Tag: Psyche
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Learning to Swim
Trust: A Cornerstone of Faith To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float. Alan Watts How to Find Purpose in Life What does it mean to let go and…
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Sewing Peace
Inspirational Quotes Philosophical Food for Thought It is far too easy to get caught in the winds of change. In the whirling nature of what constitutes life itself, we often forget that the seedlings of peace begin in the space that separates our ears, eyes, and nose from our mouth. What blessings may happen if…
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The Garden Within
Entering the Secret Garden Carl Jung once said, “Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” Often, when we look inside the psyche, we find cold desert nights, where wastelands of unrealized dreams or under-realized potential hold us back from engaging that dream we yearn to see come to fruition. However, this need not be…
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Perceptions of Infinity
Through the Eyes of Psyche What a beautiful poem from William Blake, wouldn’t you agree? What does it mean to hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour? What lessons can we take from this beautifully written stanza of wisdom? Perceptions of Infinity Let us start by defining these seemingly…
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The Myth Within
Inspiration Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response. Arthur M. Schlesinger Food for Thought Myth plays an integral role in the soul’s calling. It moves us in ways that science, technology, nor computers can ever understand. In essence, the creative function behind the storylines that create our life…
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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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A Universe Awaits…
Inspirational Quote “Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.” ― Alan Wilson Watts Consciousness… The Heartbeat of the Universe Psyche. That long studied phenomenon that somehow alludes capture from…
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To Be… What a Beautiful Gift!
Inspirational Quotes I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity. ― Eleanor Roosevelt Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you! ― Dr. Seuss A Father’s Guide…
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Sometimes a Little Bravery Is All That We Need
Inspirational Quote You are braver than you believe, smarter than you seem, and stronger than you think. Winnie-the-Pooh (A. A. Milne) AUTHOR A Father’s Guide to Wisdom I think we all need a little bravery in life. Wouldn’t you agree? This single emotion forms the basis from which effective parents raise the next generation. Let’s face…
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Dream… A Royal Road of Conscious Intent
Inspirational Quotes They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. Edgar Allan Poe Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. Carl Sagan A Father’s Guide Wisdom There is a fire in the belly of each person…
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Act… It Defines Personal Purpose
Inspirational Quotes Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement. – W. Clement Stone The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. – Amelia Earhart A Father’s Guide to Wisdom How do we define purpose? Yes, we are going to take a journey through existentialism here, so…
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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…
