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Carl Jung on emotion, conflict & consciousness
“The stirring up of conflict is a Luciferian virtue in the true sense of the word. Conflict engenders fire, the fire of affects and emotions, and like every other fire it has two aspects, that of combustion and that of … Continue reading →
Posted in anger, awakening, conflict, consciousness, emotions, empowerment, encounter, growth, human condition, Jung, sadness & pain, shadow, tears, therapeutic growth, transformation, violence, vulnerability
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Dreamspeak: Tiny Acorn; Mighty Oak – Toko-pa
http://toko-pa.com/2007/08/17/dreamspeak-tiny-acorn-mighty-oak/ Click on the link above to visit Toko-pa’s site for this beautiful and important piece on the personal and collective significance of dreaming, the ‘daimon’ and creativity in its widest sense:- ‘The daimon is in your goosebumps and sudden … Continue reading →
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We Were Made For These Times – Clarissa Pinkola Estes
http://www.grahameb.com/pinkola_estes.htm Click on the link for this beautiful and inspiring piece from Clarissa. It won’t be new to some of you….and stands repeating. Thanks to Jewels Wingfield on Facebook for a timely reminder of this passage, in the run up … Continue reading →
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“Poetry” Pablo Neruda
“And it was at that age… Poetry arrived in search of me. I don’t know, I don’t know where it came from, from winter or a river. I don’t know how or when, no, they were not voices, they were … Continue reading →
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Thomas Merton on Acceptance
“Finally I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already am. That I will never fulfill my obligation to surpass myself unless I first accept myself, and if I accept myself fully in … Continue reading →
Posted in acceptance, actualizing tendency, consciousness, core conditions, growth, meaning, person centred, person centred theory, Thomas Merton
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Your Boat Home – Ruth Cohen-Rose
Your Boat Home The most intolerable, unfeelable, unbearable pain is your boat home. Sail it if you will. Embark on the perilous journey to the unclaimed shores of your being. The seas will be rough, Something in you will drown … Continue reading →
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Michael Bernard Beckwith: Are You Serving the Emerging Paradigm?
Click on the link to visit You Tube for this brief film (under 5 minutes) in which Michael Beckwith talks about the ethic of service; serving the emerging paradigm; and the work happening worldwide to support that emergence. We see … Continue reading →
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John O’Donohue – Easter Blessing
It can be hard at times not to become overwhelmed by personal pain, the pain of those we love, and the pain in – and of – our world. And, in that overwhelm, to move into anger, despair, destructive actions. Today, John’s … Continue reading →
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‘5 Signs You’re on the Hero’s Journey’ Alison Nappi
http://www.writewithspirit.com/blog/5-signs-youre-on-the-heros-journey Yesterday’s post included a Joseph Campbell reference, and today we remain with the themes of the hero’s journey, and the importance of mythology in our quest for meaning. Laurie Penny and Alison Nappi have written very different pieces around these themes … Continue reading →
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Matt Licata on Trust in the Fires of Disintegration
Matt Licata on how our movement into what Carl Rogers described as ‘the good life’ – as we actualise – tends to involve our feeling our feelings more intensely, and more connection to our vulnerability, rather than the floaty Zen detachment … Continue reading →
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