The Introverted Tree

Possibilities

By: theintrovertedtree 4th Feb 20206th Aug 2020

Philosophy, UncategorizedChange, Philosophy, Reality1 Comment

Of the many things that can be, that can exist, only a few do exist. Only a few come to be. The rest of possibilities remain as just that: possibilities. Every time a choice is made, thousands, millions of possibilities disappear. Possibilities that existed, even if only in theory, and will exist no more if…

As we ride towards the sunset

By: theintrovertedtree 6th Aug 2020

PsychologyDeath, Desert, Soul searching, Unconscious, WaitingLeave a Comment

As we ride towards the sunset, I ask myself whether the end will ever come, whether the sunset is a place, a real place. An end to the rainbow. A place to rest, to die. This thought makes me stop. The others look back at me, no words. I am not ready, I say. Ed…

Pray

By: theintrovertedtree 27th Jul 2020

Philosophy, PsychologyGod, PrayingLeave a Comment

Pray… To ask of a higher power that which we can not achieve by ourselves. To believe such a higher power exists. To believe we can communicate with this higher power. To believe It can listen to us and understand the message we try to convey. Finally, if such high power exists and we can…

The Spinning Top

By: theintrovertedtree 7th Jul 2020

Philosophy, PsychologyBalance, Collective balance, UnconsciousLeave a Comment

After reading Jung’s book on Dreams, I now tend to see all the characters in my dreams as part of me. Even if they look different, played by different “actors”, they are all me. Little parts of me who, together, constitute the whole of me. I had this same feeling when I read Demian (Hesse)…

Trailing behind

By: theintrovertedtree 28th Jun 2020

PhilosophySaying no, Speed of life, Train of life, Waiting2 Comments

Trailing behind. Trailing behind. Trailing behind… but do I actually want to keep the pace? A few years ago, I felt as I had fallen off the train. My train. I still have the mental image in my mind: a meadow with short grass, the empty rails, the sunset, silence. Nothing. I just looked at…

Wait.

By: theintrovertedtree 22nd Jun 202022nd Jun 2020

PsychologyDesert, Finding, Red Book, Waiting7 Comments

My soul leads me into the desert, into the desert of my own self. I did not think that my soul is a desert, a barren, hot desert, dusty and without drink. The journey leads through hot sand, slowly wading without a visible goal to hope for? How eerie is this wasteland. It seems to…

Galadriel’s mirror

By: theintrovertedtree 15th Jun 2020

PsychologyJung, Shadow, UnconsciousLeave a Comment

With water from the stream Galadriel filled the basin to the brim, and breathed on it, and when the water was still again she spoke. ‘Here is the Mirror of Galadriel,’ she said. ‘I have brought you here so that you may look in it, if you will.’ The air was very still, and the…

My unconscious twin

By: theintrovertedtree 1st Jun 2020

PsychologyDreams, Reason, UnconsciousLeave a Comment

One of the most fascinating things about evolution is how the development of an organ in each individual recapitulates the evolution of the organ over millions of years. For example, if one studies the development of the human heart from its early stages in the embryo to its adult form, one can follow the changes…

Steppenwolf

By: theintrovertedtree 21st May 2020

Philosophy, PsychologyBooks, Hesse, Second half of life, Steppenwolf3 Comments

“Most people have no desire to swim until they are able to.” Isn’t that a laugh? Of course they don’t want to swim! After all, they were born to live on dry land, not in water. Nor, of course, do they want to think. They weren’t made to think, but to live! It’s true, and…

Altruism or cowardice?

By: theintrovertedtree 13th May 202028th Jun 2020

PhilosophyAltruism, Casablanca, Courage, Decisions, LOTR, SelfishnessLeave a Comment

There are a few films that I try not to start watching when they are played on TV, because if I do, I usually have to watch them till the end. The Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Big Country, LOTR, Eight, The Philadelphia Story, Casablanca. I could watch them any time I wanted,…

Imperfections

By: theintrovertedtree 26th Apr 202026th Apr 2020

PhilosophyAverage, Different, Diversification, ImperfectionsLeave a Comment

When I was a kid I always wanted my little possessions to be perfect. The tiniest imperfection bothered me and I was unable to see that the rest of whatever treasure was “perfect”. One day, it occurred to me that it was precisely that little imperfection that made that particular object unique, different from the…