Tag: self actualization

• September 1, 2022

  Mythology 102: Yggrasil & The Nine Realms

  9/1/22 ~ Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology p. 39-41
• November 9, 2021

  Midnight Mindfulness ~XIV~

  “But how will I find my ‘right home’, that house not built with hands, unless I am in my right mind? Every day, in my consultancy, I meet men and women who are out of their minds. That is, they have not the slightest idea who they really are or what it is that matters […]
• August 11, 2021

  The Art of Individuation XIX

  “Many take the path well-worn, but they are only given a half-lived life. To those willing to brave the unknown path, the dark thicket, a remembering of love, magic, and purpose returns. There is a wild woman under our skin who wants nothing more than to dance until her feet are sore, sing her beautiful […]
• August 5, 2021

  Morning Mindfulness XVI

  When in the midst of great change, it is helpful to remember how a chick is born. From the view of the chick, it is a terrifying struggle. Confined and curled in a dark shell, half formed, the chick eats all its food and stretches to the contours of its shell. It begins to feel […]
• July 14, 2021

  necromancing

  I am to be your angel
• July 14, 2021

  Hero’s Journey III

  Question: Why is it that so few people follow their own star? Why is the star such a heavy burden? Marie-Louise Von Franz: Because following your own star means isolation, not knowing where to go, having to find out a completely new way for yourself instead of just going on the trodden path everybody else […]
• June 25, 2021

  Play That Funky Music Professionally, White Boy

  Why is psychology the youngest of the empirical sciences? Why have we not long since discovered the unconscious and raised up its treasure-house of eternal images? Simply because we had a religious formula for everything psychic — and one that is far more beautiful and comprehensive than immediate experience. When someone is able to perform […]
• June 24, 2021

  Fear & Love IV

  “The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me; my eye and God’s eye are one eye, one seeing, one knowing, one love.”
• June 5, 2021

  My Soul Shall Wait No More

  You will come to a place where the streets are not marked.Some windows are lighted. But mostly they’re darked.A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin!Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in?How much can you lose? How much can you win? And IF you go in, should you […]
• June 4, 2021

  Moderation & Containment I

  Today I see that I can safely examine the rules I live by and that I have the power to change them if I want to, in order to promote my own recovery. Am I still living unconsciously by rules that no longer fit me? In my dysfunctional family, there were many rules that were […]
• June 4, 2021

  Morning Mindfulness VII

  I am learning a sense of balance. I don’t have to live with extremes. The world is not black and white, but full of beautiful hues and rich shades of color. So, too, my experiences are rich and in balance. I am learning to see the world. Today I don’t have to be “right“ or […]
• June 3, 2021

  The Art of Individuation XIII

  “Every human being must have a point at which he stands against the culture, where he says, ‘This is me, and the damned world can go to hell.” ~ Rollo May
• June 1, 2021

  The Art of Individuation XI

  Gandalf: The world is not in your books and maps. It’s out there. Bilbo Baggins: I can’t just go running off into the blue! I am a Baggins of Bag End! Gandalf: You are also a Took. Did you know that your Great-Great-Great-Great Uncle Bullroarer Took was so large he could ride a real horse? […]