“Now let us frankly face the fact that our culture is one which is geared in many ways to help us evade any need to face this inner, silent self. We live in a state of constant semiattention to the sound of voices, music, traffic, or the generalized noise of what goes on around us all the time…It cannot be said that we are really participating in anything and we may, in fact, be half conscious of our alienation and resentment.”
Wonderful, thank you. Next time I have the opportunity to teach I will try this.
This is fascinating, and I have found myself increasingly drawn to similar initiatives with students.