Monday, February 20, 2012

Astonishment better than information

"Overexplanation separates us from astonishment."  - Eugene Ionesco

Have you ever had the experience of being asked a question and found yourself expounding and suddenly realize that the answer is really discover in the person's own inner experience?   I think we need less people with answers and more people with the skill of leading others to transformation and astonishment!  You know many words are just that-- intellectual words or coziness.  D. H. Lawrence, a British-American author, once said that "the world fears a new experience more than anything because a new expeience displaces so many old experiences."  Ideas are not a problem, they are easily discounted and dodged. But a true inner experience is something else.  It changes us and far be it from me to delight or welcome change!  Astonishment is an invitatin to see with new eyes.  May I suggest that you use less words today and be open to moments of astonishment! 

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