Crisis is the end-point we reach after intense suffering or a gradual and long-term denial of self. Crisis is the spiritual tipping point, that place from which true spiritual growth quite often can occur.
A Life Sentence of Solitary Confinement
November 24, 2014
It is said the worst punishment that can be meted out to a prisoner is solitary confinement. Lock someone in ‘the hole’ long enough and he starts to go mad (note the metaphorical connection between ‘hole’ and burial/death). Seems rather clear to me now that this is pretty much the way each of us experiences life – through the prism of constant separation. And I think it drives everything we do – everything. Look at it for yourself. Are you not in essence ‘locked’…