Quote:Our failure as a society to acknowledge this fundamental ability may be a mark of our general reticence in mapping inner realities: dreams, imagery, memory, thoughts, feelings, the creative process itself. It’s as if half of life is relegated to second-class status. Habitual patterns of communication make our collective life a facade of a facade.
We speak to each other, but we seldom voice the deeper thoughts behind our speech. We ask “How are you?” as if we could not see and sense the well- or ill-being of the other. We remark on or envy the charisma of some people, without wondering about the nature of their radiant energy; it is as if a vital mode of communication, the use of our inner senses, were nonexistent or a mere trick.
Marilyn Ferguson