You and Me and a Tree
Maybe it’s social media; maybe it has been around longer than that, but we have a tendency to forget that when someone shares something, it’s coming from them, not from one of us, who’s the receiver, not the creator. So…
Who Were You Created To Be?
Psychosynthesis, like other forms of soul work, involves finding our way back to the True Self. Roberto Assagioli’s “egg diagram” is a model of the individual, and in it, there are two dots that represent the True Self (I like…
Checking My Boundaries: Asking for Help
I have difficulty asking for what I want or for what I need. Not any more. After reading Boundaries and Relationships by Charles L. Whitfield once, I’m working my way through it again slowly, taking time to reflect in my…
Was the Dragon Scroll Made of Raw Silk and Uncut Wood?
Today’s entry in the Tao Te Ching is the One. It speaks of differences between doing and being, but the funny thing is that doing is called “being”—a bit confusing, I know, but stick with me. Raw Silk and Uncut…
Do You Know Who You Are?
Throughout these past three years of emotional healing, I have been surprised, over and over, by how often I need to revisit things I had thought were settled and finally put to rest. Interestingly, the process has not involved reading…
What Kind of Work Do You Do?
Analysis and explanation have their place, but they should never be substituted for singing the songs, dancing to the music, writing the poems, reading the stories, and celebrating the Divine. In other words, don’t mistake mind work for soul work.
