Insight: Learnig to see what is already here.
Notas del episodio
What Is Insight? Insight was my intention for the month of July. And the interesting thing about insight is that we tend to think of it as an answer. We imagine insight as this enormous realization:“
Oh! Now I understand.”And sometimes it is. But I’ve been thinking about insight differently. Insight isn’t always discovering something new. Sometimes insight is finally becoming quiet enough to recognize something you’ve known for a very long time. Your body knew. Your nervous system knew.
Maybe even some quiet part of your mind knew. But you weren’t ready—or perhaps you weren’t still enough—to hear it.That’s an important distinction. Because so much of our culture teaches us to search outside ourselves for answers.
What should I do? What should I choose?Should I stay?Should I leave?Should I push harder?Should I rest?Should I change careers?Should I say yes?Should I say no? We collect opinions. We Google. We ask friends. We listen to podcasts. We make lists. We analyze. And sometimes all of that information actually takes us farther away from the thing we’re trying to find.
Because insight requires space.
It requires awareness.
It requires presence.
And very often, it requires stillness.