august 30

We Western peoples are apt to think our great problems are external, environmental. We are not skilled in the inner life, where the real roots of our problem lie. For I would suggest that the true explanation of the complexity of our program is an inner one, not an outer one. the outer distractions of our interests reflect an inner lack of integration of our own lives. We are trying to be several selves at one, without all our selves being organized by a single mastering Life within us...

thomas kelly