Be Specific about What You Want
Alice learns about the importance of knowing what she wants. We can learn a great deal about the importance of what Alice really wants from her conversation with the Cheshire Cat.
Alice asks, “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”
“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.” said the Cat.
“I don’t much care where” said Alice.
“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat.
“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.” said the Cat.
“I don’t much care where” said Alice.
“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat.
Think about where you want to go and where you want to be in life, unafraid of descovering and questioning everything you've been taught to believe.
Build the intensity of what you want and who you want to be in your mind and with all your energy.
Wonderland is a place of madness. ‘We’re all mad here,’ states the Cheshire cat.
Through the eyes of society, one who questions – even and perhaps especially the seemingly basic things – may be labelled ‘mad’. If it’s new and might incite change, we tend not to like it. We may look back on the philosopher Socrates with fondness now, but in his day he was executed for corrupting the young with the questions he asked and ideas he explored. Socrates was the White Rabbit that led children down the rabbit hole and made things seem ‘curiouser and curiouser’.
The search for truth, the journey through Wonderland is considered ‘queer’, and to many, it may seem like it is easier to remain in reality and never follow the White Rabbit.
The White Rabbit is the spark of curiosity that awakens Alice’s spiritual awakening. It is the White Rabbit who leads Alice down the rabbit hole. It is he who woke her up from her daze since the hot day had made her sleepy.
Even though Alice was still a young girl, the contradictory world of adults was starting to affect her. She was starting to become an adult herself, and thus, would not question anything. Despite the fact she saw a talking rabbit run past her in human clothing, she found nothing too remarkable about it. It was only when he took out a pocket watch that she gave a start.
It is the White Rabbit which Alice runs after and searches for endlessly in Wonderland, a symbol of her quest for knowledge. Just when things seem rather desperate the rabbit appears yet again, and Alice drives on through.
