Why do certain sounds, images, smells, or words have a way of
entering deep into a place within us to evoke emotions that have no words? Where is it that music can touch
us and resonate with so much emotional power?
What does it mean to know something in your heart, and not in
your head? Or is it our gut that
knows? Our hearts, our guts, or
how about our souls…we have named these “places” that we cannot know.
Here is what I think about this place:
It is certainly not anatomical; it is numinous, existing in or
around everyone, perhaps only a confluence of emotions. But it is real, in the sense that it
can be felt or experienced, and as a result has the power to influence our
behavior, our life, and our sense of self. It is all of these things, and more. It is the human spirit.
It is in this place that we fully understand who we are, and what
we can become. I believe we are
born with certain potentials to achieve as well as certain limitations, some
absolute and others vulnerable to change by nurturing and by
circumstances. We enter this world
with a set of psychological patterns or temperament that, along with experience
and circumstances, mold our personalities.
Everyone experiences or finds this place in there own unique
way. For some it is a source of
inner strength and resolve, and for others a way to cope and recover. It is here that some people find their
God, a source of spiritual enlightenment and joy. I imagine there are as many different experiences as there
are individuals, all sharing some basic similarities (Jung’s Collective
Unconscious?)
My own experiences have given me an unshakable belief in the
existence of this spiritual sweet spot.
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