Go placidly amid the noise and haste…

Speak your truth quietly and clearly…

… do not feign affection …

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune…

 

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;

The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.

-J.R.R. Tolkien

Your whole life has been a search for meaning,
purpose, and completeness.

You are aware of a sense within you that seemingly directs you
as if it were a compass navigating your essence.

This navigator gives you a sense of knowing; directing you
away from the trappings of mans religions and structured
thinking.

It is elusive to structural thinking.

An in-between place that defies logic
as humanity understands it.

Your hidden senses tell you, that what your eyes see,
and hands touch, is not all that there is.

You look around in a distant way and then you listen deeply,
breathe deeply, feel deeply and

It is then that you know there is a veil between you
some other place that holds and understanding
to that which you are.

Then, without seemingly knowing, you want, and need,
to become one with IT.

Do you remember?

- Eric Pepin, “The Handbook of the Navigator”