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VOICE
“When we hear our inner voice and follow it, we can walk our own path.”
—author Ilchi Lee,
The Call of Sedona (2011), p. 79.
Ask and Answer
Where is your inner voice? Where do the thoughts you hear in your head come from? At an age before your earliest memories begin, how did you learn to distinguish sounds you thought about from those in the world around you? Which of our ancient ancestors first thought about the sound of thought itself, and did that question sow the seeds of self-awareness?1 Reconciling our internal and external worlds may create chaos and turmoil as we try to spin simple experiences into intricate patterns, and greater understanding may carry with it greater ability to see how much more there is that we will never understanding. Can the inner voice that asks for answers, that seeks explanations for life’s pains, find peace upon obtaining answers? Which makes you more alive, and which means most to that voice instead your head—searching for meaning in life, finding it, or making meaning of your own?2
—T.L.
