We gain knowledge about the interworking of our personal mind through observation of the external world and personal introspection. Contemplation requires a degree of stillness, the willingness to consider deep thoughts.

A person can only see their shadow if they awaken their eclectic soul. Self-understanding commences by admitting to the shadowy presence of the primordial unconsciousness. The unconscious mind is a magical concoction of logical and irrational thoughts and feelings.

A restless human heart always seeks to increase personal understanding and works to attain excellence.

Our remembered experiences and our present day hopes and desires form the spine of each person’s storybook. Knowledge of life and death are traceable facts that shape the contours of each person’s storyboard. Other truths gleaned from living brilliantly fill the pages of each person’s ongoing anthology.

A fine line exists between self-discovery, thoughtfully exploring a person’s transience, probing the lucidity of the soul, and slippage into morose philosophizing.

Similar to other people, I present several different personas – versions of the self – that I turn to in order to relate with and interact with other people. My real self, a doubtful and cynical self, remains mostly hidden – a frightened secret – from the world.