Acceptance – The Introverted Tree

How do we know that we don’t know?

By: theintrovertedtree 14th Feb 202314th Feb 2023

Inner search, Waiting and HereAcceptance, Soul searching, The VoidLeave a Comment

Our knowledge is stored in memory, classified, at least partially interpreted and ready to be used to predict future outcomes. But how do we know that there is something we don’t know, that something is missing? I know the basics of how a car engine works, but I ignore the details. I am aware of…

The familiarity of the distant world

By: theintrovertedtree 19th Jan 2023

Inner search, Second half of life, Waiting and HereAcceptance, Projections, Soul searching, Waiting and Here3 Comments

Sometimes we fantasise how it would feel to live in a world full of elves, trolls, fairies, giants, hobbits, unicorns and, of course, dragons. We see ourselves drifting towards that realm of fantasy, which we idealise as a much better world than our own. More suited for our spirit. But if we had been living…

Little gods

By: theintrovertedtree 27th Jul 2022

Inner search, Philosophy, UnconsciousAcceptance, Collective unconscious, Dark side, Evil gods, Projections1 Comment

It seems to me that most gods in the different mythologies are quite childish. If they don’t get their way, they release their wrath. I am guessing they never got ‘no’ for an answer. What did they want all that power for? They were bored and lacked a purpose. I wonder if they created men…

The soil, the seed, the gardener

By: theintrovertedtree 11th May 2022

Inner search, Introversion, Psychology, Second half of life, Waiting and HereAcceptance, Openness, Soul searching, Surrender2 Comments

There was a moment a few years ago when I stopped defending from the world. When I understood my aim was not to look for a more appropriate place, different from this one, but to fuse myself with this world to which I belong. To be one with it, accepting life as a permanently changing…

On doing nothing

By: theintrovertedtree 16th Feb 202114th Sep 2021

Introversion, Psychology, Second half of life, Waiting and HereAcceptance, Doing nothing, Non-action, Self discovery, Soul searching, Stop trying, Waiting and Here6 Comments

I recently finished watching the fourth season of The Crown. Throughout the series, the characters explain how the Crown and the elected Government represent the two sides of power. One side that is changeable, works hands-on, gets dirty and suffers the blame, and another side that is eternal, idealised, immaculate, almost magical. There comes a…

The Void

By: theintrovertedtree 9th Feb 202114th Sep 2021

Inner search, Introversion, Psychology, Second half of life, Waiting and HereAcceptance, Emptyness, Second half of life, Soul searching, Void16 Comments

And who am I? This question fills me with a kind of emptiness, as if highlighting what’s missing, rather than what’s present. The void. The nothingness that accompanies the lack of answers. The void has been with me since my early childhood, draining energy, will, and light. I tried to escape from it, to bury…

It is always today

By: theintrovertedtree 21st Aug 202014th Sep 2021

Inner search, Psychology, Second half of life, Waiting and HereAcceptance, Needs, Self love, Unconscious, Wanting7 Comments

It is interesting that “want” (the noun) means “a lack or deficiency of something”. I guess, “to want” would mean to experience this lack or deficiency. To want is to feel a void.