One could say the higher the spirit goes, the more deeply the soul sinks down into the waters … - Robert Bly

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He reminded me of someone who put your fingers in the door and smiled and talked to you while he smashed them.

Robert Bly

One could say the higher the spirit goes, the more deeply the soul sinks down into the waters of melancholy and tragedy. Drowning in that water is as sweet as rising.

Drowning, Rising, Soul, Sweet, Water

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The inner boy in a messed-up family may keep on being shamed, invaded, disappointed, and paralyzed for years and years. "I am a victim," he says, over and over; and he is. But that very identification with victimhood keeps the soul house open and available for still more invasions. Most American men today do not have enough awakened or living warriors inside to defend their soul houses. And most people, men or women, do not know what genuine outward or inward warriors would look like, or feel like.

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. . . where a man's wound is, that is where his genius will be.

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The door to the soul is unlocked; you do not need to please the doorkeeper, the door in front of you is yours, intended for you, and the doorkeeper obeys when spoken to.

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