Category: Analytical Psychology
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Temperance: 2 Create Belief in the Unknown
To Temper the Passion and Master the Spirit To temper your passions is to master the spirit within. Look and see that which bindsand there your attention will find a loving guide, full and wise, who opens your dreams therein. The Virtue of Temperance What is temperance? Temperance is moderation in thought, actions, or feelings.…
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Mindfulness: Atomic Habits 2 Breathe Now 4 Inner Peace
A Mindfulness Meditation Atomic mindfulness? I find it interesting. What will Search Engine AI think of when it comes to that? Will it gain more clicks if it reminds us of our need? Is it not an atomic need to be aware of our current moment? Is that the problem, or maybe is it the…
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Body Scan Meditation: 2 Crush Stress & Relax Your Body
Got Stress? Try a Body Scan Meditation Do you ever feel like you’re carrying the world’s weight on your shoulders? If so, you’re not alone. We all experience stress and tension. Distress and tension can create disease in our lives, which in turn creates physical, emotional, or even spiritual diseases in our being. However, did…
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Find the Meaning of Life: 2 Own Your Feelings and Create Inner Peace
School of Life Quotes… Meaning of Life What is the purpose or meaning of life? I don’t know of any more simple terms or catchphrases to say besides the beautiful message mentioned above. Life is now, and we create its meaning in the present moment. Yet, this simple query into life’s meaning does not satisfy my philosophical…
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Courage: 2 Be a Guiding Light Amongst Darkness
Quotes on Courage to Live By Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. Mark Twain Courage is grace under pressure. Ernest Hemingway A Poem on Courage A wise man once said that“Courage is Grace under Pressure.” (Ernest Hemingway)Yet will we listen with Wisdom’s intent.For what we intendWhen met with intentWill…
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Dare 2 Focus: Attention Deficit and Your Focus Factor
Where attention swellsYour Treasure will DwellSo said theEarth to the SkyWhere wisdom yearns,a head will turn,If only it reads the signs.Fear not, for Wisdom will dictateThe longing ofGod’s Loving GraceLive, Laugh, Learn, & YearnFor the beauty of Love’s Embrace Attention: What’s it Matter Anyways Mental Health & Attention Deficit Disorder: A Case Analysis Tick tock,…
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Iron John (Part Two): 2 Seize of the Mature Masculine Archetype
Iron John: Two Engage the Mature Masculine Mindset Personal Reflection on the Mature Masculine My journey into a mature masculine mindset started as a young man but lasted for many years. It would be a lie to state that it has reached a final state because I see development as a continual affair of body,…
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Iron John: 2 Re-Envision a Cultural Dream Now (Part One)
Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. Carl Jung Iron John and a Dreamer’s Dream Three decades ago, Iron John A Book About Men, by Robert Bly, created somewhat of a cultural movement amongst men. I have always imagined myself part…
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New Beginnings: 2 Shed the Old & Adopt the New
New Beginnings, New You! Poetry & the Soul’s Work Have you ever noticed, How life unfolds much as the season’s effect on a tree. We are born, aspire to great heights, To one day fall, in the cold winter’s night A wise bard, Robert Bly, once replied, “It is not our job to remain whole.We…
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Self-Esteem: 2 Create Positive Meaning through Lived Action
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. Helen Keller Self-Esteem: A Fictional Case Analysis Every morning, she stared in the mirror, ashamed of what she saw looking back at her. With a resilient spirit and being loved by her friends and boyfriend, her essence breathed popularity itself. Yet, only if…
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Harness Your Personal Vision: 2 Dream, Believe, Prevail, & Succeed
To work the soul is to go within;That is where the treasure dwells.But in yearning to see its beauty,the plight of hardship often swells.A wise woman once warned of perilsthat will distract us from the plan.”Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns; so also the mind of man.” (~St. Teresa of Avila)What…
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Into the Depths of a Dream: 3 Steps to Ignite the Passion of Soul
“It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.” Joseph Campbell Into the Depths of the Abyss “The interpretation of Dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind” ― Sigmund Freud Two types of dreams exist.…