in any moment, we view the world through a distorting lens and make choices based on what the lens allows us to see, not what lies outside its frame … the more conscious we become, the more we become aware of unconscious influences working upon our daily choices.
when an idea occurs as an alternative, forces within the psyche rise to combat it, for our egos are very insecure and prefer clarity, authority, and control at all costs.
once the observer has been in the presence of the large, the timeless, the imaginatively bold, he can no longer be at peace with his own small purchase on life … when we have had our lives reframed and see them as they often are — fear driven, petty, repetitive — we either anesthetize ourselves, distract ourselves, or realise that something has to change