A Listening Time

by Daniel Brenton on August 29, 2010

DanielStart:I‘ve got some good news and some bad news. Well, maybe not bad news, but you’ll see.

A few days ago I had tapped into something inside that I’ve been seeking for, probably, literally decades. I have found a sense of fulfillment and completion — even joy — that I touched on in my early ’20s but had been unable to realize … until now.

It’s a paradigm shift, and a huge one.

The flip side of this is that, having found this sense of profound fulfillment, my creative impulses — in the ways that I am used to expressing them — have nearly completely dried up.

As could be expected, this took me completely by surprise.

(This must mean, among other things, I was using my creativity in a vain attempt to find this sense of inner completion.)

(God, I hate it when that happens.)

So, now, I am at a bit of a loss. I am in a position where I am going to have to listen inside for what might be a long while to process through this big change and see what direction I need to go when I’ve worked through it.

For the time being, then, The Meaning of Existence (and all that) as well as High Oddness will be going on hiatus, until I have found what purpose my internet presence might serve in my life.

This is a bit embarrassing, and especially so with High Oddness in that I launched it only a couple of weeks ago. But my bottom line is that this is something I need to do.

Ladies and gentlemen, till we meet again.

Daniel

© 2010, by Daniel Brenton. All Rights Reserved.

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