The soul's portal

Is it possible that a blog can be a portal into someone's soul? This question has no doubt been asked of diaries and journals in the past. How many of us can express our inner selves in verbal communication, let alone written? If one thinks about what to say before saying it, surely the message is diluted? Or should I say more diluted? Thoughts float through the mind like clouds through the sky. Meditation teaches us not to try and chase the meaningless forms that float through our consciousness, yet if one does not grab at them, how can they be put to paper/screen? The dilution of the innerself is compounded by misinterpretation, if there is such a thing. Can someone make an interpretation about my innerself that is more valid than my own? How much do we really know about ourselves? Our usual focus is external, so we may know more about others than we do of ourselves. So why not allow others to interpret our inner selves. We, as a rule, rail against such behaviour unless we have asked for it by lying down and agreeing to talk about our mothers. Yet, to rail against the opinion of others towards your inner self is pure egoism. Others are experts on us. Or is that only the case for extroverts? What of introverts, who do look inwards more than out? And what of me, who always hits 50/50 on any introvert/extrovert psych test? Do I fluctuate between knowing myself and knowing others? Which is more important? Always turning inwards is selfish, yet always gazing outwards is foolish. Is the middle path the correct way? Is a bit of both often the right answer? The extremes of anything are always destructive, balance a noble ideal. Yet balance requires knowing the extremes. How can you know you are in the middle, if you haven't tested the length of each extreme? Must one soar to ecstatic mania and fall to suicidal depression to appreciate balanced calm?

Maybe.