This memoir is the JOURNEY OF MY HEART AND MIND

FROM dogmatism and certainty
TO inquiry and dialogue,

FROM a quest for “knowing”
TO embracing mystery and wonder,

FROM living with clenched fists
TO living with open hands.

MY JOURNEY

THROUGH the dark night of my soul

TO a deeper understanding;

FROM seeing with my eyes,

TO Seeing with my heart.

Click here for my memoir (written from 2006 to 2014).

This blog has taken shape into two parts, both of which are journaling the journey of my heart, the inner work that has ended up saving my life in many ways.

I write not because I know…

I write because I don’t know.

I write so that I will not forget.

I write so that I remember what I have learned along the way.

PART I: A MEMOIR BY RON IRVINE

can be found by following the link above and here. This has been organized into a Table of Contents that follows themes and the chronology of events that have shaped my heart, my depth, and my ways of Seeing.

PART II: BEYOND MY MEMOIR

is below on this page; an unorganized yet chronological collection of blog posts that reflect the continued inner work of unfolding meaning and purpose; a deep process of uncovering the stories of my life that hold true to the bone and continue to drive me forward.

“I asked myself, ‘What is the myth you are living?’ and found that I did not know. So… I took it upon myself to get to know my myth, and I regarded this as the task of tasks… I simply had to know what unconscious or preconscious myth was forming me.” (Carl Jung)

“Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.” (Rumi)

Below are continued

Musings and Mutterings

of a wondering wanderer,

of a wandering wonderer;

full of awe and gratitude,

mystery and wonder.

Living the questions

Watchfully waiting

in anticipation

without expectation

as life unfolds.

In the words of Bruce Cockburn:

Continually wondering

“If I loose my grip…

will I take flight?”

Beyond “Beyond my Memoir”
My next step. Going deeper, piercing the facade, discerning and letting go of dogma so that I can follow the truth no matter where it may lead.
 

“Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.” (Rumi)