I happened upon this post today. Somebody out there, probably a lot younger than me, is not happy with the quality of conversation and particularly the lack of conviction in everyday language that is gaining a foothold in our culture. "Even in classes, I often feel sorry for the professor standing at the front of the …
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Jump Start or Tow me Away
"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens." Carl Jung Although the whole of my therapy experience was the start of a whole new psychic rearrangement for me, there was a particular dream event that reshuffled, and reignited my being. From this …
Freedom’s Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Lose
"Picasso said, "I don't develop; I am." And the puzzle in therapy is not how did I get this way, but what does my angel want with me?" James Hillman Although continuing to meditate, I stopped attending Ananda after a brief conversation with one of their ministers. I asked him how he would know when …
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Sometimes I can’t help seeing all the way through
At the risk of jumping straight to the conclusion before beginning to talk about the next stop in the journey, I would like to offer here some insights from James Hillman that were key in breaking the spell of my disembodied self and continue to inspire reflection and renew my place in the world.The following …
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“…so the darkness shall be the light and the stillness the dancing”
Every time I drove by the Ananda church, I felt drawn. There was a sign by the door that said something about a church of self-realization. How could anyone drive by and not stop? How could anyone not want self-realization? Whatever it is that some people have that keeps them from constant curiosity for life …
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