Certainty v. Wisdom

Write resisting absolute certainty. Certain that there is none. Owls fly at night.

Wisdom is a way of knowing that goes beyond one’s mind, one’s rational understanding, and embraces the whole of a person: mind, heart, and body. These three centers must all be working, and working in harmony, as the first prerequisite to the Wisdom way of knowing.—Cynthia Bourgeault. Those who can keep all three spaces open at the same time, even if only for a moment, will know a Presence that connects everything to everything.

The three centers at work: see/hear/touch, open to emotion/feeling, open to the stream of mindfulness.

How to know when you are “in the flow”: The creative juices can seem to be flowing fast and furious, you sense, feel, see beauty nearly everywhere. Words seem to generate themselves, editing is a joyous reunion with an old friend. The symmetry of the place where you are composing/playing suddenly strikes you as poetic, the glare of traffic headlights seem to twinkle in time with the music you're listening to. What you saw as visual noise now becomes a beautiful symphony. Don't take this special kind of insight for granted. Tuning in to it will lead you to wonderful and exciting new ideas. Time spent “in the flow” is highly variable and not available on command. Tuning in is a practice: The more often you can recognize its presence and simply say “yes” as a form of thanks, the more often it likely visits. And the longer it tends to hang around.

The “flow” is not The Watercourse, but an aspect of it. Ultimately, The Watercourse is beyond fathoming.

“...anxiety, grief, and the abysses of chaos can be lured into beauty and meaning … The point is not resolution.” – Jane Hirshfield.

All growth does not take place only in sunlight.