The Invisible World
Monday, April 4, 2011 at 02:26PM 
Work in the invisible world
At least as hard
As you do in the visible.
- Rumi
These lines jumped out at me the other night when reading “The Illuminated Rumi”, a beautiful book recently gifted to me for my 33rd birthday. The words rang true and helped validate the work that I do with Inner Economics- helping people weave and participate more fully in the creation of their inner homes.
For me this is the “invisible” action of economics. If the original Greek meaning of the word is: “managing the household”, then Inner Economics refers to how we manage and create our inner home. Or better yet, it is how we well we dance and interlace the threads of all of our experiences, capacities and dreams, to create a home for our deeper being to inhabit within us.
As Rumi would suggest, the full spectrum of the human experience requires that we recognize that the work we do within is equally as valuable as the work we do without- in other words what we see outside is mirrored and sourced from within. Our thoughts, feelings, emotions have a deeper root in the undercurrents our soul that manifest when the inner meets the outer.
I often find, however, that we live our lives overvaluing the outer: our outer work, our outer achievements, and the outer changes that we see all around us. Understandably so, these are easier to measure, touch and see. However the result of this “tangible existence” is that we walk in the world with a crooked limp. We place so much “weight” and empasis on what we accomplish in the outer that we feel un-rooted and disconnected from the inner. I am convinced that this un-balance is part of the systemic feelings of un-groundedness that we experience in our modern culture. An image that I find particular useful is that of a lopsided heart. One side of the heart is inflamed and over worked while the other valve is shriveled up and under-used. A heart like this can’t beat to its fullest potential. On the contrary it is highly prone for a heart attack and will soon die.
How to then find right balance? We can look to Rumi’s words for guidance- work in the invisible world at least as hard as you do in the visible. Yes, it’s that simple (not always easy, but simple). Spend as much time reflecting and connecting to yourself and your inner dimensions as you do walking and working in the outer world. Take time to do nothing but to simply lie on the earth and dream. Close your eyes and witness the images that unfold within you, just waiting to be seen.
We often complain that we don’t have time to do this, but in reality, there is no time to waste. The world is changing too quickly and if we do not quickly find our inner roots, we will be swept away. Mindful urgency, inner livelihood…it is time.
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