Directions ...........

Saying that the post war era was one where we became inner directed to satisfy our own personal needs rather than outer directed to change the wider world seems to challenge the view held by those who believe that people who are outer directed are those who value goods and status over inner thoughts and self reliance – and that the latter is the essence of the genuinely inner directed person. When the external world becomes the focus of our desires then it is how we are perceived in that world that is important to us – and how others see us is the measure of our worth. When we are inner directed then it is how we value ourselves that is important – and to many even how we indeed escape from the very concept of self. The selfless person is the one who shows the greatest compassion.

How we equate being inner directed and still have the capacity to outwardly direct our compassion to the wider world without losing the selfless nature of inner directed reflection is the key to understanding change and coping with it.