You Can "Mine Yourself Deeply"

“Those who do original work in any field do so because they mine themselves deeply and bring up what is personal.” --Rudolf Steiner

This quote strikes me so powerfully today.

It says there are resources that are deeply personal that are available to each person.

While we cannot solve new problems the old ways, (in fact, the old ways are creating a lot of the problems), there is always room for the personal, individual solutions we can find by removing all attachments to what has gone before or is even visible now.

I like the idea of “mining oneself”.  It uses available resources.

It uses what we have right in front of us.

It uses what we have within.

It uses what we have now.

Deeply trust yourself.

Identify with yourself, not with a job or lack of one.

What is the ideal solution you have been seeking for a situation which only you are aware of?

What is the original use of a material or resource which keeps “niggling” you?

What is the most common application in the world which no one else has bothered to pay attention to?

What is the simplest and most accessible audience you have for your idea?

I am seeing unique associations among people who are pursuing their passions and identities with regard for how it allows them to serve.

They are drawing all the other resources they need as they keep walking toward that one goal, the goal of feeling fulfilled as they “mine themselves deeply”.

© 2014 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com