“Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.” Carl Jung The developmental goal of youth and early adulthood is the maturation of the ego and its adaptation to the demands of outer life. During the “first half” of life family, peers, and society play a significant role in the molding of…
“Feel the fear, and do it anyway,” let this be your motto.* When there is something you feel called to do, but you’re afraid you might fail, acknowledge your fear and do it anyways. Let courage and faith be your companions in life. There will be times when your soul asks you to do things…
Evil is paradoxical. It can snuff out a life in the blink of an eye, yet it challenges you to live life with your eyes wide open. It spurs you to greater consciousness. This is probably how the devil came to be called Lucifer. In classical mythology, Lucifer referred to the morning star (the planet…
There is a part of you that knows. It knows who you really are, and it knows when you are not being yourself. It knows what you really love, and what you just want to believe you love. It knows your destiny, and is disappointed when you resist being your true self. You have a…
“Paranoia strikes deep Into your life it will creep It starts when you’re always afraid Step out of line, the man come and take you away” (from the song, For What It’s Worth, by Buffalo Springfield) There are different kinds of paranoia with different unconscious factors driving them. This article gives a Jungian look at…
Clueless: to be without a clue. You’ve probably known someone that you’d describe as clueless. Of course, we’re all pretty clueless about some things: advanced calculus, for example, or what our neighbors had for dinner. But some people are clueless about things they really shouldn’t be clueless about. Many times cluelessness is not as clueless…
“Who are you?!” sings Roger Daltry of The Who. It’s a good question to ask yourself every now and then. When you find the song going through your head, or hear it on the radio, answer the question. Life is asking you to contemplate and remember who you really are. You play many roles in…
In times of spiritual trial you may question the meaning, purpose, and value of your life. You may feel empty, lonely, or abandoned. Like a river damned up or a well run dry, you feel cutoff and disconnected from the flow of life. At these times it is important to remember that God, like the…
In In part I of this series I shared a number of dreams in which the dreamers felt they had witnessed the spiritual presence of a deceased relative or friend. Although it is true that the other people in our dreams–living or deceased–usually represent a part of our personality that is like that person, it was…
We are all children of God. But we are also children of the world, for this is where God planted us. In time we can become so attached to the world that we forget where we came from and where we are meant to return. Some of us make it back to God, and some…