This is great discussion. The “disquiet as friend” I just wrote to Adam Kayce.

And on the humility end, every time I acknowledge the uncomfortable feelings and limitng thoughts and look for spiritual guidance in my small “self” insufficiency, new and suprising doors open. I know you folks know this, but it is good for me to be reminded again and again.

This discussion is highly supportive. Thanks.

Stuart Baker
http://www.consciouscooperation.com

We’re men, right? We’re supposed to be strong and invincible, right? Yet, soft and understanding.

The problem with that statement is the ’supposed to’ part. There are no supposed to’s, really. There’s only what is. And from the what is we can decide what we want to be.

Symptoms are not bad at all. They’re only signals of something not working - just like your tagline.

Humility, in my opinion, comes in with the willingness to be honest with ourselves about what we’re feeling. It doesn’t make us weak to explore our feelings - even those that are depressing or dark.

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It’s interesting to hear that one of the most frequent questions you hear is, “What’s wrong with me?” Especially when, from my perspective, there’s not anything necessarily wrong at all.

Being hungry isn’t wrong; it’s a sign. You’re noticing the absence of something (food) in your life.

That’s how I, on a very simplified level, see achings like the Disquiet — as a sign. Something’s absent. Not wrong.

Anyhow, I think humility is key, too. For me, humility is about stripping away what we thought and assumed, to be open to what is.

And I think that’s a prerequisite to what you said, about being willing to look at what’s raw, and go through the all-too-necessary awkward phase.