminded not to fear

-Bill Hicks
15 April 1888

Saturday, February 9, 2013

The Life Purpose of INFJs by Darbright


I'm always amazed to find greater insight into why I am the way I am. Enjoy the article and if you like it you should visit Darbright's blog.

Peace, 

Mystic Dog Ears

The Life Purpose of INFJs

by DARBRIGHT on MAY 9, 2011
When I write this article, I write with a sense of apprehension, some trembling and a whole lot of misgivings. Who am I to decide what the life purpose of an entire category of psychological types is? :-p
Still, this is something that many INFJs might find useful. At the very least it will give you a point of reference to start working from.
So I’ve finally given in to this truly irritating need to share this piece of information. However, as you read this, take in mind that I am writing from my personal opinions and experience, and that I am writing specifically for the INFJs of this world searching for their life purpose.
Ok… after having given enough disclaimers, you may or may not accept what I have to share, but nonetheless here it is.

The Life Purpose of INFJs

If you are an INFJ, I trust that you will know what I mean about the endless and agonizing search for meaning in life. A search for a life purpose that transcends the physical existence of what it means to be a human being and not just another mindless member of the human race.
You have an unrelenting need to be “different”, somehow drawn apart from everyone else. Yet it isn’t a need, but a knowing that you are different. To you, the physical world seems ridiculous and without any lasting significance. In other words, you find the day to day existence and idle chatter of the people around you mundane and “meaningless” in the larger scheme of life and the universe.
While you feel this need to be different, you may also find yourself fighting it just so that you can fit into society. Yet while you fight this need, you still end up being different and weird anyway.
It’s been bugging me why the number of INFJs has been pegged at around 1-2% of the human population. For all I know, it could be more because INFJs can be really good at hiding in plain sight with different groups of people. But still, why such a small number?
Could it be that INFJs are a dying breed because we do not fit into modern society? That psychological preferences that belong to an INFJ are becoming obsolete and useless?
Perhaps if I were to take a larger perspective that everything in life and nature exists for a reason. Could it be that INFJs are needed only in small numbers?
Think a  little about this.
In large numbers, INFJs would probably cause the entire mechanism that is based on producing physical goods and services to a grinding halt. The truth is, INFJs don’t function well in repetitive and mechanical environments that separate humanity from spirituality.
When it comes to life purpose, an INFJ is simply not designed to be another cogwheel in the machinery of modern society.

So what then is the Life Purpose of an INFJ?

I dare to say this because it might resonate for some of you INFJs who read this blog.
The life purpose of an INFJ is to be the one who brings hope to others, to bring light into the darkness, to be the ones who gently guide a lost soul back onto the path towards the Light.
Your work is in the intangible and metaphysical world. You intuitively understand psychological processes and intentions of those you come into contact with. Insight into human nature is so blindingly obvious to you that sometimes you are left in amazement that others can’t see what you see.
And because you understand how the human mind reacts to stimuli, you are sometimes left in a bind on how to behave and what to say. Why? Because you do not want your words and actions to be construed as self-serving or manipulation for your own selfish gain.
Your gift is to work with people, to help them for their own highest good. And sometimes, even to your own detriment. But then again, don’t you find yourself submerging your own needs and well-being so that another might be better off instead?
That’s right. You are a dumb, self-sacrificing piece of work who will probably end up on the rubbish dumps of society once you’ve outlived your usefulness.
:-)
Yet, your mental operating system seems to be set to wanting the best for others by default. And it’s a pretty damn hard thing to change how you are wired no matter how hard you try, right?

Hard To Fit Into Modern Society

Do you find it almost impossible to fit into modern society where the primary and often sole purpose is to win at all costs?
In a dog-eat-dog world, do you feel that you would be torn apart, chewed up and spat out by those who would use you for their own gain without a second thought?
Do you feel that in order to survive, you need to deny who you are and become someone else?
It’s tough isn’t it?
When I say this, I don’t mean that other psychological types don’t feel the same way. But for INFJs, this same feeling is a deep, intense loathing of being untrue to yourself and an almost insurmountable inner psychological barrier.
While other types are able to set this feeling aside and still function fairly well in society, INFJs who are in touch with their spiritual awareness find it almost debilitating to “kill” their spiritual selves just to fit in.
When you do, you are still rarely able to stay in any job, no matter how “perfect” you may be on the outside. When the work you do is divorced from meaning and purpose, you find it impossible to stay in it for the long term. It’s another reason why so many INFJs jump from job to job, hoping to find their passion and life purpose.
What You Need…
You have a need to do something good for humanity and yet find people too taxing on your senses to tolerate human company for long. It’s a contradiction that is hard to resolve… wanting the good for humanity yet needing the distance from crowds and strangers. But it is so… INFJ…
When it comes to the metaphysical or spiritual world, you revel in it. You are intensely curious about life and life after death. You have this need to discover the metaphysical and spiritual worlds, to find out how they work and how they impact our existence on this planet as physical beings. You are keenly interested in the invisible unseen nature of our existence.
In a world that is driven by science and physical evidence, you may find your true selves displaced. There is no “need” for your work and passion in a world that driven to accumulate more physical wealth, more status and more “stuff”.
While you understand that material stuff is necessary, you find it hard to devote your life to the pursuit of material wealth and material wealth alone.
Oh yes, you can try. You even make several attempts to pursue wealth accumulation. But if I’m correct, you probably find yourself giving up along the way simply because there is no lasting significance in the pursuit of material wealth.

Ideal Positions for INFJs

If you have been searching for what to do with your life, no doubt you have come across several places which say that ideal vocations for INFJs are pastors, psychologists, writers, or anything that has to do with people and helping people. I won’t repeat those vocations here because they are already extensively covered on many other websites.
Of course, you will find INFJs in very different vocations. INFJs have an interesting set of cognitive abilities that allow them to excel in different professions.
But I’m writing this post for the INFJs who are specifically searching for a larger life purpose than just doing a job and going home. I am writing for INFJs who feel their calling to a larger “higher” purpose in life and who find themselves lost in our modern society where there is little room for the spiritual and metaphysical in every day life.
I can’t tell you exactly what you should be doing. Everyone’s situation is different. What’s available to one will not be available to another. What’s needed in one place will be different from somewhere else. As much as I wish there could be a clear and specific answer for you, all I can really share is a direction you need to go.
You need to find a way to express your abilities and drive to help humanity. It is the only way you can find real inner joy and fulfillment. It’s how you fulfill your life purpose.

The Contradiction That Is INFJ Explained

I understand that it’s immensely contradictory for someone who has an almost pathological need for lots of alone time to be involved with helping people. But for an INFJ, it’s just the way it is. In your need to walk both the darkness and the light, you have to find a balance between the pull of both sides.
And in finding that balance of dynamic tension, you come to understand many aspects of human nature that exists in every one of us. In finding yourself, you develop that experience and understanding that allows you deep, almost empathetic insights into human nature. Because of the need to explore your inner world of awareness, you come to know the deepest depths of despair and the highest heights of joy.
In truth, yours is not an easy place to be. In other words, it sucks to be you. :-)
Being an INFJ on the path of spiritual awakening is not an easy calling or a simple path to walk. In the world of the spiritual, it sometimes feel as though you are the trailblazer where you are.
You are the one who has to break the path of the yet unknown to make it known.
You have to walk many inner worlds and feel many intense emotions that may drive others insane. You might even have scared others off with the level of your intensity when it is unleashed. :-)

Your Life Purpose – INFJ

I dare say this. As an INFJ, when you have traveled the inner worlds that you need to walk, you will grow into the person you need to be. In your youth, you may wish that you have not said or done many things that you have. You probably found yourself misunderstood by those around you even though you have done things with the best of intentions.
Most of the times, anyway. ;-)
I have to tell you, that misunderstanding is not going to change. You are going to meet a lot of people who are unaware and unawakened. People who are like cavemen in their awareness, others who seek to manipulate with a smile for their own selfish gains, and others who are treasures yet to be discovered.
You need to be clear about your intentions and purpose about working for the highest good of all. Your physical actions may be misunderstood, which is only “normal”. This is simply because people place meanings on your actions based on their own personal beliefs and experience.
As you gain in experience and understanding, you learn the behaviors, words and actions needed to gently guide others onto paths that are for the highest good. I know, it’s very presumptuous to think you know what is the highest good, but you’ll figure out how to deal with it along the way.
In your youth, you are still developing your ability to find that balance between the darkness and the light. You are still trying to comprehend why you are the way you are. Intense emotions and feelings trigger off actions that you do not want to do, yet find yourself doing anyway.
In the life of an INFJ, I would say that’s pretty par for the course.
As you gain understanding and insight, you will learn to differentiate feelings from emotions. And you will learn how to trust your intuition while managing your often overwhelming emotions. Can’t separate the two just yet? Well, it’s part of the learning curve.
It is in the walking of this path that you develop yourself. It is in this path that you gain your almost unbelievable “life wisdom” and spiritual connection that you need just to survive your turbulent youth. It is in the understanding of your own intense, passionate and wildly emotional nature that you come to understand others around you.
If anyone thinks you are unemotional, boring and dull, it’s because they have not gained the trust to be in your inner circle. In other words, they have not proven themselves worthy of access to the innermost thoughts, feelings and core of your being. To let them in is to allow a bull into a china shop, where their thoughtless actions would break too  many precious things without them even being aware of it.
It’s not an easy path when you are so open to the thoughts and emotions of others around you. Sensitive without understanding, intuitive without experience. You find yourself wanting to rebel against the unrelenting and hard nature that is this world, where the primary and often only purpose is self gain and survival at the expense of others.
It’s why many INFJs need to find isolation and peace. It isn’t so much that you want to avoid people, but that prolonged exposure to the emotions and actions of others affect you so greatly that sometimes you find yourself exhausted and drowning in emotional tsunamis.
A harsh word that is water off a duck’s back to others can hit you hard and stay with you for days until you learn to clear that inner dissonance from your soul. Yes, you need to learn how to work the inner worlds until you find your balance and harmony again.
As you struggle in the cocoon of inexperience and emotional turbulence, you are developing the strength and abilities you need to help humanity for the moment when you break free of shackles that have been imposed both externally and internally.
In short, your life purpose, as a spiritually awakened and aware INFJ, is to bring light to humanity. To spark off the awareness and understanding of the spiritual dimensions that are part of the heritage of humanity. It’s not an easy path, but it’s your destination and life calling.
It’s often thankless work while you do it, but the effects of your work will continue to resonate even after you have gone home.