#inner treasure

[wayti-blog]

Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC)

[boookstuff]

“Do you have the courage to bring forth the treasures that are hidden within you?”

- Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

[pearlsforthesoulblog-blog]

It was under your chin, within the self, all along i.e. the treasure of life

ARE YOU THE TREASURE HUNTER WHO MISSED THE TREASURE

[pearlsforthesoulblog-blog]

Where are you going? Everything is waiting for you Right here, right now Wake-up!

THE ANSWERS ARE ALREADY WITHIN YOU

[colinchenery]

Finding and Enjoying the True Treasure of Life In the modern era, there is so much commercial noise globally around obtaining things, worldly wealth, and success— on our phones, computers, iPads, and tablets, as well as on TV and wherever we go on the city streets, on public transportation, in shopping malls, in the magazines we read.

[pearlwithin]

Give me a break, I'm about to go diving for treasure...

Such are the demands of a sacred schedule that on some days I have to start writing a post without knowing what I'm going to write about. Today is such a day.

I'm usually brimming with ideas, or something I've read or heard will inspire me, but today I am feeling weary because of all the activity that is going on inside. That's what happens to me when I'm about to go on a retreat.

A couple of weeks ago I signed up to go on an intensive (Mining the Gold Within) and have noticed myself turning inwards when I thought I'd be out in the world. My teacher, Pennie, says that the intensive starts the moment you sign up.

The intensive actually starts next week, and I can assure you that, having experienced one last year, that I will emerge a different person. That difference may not be immediately obvious but it will be there all the same.

For me, an intensive feels like climbing into an old-fashioned deep-sea diving suit, moving very slowly and heavily towards the water, and then seeing how far down into the depths I can safely go.

After a few attempts when I have to come back up for air, I might reach the ocean floor, where if I'm lucky I might find a gold coin or two, or even a small treasure chest. And then I have to bring it back up without getting the bends.

Bearing in mind that under normal circumstances I'm terrified of going underwater, I hope this metaphor conveys the often arduous nature of mining inner gold, and the obstacles and blocks you have to remove to get to it.

A friend who is also going on the intensive asked me yesterday: "How intensive is intensive?" The answer: very intensive. For seven days we will have little time to ourselves, and no contact with the outside world. Our time will be structured, and there will be nowhere to hide. That's what has to happen to get down to the ocean floor and find the treasure.

Maybe - just maybe, I'm not promising - I will find a pearl within. I'll let you know when I get back to the surface.