June 2019 - Compassion Group Notes

“You’re Going to Make a Fool of Yourself”

“The Holy Fool is always considered a dummy by the smart, hip people who really know the score. There’s a mysterious blight on the land, nothing will grow and no one knows how to break the spell. The Holy Fool sets out to find the cause, right the wrong, save the people. He’s told he can’t do it, that he’s too dumb, too weak, too something, hearing from all quarters, “That’s not how we do things here," and “You just don’t understand." But he goes ahead anyway.”                                                                                                         ~Ann Medlock

 Do you have this inner voice of warning that was once protective, and is now self-perpetration (because it judges and inhibits you from living a full life) in your life? The voice that says, “be careful, you will make a fool of yourself,” “you sound ridiculous,” “that is a dumb question, everyone is going to laugh at you, and judge you.” Consider what exactly your warning voice says to you. This is the voice that causes you to conform, dumb down, play it safe, and not question. This voice does not want you to be noticed, to stand out or, for you to rock the boat. This is the voice of conformity and the dark side of the fool – the one that conforms and then is the real fool, because life stops at what Rumi would call a “mean-spirited road house,” meaning the places of conformity, superficial pleasures and safety, fitting into to the status quo for acceptance by the masses. For more….. Read here