Hitler captivated his audiances
and talked them into seeing
the way he saw things.
He had a "hypnotic personality."
"Strong, forceful personalities"
can be that way.
Politicians and evangelical preachers
and "snake oil" salesmen thrive on
having "the gift."
The rest of us would do well
to spend our time away from their influence,
and happy to be at home
in emptiness, stillness and silence.
We are born with an original nature,
intrinsic virtues/virtuosities
(The things we do best and love to do most),
and an inherent intuition,
which is a built-in sense of direction,
intuiting "Yes and No" from birth.
And, we would do well to develop our relationship
with these things,
learning to know what we know
and how to trust our own innate sense of who we are
and what we need to do and to leave undone.
However, the inner signals
can be jammed by powerful personalities,
and by parents who force their authority
upon us
and "training us in the way they think we should go"
from birth.
We meet a lot of resistance in our work
to be who we are,
and have to be resilient and determined
to follow our own heart
and live to be who we are,
no matter what.
May it be that way with us all!
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Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy 