It's 7am and I'm sort-of dancing along the bluffs above the ocean...to the sweet soul sound of Al Green on my iPod, "You're only promised one more day...you're sleeping your life away...STAND UP!..."
I'm alone out here under the big sky, the vast sea. All of a sudden the sun rises golden behind the rolling hills. And I see my crazy shadow moving ahead of me on the gravel path...arms flung wide...I hardly recognize this wierd shape with its thick leg and tiny head. Through the lens of my self-image, this distortion is unfamiliar - even frightening. My ego doesn't really own this shadow figure.
Very funny! And very DEEP! The funny part is how strange it is to dance out here at 77...weird and wonderful.
The deep part is this: You have to have light coming from behind you in order to see your shadow!
Ergo - my shadow is invisible to me when I'm only looking into the light. I need someone or something to shine a light on the path before me so I can find my way...
AND then I can see unfamiliar parts of myself...in this case, I see myself DANCING!
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