Interesting. I'm glad for my archaic old dictionary, which has my intended "without" definition first -- without, as in "outside". Interesting, too, that the only other time I used this phrase was in April of last year ("Oracles") when I spoke of all the different ways (outside of me and within) I was accessing spiritual information.
Since then, I have moved to where I don't seem to be engaging too well at all with the "outside world", even as it pertains to some of the wise folks online who have saved my sanity over the last few years. How fortunate I've been to discover people as new paradigm as I am, as aligned with (and curious about) the Age of Aquarius! But unlike some of them, I don't seem to be interested in galactic energies, or archangels, or light codes, or crystals, or even (now) oracle cards. These colorful "patches" are definitely an integral part of the new age quilt we are all sewing, and the right paths for some. But right now, they are too much for me...too extraneous, too distracting, too "other". It is all I can do to align with myself. I continue to be somewhat haunted by the fact that I come from such a narcissistic background, but I get a bit of a chuckle out of it too. I suppose it comes in handy in terms of looking within -- who does it better?!
It's like, me, my writing, and the Goddess. That's all, right now.
There's a surprisingly cold wind here in the northeast. The sun is high in the sky, but it is crisp and cool, almost fall-like. I'll take these conditions over 100 degree temperatures any day. The first lilacs are coming out. I'm trying to stay as grounded as possible in nature. Trying to notice and celebrate Mother Earth's fidelity to her process, and be inspired to stay faithful to mine.
