Chained to here

By: theintrovertedtree 13th Oct 202113th Oct 2021 Inner search, Introversion, Liminality, Psychology, Waiting and HereBeing present, Mysticism, Sisyphus, Soul searchingLeave a Comment

When I am in a hurry with no reason, all I want to do is to be not-here. As if some other place would close the gap, fill the void. It is difficult to be here, not thinking about what I will need next or where will I have to be in a few minutes.…

One day

By: theintrovertedtree 14th Sep 202114th Sep 2021 Inner search, Philosophy, Second half of life, Waiting and HereSecond half of life, Soul searchingLeave a Comment

There comes a day when you are listening to music, alone, and you realise that you are where you have to be. That all the -isms are not for you. That you will follow your own path or no-path. That the desire for completion is just a not-here. A day when you realise you have…

The beggar

By: theintrovertedtree 7th Sep 202114th Sep 2021 Inner search, Liminality, Philosophy, Psychology, Second half of lifebeggar, Inbetweenness, Jung, Soul searching, UnconsciousLeave a Comment

The shackle on one sideAnd your heart on the other, meanwhile, bleedsAnd the beggar always by your sideYour fellow travellerWhen the stars will fadeYou will come too Héroes del Silencio, The stranded mermaid I always saw the beggar, all beggars, as leeches trying to feed on others, on me. Trying to take what I had…

The truth in the pages

By: theintrovertedtree 24th Aug 202114th Sep 2021 Inner search, PhilosophyBeliefs, Doubt, Second half of life, Soul searching2 Comments

A few months ago, I had a dream in which I visited an old chapel. Two priests were arguing in a low voice and at some point, the high priest mentioned a sacred book that was somehow very dear to me. He went into a room in the back, and I followed him. There he…

Wanting and waiting

By: theintrovertedtree 17th Aug 202114th Sep 2021 Inner search, Philosophy, Psychology, Second half of life, Waiting and HereFree will, Unconscious, Waiting and Here, WantingLeave a Comment

Why do we want what we want? One day we discover a new hole that wasn’t there before, a gap we need to fill, a want. It becomes a need we must satisfy. I don’t mean wanting water when one is thirsty, but the other things we want, the ones that look like choices. What…

Ping

By: theintrovertedtree 10th Aug 202114th Sep 2021 Inner search, Psychology, Second half of life, UnconsciousIntroversion, Need for communication, Soul searching, Writing2 Comments

Why do we write? I sometimes wonder whether reaching out to everybody through online platforms is the same as reaching out to no one. It must be the same with writing a book, I guess. The writer pours their heart on a few pages for all to see, for some to take in, to mean…

On the shore

By: theintrovertedtree 27th Jul 202114th Sep 2021 Liminality, Philosophy, PsychologyInbetweenness, Liminality, Shore, UnconsciousLeave a Comment

Like so many people, I often feel like I miss the sea. Walking down the beach the other day, I thought that most of the time what we miss is not so much the sea but the shore. Not so much diving or sailing but being in front of it. Not in the distance, not…

Our little tribulations

By: theintrovertedtree 13th Jul 202114th Sep 2021 Inner search, Introversion, Philosophy, Psychology, Second half of lifeCollective unconscious, Death, Detachment, Individual purpose, Soul searching, UnconsciousLeave a Comment

As I passed by the flat of one of my neighbours, I remembered that someone died alone there a few years ago and took weeks to be found. Months later, a young couple moved in. Now their toddler’s toys were spread in front of their door, illustrating our inevitable cycle of life and death with…

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I am an INTJ in the second half of my life. I used to think that the second half of life was a cliché. I used to know things. I don’t want to be as pretentious as to say I know nothing, but I certainly know less than I used to and it is a…

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Chained to here

By: theintrovertedtree 13th Oct 202113th Oct 2021

Inner search, Introversion, Liminality, Psychology, Waiting and HereBeing present, Mysticism, Sisyphus, Soul searchingLeave a Comment

One day

By: theintrovertedtree 14th Sep 202114th Sep 2021

Inner search, Philosophy, Second half of life, Waiting and HereSecond half of life, Soul searchingLeave a Comment

The beggar

By: theintrovertedtree 7th Sep 202114th Sep 2021

Inner search, Liminality, Philosophy, Psychology, Second half of lifebeggar, Inbetweenness, Jung, Soul searching, UnconsciousLeave a Comment

The truth in the pages

By: theintrovertedtree 24th Aug 202114th Sep 2021

Inner search, PhilosophyBeliefs, Doubt, Second half of life, Soul searching2 Comments

Wanting and waiting

By: theintrovertedtree 17th Aug 202114th Sep 2021

Inner search, Philosophy, Psychology, Second half of life, Waiting and HereFree will, Unconscious, Waiting and Here, WantingLeave a Comment

Ping

By: theintrovertedtree 10th Aug 202114th Sep 2021

Inner search, Psychology, Second half of life, UnconsciousIntroversion, Need for communication, Soul searching, Writing2 Comments

On the shore

By: theintrovertedtree 27th Jul 202114th Sep 2021

Liminality, Philosophy, PsychologyInbetweenness, Liminality, Shore, UnconsciousLeave a Comment

Our little tribulations

By: theintrovertedtree 13th Jul 202114th Sep 2021

Inner search, Introversion, Philosophy, Psychology, Second half of lifeCollective unconscious, Death, Detachment, Individual purpose, Soul searching, UnconsciousLeave a Comment

Crossing the river

By: theintrovertedtree 6th Jul 202114th Sep 2021

Liminality, Psychology, UnconsciousCharon, Death, Liminality, Soul searching, Styx, The other sideLeave a Comment

I always liked this character, Charon, whose job is to take the souls of dead people to ‘the other side’. He has a small boat, which he rows across the Styx, the river that separates both worlds. I saw this picture at El Prado museum when I was a kid and I was deeply impressed.…

Those stars

By: theintrovertedtree 29th Jun 202114th Sep 2021

Inner search, Philosophy, UnconsciousCollective unconscious, Elves, Inner search, Shadow and Light, Stars, TolkienLeave a Comment

In Tolkien’s world, the stars were the first thing the elves saw when they awoke. They were tossed on the sky by Varda, just so they wouldn’t be in the dark when they woke up. The unreachable light in the darkness. The stars are not farther awayThan the men I deal with Heroes del Silencio,…