Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-25
THE SUNDAY STAR
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,,,,s,c Z cenferinp line Of thought or
readinR. Of study Or work. = can be
physical or intellectual Or artistic. any
creative lie proceeding from oneself. II
need not be an enormous proJecS o.
great work. But Il should Be something
az ones own. Arranging 9 bowl OF qQW-
ers Ii the morning can give sense o.
ulaiet IN ) crowded daylike writing
poem. or saying 3 prayer. What matters
Is that one be for time inWardiy at-
tentiye.. Il
coLTTUDE, says the moon she'll Center.
= down. say the Quaker saints. TO the
possession Of the self the way y inward.
says plotinus. The cen Of seif-knoWieage
Is the stan in which the pilgrim must be
reborn, says st. Catherine Of siena. Voices
from the past. IN fact. these are pursuits
and virtues Of the past. But done n am
other way today because done consciousiy.
aware. with eyes open. Not done as
before, as part Of the pattern OF the
time. Not done because everyone else y
doing them; almost no one Is doing them.
Revolutionary. In fact because almost
every, trend and pressure, every voice
from the outside Is against this new way
OF inward living.
Woman must be the pioneer In this
turning inward for strength. In q sense
she has always been the pioneer. Less
able. until ne last generation. to escape
into outward activities, the very hmita-
tions Of her life forced her to look I'M
ward. And from looking inward she
gained inner strength which man in his
outward active life did not as often md.
But In our recent efforts to emancipate
ourselves, To prove ourselves the equal Of
man, we have. naturally enough perhaps.
been drawn into competing with him Ia
his outward activities, 10 the neglect Of
our own inner springs. Why have been
seduced into abandoning this timeless
inner strength Of woman for the temporal
outer strength OF man2 This outer
strength Of man Is essential to the pat
tern, but even here the reign Of purely
outer strength and purely outward solu-
lions. seems to be waning today. Men,
too. are being forced to look inward
to find inner solutions as well as outer
ones. Perhaps this change marks new
stage Of maturity for modern extroyert.
actiyist, materialistic Western man. Can
It be that he Is beginning to realize that
the kingdom Of heaven 4. within?
kAoON SHELL. who named you? Some
W intuitive woman Ike to think.
shall give you another name Island
shell. Il cannot live forever on my island.
But can take you back to my desk In
Connecticut You viii sit there and
fasten your single eve upon me. You win
make me think. with your smooth circles
winding inward to the tiny core. Of the
island lived on for few weeks. You
VIII say to me solitude You win remind
me that must try TO be alone for part
Of each year, even D week or q few days:
and for part Of each day. even for an
hour or few minutes in order to keep
my core. my center, my island Equality.
You will remind me that unless I keep
the island-quality intact somewhere
within me. win have little to give my
husband, my children. my friends or the
world ct large. You win remind me that
woman must Be still Is the axis Of q
wheel In the midst Of her activities; that
she must be the pioneer IN achieving this
stiffness. not only for her own salvation,
but for the salvation Of family life, 81
society. perhaps even Of our civilization.
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