My paradigm since age seven has been the blind men and the elephant. Everyone has some kernel of truth in how they choose to live their lives. No one has all the truth though there are many who believe they do. Dogmatism has always looked like a coward’s path to me. To live courageously with love and compassion in spite of the slings and arrows seems to me to be a wise choice. It is only in the last few months that I have made major strides on my spiritual path. At age 77 that seems a bit slow but I am very happy that it has happened. Shadow work is not easy and surprises can lurk around many corners. Keep on keeping on!
@Brad Wetzler - I bow in deep respect to the journey, both within and without, for which there are countless paths no two ever the same. Though I was trained in the lineage of Freud, one thing is clear to me about Jung: he lived his ideas, embodying a vision of human evolution that was uniquely his, and in doing so, helped move life forward as well.
Thank you for sharing a glimpse of your way of thinking and moving through the world. I sense in it your offering one that also helps those who seek wisdom find it along the many inner paths that await them.
The impulse to curate can be strong, especially in a culture obsessed with self-optimization. But naming the ache, the overreactions, the unfinished work? That’s where the power lies. Not in arriving, but in being real while still becoming.
I love what you say here., Including about the urge to curate. I’m aware that I am avoiding something in my desire to pick and choose. And yet, knowing that there is no full arrival, what is one left to do? But try to cobble together a meaningful life on one’s own and become who we are.
Maybe curation isn’t just a kind of avoidance, but also a longing? Maybe the deeper task isn’t to stop curating, but to change what we curate for. Not for control or image, but for coherence.
My paradigm since age seven has been the blind men and the elephant. Everyone has some kernel of truth in how they choose to live their lives. No one has all the truth though there are many who believe they do. Dogmatism has always looked like a coward’s path to me. To live courageously with love and compassion in spite of the slings and arrows seems to me to be a wise choice. It is only in the last few months that I have made major strides on my spiritual path. At age 77 that seems a bit slow but I am very happy that it has happened. Shadow work is not easy and surprises can lurk around many corners. Keep on keeping on!
Amazing. Thank you, Charles.
@Brad Wetzler - I bow in deep respect to the journey, both within and without, for which there are countless paths no two ever the same. Though I was trained in the lineage of Freud, one thing is clear to me about Jung: he lived his ideas, embodying a vision of human evolution that was uniquely his, and in doing so, helped move life forward as well.
Thank you for sharing a glimpse of your way of thinking and moving through the world. I sense in it your offering one that also helps those who seek wisdom find it along the many inner paths that await them.
Thank you. Lots to think about 🙏
The impulse to curate can be strong, especially in a culture obsessed with self-optimization. But naming the ache, the overreactions, the unfinished work? That’s where the power lies. Not in arriving, but in being real while still becoming.
I love what you say here., Including about the urge to curate. I’m aware that I am avoiding something in my desire to pick and choose. And yet, knowing that there is no full arrival, what is one left to do? But try to cobble together a meaningful life on one’s own and become who we are.
Maybe curation isn’t just a kind of avoidance, but also a longing? Maybe the deeper task isn’t to stop curating, but to change what we curate for. Not for control or image, but for coherence.