Most people who are in a state of depression, which can often be very difficult and very painful, do not at all see that this state of extreme sensitivity, this feeling of being wounded by life itself, offers them a window that opens up into their deeper self, also called soul or psyche.
I speak at length in my book of this view into oneself that depression brings to us -- if we are willing to look. Of course, such a willingness to look is based on our acceptance that there is such an "inner self" and that depression provides a particular kind of opening that allows us to see into ourselves.
I'm not talking about self-centeredness or self-pity; I'm referring to a sense of extreme sensitivity to not only our own pain and sorrow, but also the world's pain and sorrow. In a sense, our own pain and sorrow is a direct reflection of the world's pain and sorrow, even though we may see it as only ours.
Again, I discuss this "sensitivity" in my book, and will also cover it extensively in a "Working Through Depression" ongoing class that is now forming in the Santa Cruz (California) area. Information on this class is given to the right of this section.
I speak at length in my book of this view into oneself that depression brings to us -- if we are willing to look. Of course, such a willingness to look is based on our acceptance that there is such an "inner self" and that depression provides a particular kind of opening that allows us to see into ourselves.
I'm not talking about self-centeredness or self-pity; I'm referring to a sense of extreme sensitivity to not only our own pain and sorrow, but also the world's pain and sorrow. In a sense, our own pain and sorrow is a direct reflection of the world's pain and sorrow, even though we may see it as only ours.
Again, I discuss this "sensitivity" in my book, and will also cover it extensively in a "Working Through Depression" ongoing class that is now forming in the Santa Cruz (California) area. Information on this class is given to the right of this section.
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