Category: Carl Jung
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Monday Meditations: Graciousness in Attitude
Monday Morning Affirmation This week, I affirm to create an attitude of gratitude in all that I do. Dr. Thomas Maples A Depth Psychology Perspective Gratitude is an attitude. It is a position of graciousness lived, an attitude of being thankful for what was and what is at hand, so that we may create the…
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Dream a Little Dream…
Inspirational Quote I don’t dream at night, I dream at day, I dream all day; I’m dreaming for a living. Steven Spielberg Food For Thought… A Depth Psychology Perspective The power that dreams have is paramount. As Mr. Spielberg says, they are not just movie dramas that play out in the head during our sleeping hours. Instead, as Sigmund Freud knew all too…
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Monday Meditations… Dare to Dream!
Affirmation Today… I affirm to dream big & advance confidently in its direction Dr. Thomas C. Maples A Depth Psychology Perspective The power that dreams have on our overall psychological health is paramount. Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung emphasized the deep meaning held in the symbols present in dreams. Within the themes held by the…
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Believe… The Power of Faith Unto Itself
Inspirational Quote Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. Saint Augustine From Sinner to Saint… A Depth Psychology Perspective In ancient Hebrew, the origin of the word sin meant to miss the mark. As time our species evolved, we developed more complicated…
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Our Universe Aligned…
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…
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The Spirit of Raising Good Children
Inspirational Quotes Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. Plato Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk. Carl Jung A Father’s Guide to Wisdom Hello Friends. I hope all is well on your journey to navigate that enjoyable time we call parenting during…
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Karma… Perceptions of Inner Peace
Inspiration How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. Wayne Dyer Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostile world. Same world. Wayne Dyer A Father’s Guide to Wisdom If I can leave one gift to my children, it will be the gift of knowing that…
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Theater of the Oppressed… To Truly Define Change
Inspiration When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves. Viktor E. Frankl We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses. Carl Jung A Father’s Guide to Wisdom I am going back to my roots here. Yes, as a father, I…
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A Day in the Life… To Realize Self
Inspiration Thoroughly unprepared, we take the step into the afternoon of life. Worse still, we take this step with the false presupposition that our truths and our ideals will serve us as hitherto. But we cannot live the afternoon of life according to the program of life’s morning, for what was great in the morning…
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Our Psyche-Spiritual Development… Darkness, Being Idle, and Personal Stagnation
Inspiration Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people. Carl Jung Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain. Carl Jung A Father’s Guide to Wisdom The bible guides us to understand that our original state was one shrouded in…
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To Engage the Shadow… Thought… Judgment… Love… Power
Inspiration Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge. Carl Jung Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other. Carl Jung A Father’s Guide to Wisdom The human psyche is a delicate flower, built upon the fertilizer of ashes…
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Out of Darkness… Light: The Paradox of Descent
Inspiration A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them. As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being. Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. Carl…