Posts on religion/spirituality and man’s search for meaning.
Has life lost its meaning? There are a lot of discouraged people in the world. They have stopped trying, stopped taking risks, stopped feeling, and stopped living. Some have been discouraged so often or so deeply, that they now discourage themselves almost without thinking. Negativity and cynicism color their world. They come to therapy in…
A woman dreamed, “Some women are picking out drab and uninspiring clothes for me to wear. I would feel pretty much invisible if I wore them. I get angry and tell them I won’t wear those clothes. They get angry in return, rip the clothes off of me, and smear green and black paint on…
“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…
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…
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…
It seems we all have a mountain to climb. It is the mountain of our soul, our destiny, our life’s work. It is the mountain within, and many of us may not even realize that we are climbing it. On the other hand, there are some that know it’s there, but choose not to climb…
Too often you get used to living small when you ought to be living big. For whatever reason you decide it’s ok to be less than who you really are. Perhaps you settle for the answers of others rather than those that come from your own experience and soul. Maybe you convince yourself that you…
“Why do these philosophers pretend that God is an idea, a kind of arbitrary assumption which they engender, when its perfectly plain that he exists, as plain as a brick that falls on your head? Suddenly I understood that God was, for me at least, one of the most certain and immediate experiences.” Carl Jung…
Behind your eyes lies the soul. And the eyes may see one thing but the soul sees another. Behind the mind is the soul. They are not the same and often have very different viewpoints. The mind thinks that it is in charge. Some minds do not even acknowledge the existence of the soul. The…