Doubt is a profound and effective spiritual motivation. Without doubt, no truism is transcended, no new knowledge found, no expansion of the imagination possible. Doubt is unsettling to the ego and those who are drawn to ideologies that promise the dispelling of doubt by preferring certainties never grow.
James HollisWe serve the world by finding out what feeds us, and, having been fed, then share our gifts with others.
James HollisThere is some debate in professional circles about whether the so-called โmidlife crisisโ exists.
James HollisThe goal of individuation is wholeness, as much as we can accomplish, not the triumph of the ego.
James HollisWe best serve intimate relationship by becoming sufficiently developed in ourselves that we do not need to feed off others.
James HollisAs children we listened to the sound of the sea still echoing in the shell we picked up by the shore. That ancestral roar links us to the great sea which surges within us as well.
James HollisAnger is generally seen as an unwelcome presence in our midst, however natural it may be. Although each person, and each society, is charged with how anger is to be appropriately channeled, the denial of anger, or its continuous repression, is a deep source of our psychopathology and will invariably seek its expression in a less healthful fashion.
James Hollis