After many years of fighting the 'system' head on and going precisely nowhere, during a period of reflection and self examination two things became glaringly obvious to me.
One, the only thing I can truly change is myself and my own lifestyle.
Two, if I were to encourage others to engage in personal change in any meaningful way, my example speaks so much louder than my words.
Joe Withrow, aka Joe Galt here on TwoIceFloes.com, returns with a snapshot of his own personal awakening and the changes he and his wife are implementing.
Often we are told what something 'is' and are left to infer what it is not, a fools errand if ever there was one and a sign of inferior or incomplete thinking and presentation by the author. Defining what something 'is' involves much more than just assuming the reader not only understands the words the author is using, but also the author's point of view.
In his ninth installment of The Antidote the author, On the Beach, makes no such assumption and carefully lays out his vision in a series of Thirteen Observations. It was wonderfully refreshing to 'hear' an author explain why and how he is deconstructing my present day point of view using easily understood words and language.
Continuing with his theme of 'Convalescence', guest author On the Beach offers up the Eighth Essay of 'The Antidote' series describing 'New Tools' we may develop to begin quieting the oppressive presence of our ego, or the Awake Mental Voice as On the Beach describes it, in order to release our true inner self.
This subject is of particular interest to me since over the years I have written extensively on the subject of ego. It was refreshing to see the topic expanded upon from a different perspective. Once again On the Beach does an excellent job describing in easy to understand language why we should be aware of our Awake Mental Voice and how we can move it aside so we may continue our inner journey.
