Live From Your Soul

You can live from your soul rather than your self. This means to be less in control, less certain of the truth of things but more in touch with your intuitions and emotions. It means to be less focused on the self and more identified with others.  It means to understand that you are part of nature and that your soul, which is the source of your identity is a piece of the world's soul. Your roots reach downward, not into the brain, but into the soul.
(Thomas Moore, Dark Nights Of The Soul, p. 294)
18 November 2013

Self

And if there is one thing we must learn about "the self," it is that it does not like to be challenged, confronted, or dislodged.  (Selwyn Hughes, Every Day Light, Day 274) 29 October 2011