I am out of sorts, and have been since I returned home from my trip to England, a trip that I have since begun to regard as my journey of the soul. It was a leisurely journey, a slow feast for all my senses, with all the time for deep contemplation. Time was squandered for [...]
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Leisure, Creativity, and the Making of Temenos
Posted in Morning Pages on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Relevance of Jungian Thought for Modern Times
Posted in Morning Pages on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Too many people feel disconnected from their lives in these modern times, rushing through without a stable sense of who they really are and what informs the choices they make, or why they do what they do. They spend their time and energy pursuing money and material possessions and embrace lifestyles that are purported to [...]
Creativity – Inviting the Muse
Posted in Morning Pages on June 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We all know about those 9 Goddesses, the Muses, who are said to inspire the pursuit and creation of literature and the arts. It has been said that they are the source of all creativity, be it in literature, the arts or in the sciences. In modern times, anyone who inspires us or incites us [...]
Creativity – Declaring Intention
Posted in Morning Pages on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The following declaration is adapted from David Ulrich’s The Widening Stream”, which is one of the best books I’ve read on the creative process.
To be creative and to live authentically, I shall show up to do the creative work:
in spite of my fears and resistance,
in spite of my own personal limitations and hardships, real or [...]
The McCain-Palin Ticket – A Study in Deception, Inveiglement and Obfuscation
Posted in Morning Pages on October 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The truth is out there. But why is it that many people cannot see it?
On the one side, a comparative newcomer, Obama, who is intelligent, wise, integrity-driven, and open-minded about the issues. He is the one to put your bets on to trust in leadership and guidance, to restore economic stability and participate in solving [...]
Jungian thoughts on US politics
Posted in Morning Pages on September 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s hard to focus my interest in the upcoming Canadian elections because what’s going on south of the border is much more dramatic, and demonstrative of embedded psychological issues that can inspire or plague a nation. It is like a three-ring-circus down there, with Obama vs Palin, Obama vs McCain, and Biden vs. Palin in [...]
Dry Spell
Posted in Morning Pages on August 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I love the word “prolific” – it describes a state of affairs that bespeaks abundance, productivity, fruitfulness, creativity. When I am in the flow, I feel juicy, alive, ecstatic. I like that. I love that. Maybe I’m even addicted to that. There is a quiet rush when I am oozing with ideas and I am [...]
Redefining Purgatory
Posted in Morning Pages on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been thinking about Purgatory a lot this past week, ever since a conversation with someone about the condition of feeling stuck in life. Not moving is not a favored state in post-modern life; we are inundated with motion and speed continuously – within the media, within our accelerated lifestyles, within the very economical, political, [...]
The Tiger And The Goat – An Indian Fable
Posted in Morning Pages on July 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A starving and pregnant tigress comes upon a flock of goats and pounces on them with such fervour that she brings about the birth of her little one, as well as her own death. The goats scatter, but soon come back to find the newborn tiger by the side of its dead mother.*
Tho goats adopt the [...]
When the Devil calls our name…
Posted in Morning Pages on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There is a general myopia in our mainstream culture, and I’m not talking about the need to drive with corrective lenses. Though, something is startlingly not right and does need to be corrected or refocused. What I’m talking about is the distortion in our collective values that places sensationalism, consumerism, materialism, domination and exploitation, profiterism, [...]
