It was a profound, alchemical, transformative encounter, the beginning of a sequence of experiences that resulted in the deepest and enduring inner healing I have experienced in my life. All my life I had hoped that this “hole”, that caused so much anxiety, this craving to receive love, would be fulfilled by someone else. But the stories continued to come, in a regular succession one after another, with something in common: my expectations were always frustrated, because what I drew was abandonment and / or mismatch. And I would feel that terrible pain again and again (read more)….
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Plant Archetypes: insight and references on living virtues, blueprints for sanity and wholeness
The understanding of the Archetype of each plant happens as we connect with its unique expression. The plant is observed in its dynamic change along its cycles from seed, to bud, to whole plant, to flower (when in that category), to fruit and back to seed. How it relates to the ecosystem it is part, its native origins in the wild.
We observe it on many levels, including its presence in myth and lore and its traditional uses by humans as food, medicine and ritual. When growing healthy, we look at how it relates to the soil and the cosmos and expresses planetary forces, and how it interacts with other plants, its pollinators and other living beings.
The full range of its gesture conveys an Archetypal expression.
Perfectionism, expectations, frustration and
the Beauty of Acceptance
We compare what life brings us with our virtual idealization of our expectations; in our minds, we stubbornly reject the pure beauty of the unfoldment of Life, by insistently wanting to have control over how things should be and look. We want things and people to be exactly like our own virtual model of them, and we insist in forcing them into the cast of our expectations. Frustration and unhappiness prevails, until we finally surrender. This happens when we learn to fully appreciate the exquisite beauty of the imperfect…(read more)….
Heartfelt empathy – Luminous healing waves of Compassion
I held hands with my husband while we watched, our hearts wrenched by the massive collective pain and sorrow. And we saw leaders in the community and country taking the Higher road, focusing on their Love and appreciation for each individual who had died, how these people should be honored and REMEMBERED. Heartwaves of Higher Frequency of Compassion and Love, gently weave people together in times of commotion and sorrow
