I am ready for the rest of my life to rise. Jean Houston More Quotes by Jean Houston More Quotes From Jean Houston A myth is something that never was but that is always happening. Jean Houston myth happenings If you are going to learn mathematics, you have to learn it not simply as an abstraction but as it is applied. I always say to teachers, for goodness sake, take the kids out first to look at the stars in order to understand infinity. Jean Houston stars teacher kids What I often do in my work is to take a great story, such as the Odyssey, the search for the Grail, the story of Jesus, or the story of the great peacemaker who helped create the Iroquois Confederacy in the 15th century. I then use these tales as templates upon which to weave psychological and spiritual exercises which allow us to open ourselves up to the larger venue of a story. Jean Houston spiritual exercise jesus I think of spirit as that which evokes us - the lure of becoming that keeps calling. And I think of soul as that which gets us through the cartography of everyday life. Jean Houston everyday soul thinking Occasionally we will be overwhelmed, but mostly we will be enchanted. Jean Houston enchanted overwhelmed As you allow the beloved to grow within you, you will discover a steadfastness to the spiritual journey. Jean Houston beloved journey spiritual We compensate for what we don't do internally by projecting and allowing our minds to be marinated in chronic fantasy. Jean Houston allowing fantasy mind In a world such as ours, where we have to cross the great divide of otherness or we will not survive, love is perhaps the most critical aspect that is there in our humanity, to both activate and to practice. Jean Houston humanity practice love-is I find that all over the world, not only is there an acceleration of just about everything, but that many of the old patterns are deconstructing. New ones are arising. It's tremendously exciting, challenging, and also sometimes, well, scary. Jean Houston scary challenges world You've had a whole lot of experience, but everything is also radically new at each moment, and you have to bring a kind of childlike second-level innocence to bear upon all situations, if you are going to be of use and you are going to really learn from the situation or the people. Jean Houston levels use people Education and the process of educating is a total integral, contextual situation which includes students, teachers, parents, administration and environment. Jean Houston parent teaching teacher Certainly one is brought to the brink of one's sense of who one is, what one has to do, why me, why now, why in this time in history? I am really driven, believe it or not, am awakened by a sense of being in this powerful axis, this turning point in human history. Jean Houston axes powerful believe I don't think that any great issue ever gets resolved. I think we outgrow them. Jean Houston issues thinking We have all been brought up with an ethical system of 2,000 years ago, an industrial-managerial system of 200-300 years ago, a statecraft system of 200 years ago, and so on. None of this is working very well for the requirements of a time as complex and variegated as our own. So we stand shuttering at the threshold, with no clear map. Jean Houston maps requirements years We have barely begun to tap into the genius of our humanity. Jean Houston genius humanity Laughter lifts our spirits, surprises and sometime shocks our expectations, allows us to cross boundaries, reorders our priorities, and gives us access to ideas and associations we rarely ever thought to have. Jean Houston laughter giving ideas I think civilization is going to get to a point where we suddenly become responsible, stewards of the whole evolutionary process. This requires domains of consciousness, not just levels and frequencies. Jean Houston levels civilization thinking When we are calling forth the depth and genius of the other, then we grow. Jean Houston genius depth calling A normal person is someone that you don't know very well. Jean Houston wells normal persons Pathos activates the eyes and ears to see and hear. At times of pathos, illness opens doors to a reality which is closed to a healthy point of view. Jean Houston health eye reality
