Dr. Thomas Maples

Inspirational Quote

But strange that I was not told That the brain can hold In a tiny ivory cell God’s heaven and hell.

~Oscar Wilde

A Depth Psychology Perspective

How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? This age-old question that so perplexed the human mind for centuries now finds foundational awareness by the quantum theories proposed by today’s inspirational theologians. How many angels do you find can fit, and that sharpest of point, on a needle’s tip?

The most foundational building block of life that we have found to this point is the quark. It is so minute that even the most powerful technologies cannot see their presence. We can only discern these basic building blocks of life through deductive and inductive reasoning, which are the same methods we use to study the relationship all matter has with elements of higher-order reasoning.

The quark operates in a symbiotic relationship at a foundational level, uniting the macrocosm elements to the microcosm. The relationship between the micro and macro also exists in the tenets long held by the Eastern tradition of Buddhism. Atman, that microcosmic level of self-conscious awareness always yearns to unite with its universal counterpart, Brahman. Carl Jung also created a psychology based upon the depths of the human soul’s longing for this union, noting how lower forms of ego-self awareness make the means from which we strive to find a Self-Realized state.

We have spent millennia attempting to find our place in the universe. What is the meaning of your life? What is your life’s purpose? Who would have thought that heaven and hell’s universal truths exist in the nanometer of one neural cell? Possibilities abound, located on the head of a pin. Just as the sun peaks, to see its God-loving children win.

Namaste, my friends. May prayers and blessings see you along your journey to believe, achieve, and advance confidently in the direction of your dreams.

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