“The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.”
-Anais Nin
I, like many writers, artists and creatives, have absolutely no idea what I’m talking about. I simply go within, take a look, and deliver insights of varying interest to you from my own mind house. That’s all.
This process of going in and gathering information from my senses, my impulses, habits, and higher aspirations is a form of soul mining. It’s a process I happen to love because it allows me to be in a constant state of discovery. I believe if we collectively look through this deep inner eye, we begin to uncover the truth, not only of ourselves, but the patterns of the world.
Carl Jung believed the characters, themes, and objects in our dreams represented some part of us. I believe this to apply to our waking lives as well. Meaning every person we encounter (crazy guy on the subway included) reflect a part of us needing to be heard and we must carefully listen & watch our reactions. Therein lies the juice of understanding.
There are mirrors everywhere.
When chaos surfaces in our outer world, we must look to find the chaos within.
When we are repulsed by someone, we must look at how we are like this person.
When we fall in love we must ask, “What part of me is looking to come alive through this person?”
When we hear a song that moves us, we can trust that some part of us is being affirmed through the mere existence of this little ditty.
This line of thinking can be applied to words we hear over and over, people we have strong reactions to, authors we love, family. We can ask, “What inside of me is longing to be heard here?”
If you find yourself falling down the “well, isn’t this a little narcissistic?” rabbit hole, so easy to get lost in when attempting any self work, remember the only thing you can really ever change is you.
The Dalai Lama said, “We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.”
This depth of observing and experience not only gives us self-awareness that is useful for optimizing our effectiveness as a human. It also fills our bellies and hearts up with that hearty and nourishing compassion that peace is made of.
Let’s look deeply here….
WILD Woman Check-in #9:
Who in your life do you most admire? Describe them in detail?
Who in your life do you most judge? Describe them in detail?
Circle all the words from both lists that you recognize as traits of yours.
Be careful, WILD soul, of being too hard on yourself. We must love ourselves as we love our children: Unconditionally- bruises, tantrums, and all.
Here’s to living deeply, with heart and courage and with your eye on the whole wide world.
WILD wild love,
C
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