
Mining for Gold in the Darkness
As a spiritual neophyte I believed (like everyone else I knew) that repressing my honest emotions, denying my disliked qualities, and generally pretending to
As a spiritual neophyte I believed (like everyone else I knew) that repressing my honest emotions, denying my disliked qualities, and generally pretending to
“In general, it [individuation] is the process by which individual beings are formed and differentiated; in particular, it is the development of the psychological individual
Christ…was a religious innovator who opposed the traditional religion of his time and his people…That is why he experienced the transcendent function, whereas a Christian
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Thank you for “unpacking” this cartoon, Jean. I’ve got some fun old images now to work with on my inner quest to take care of my Sweet Pea, strengthen Popeye in the face of Bluto and be spiritually nurtured by Olive Oyl.
Me thinks I’ll eat some some spinach for awhile with olive oil on it!
Hi Julie, I got a kick out of your charming response. Thanks for this morning’s chuckles! Love, Jeanie
Good job. Popeye has always been a favorite of mine. =-)
Hi, and thanks. His plucky perseverance could be a model for us all! Love, Jeanie
You know that I love the way you weave stories, fairy tales and the like into meaning for our lives.
Hi Que,
Thank you. Your lovely comment gives me the chance to say to those not familiar with this way of thinking that finding the underlying meaning in the symbols around you is called living symbolically. It makes life so much more interesting and personally relevant than restricting ourselves to hard scientific facts alone. Life is so much more beautiful and mysterious than that!! (I forsee a future blog post on this topic….)
But, of course, you of all people already know this. Your home and exquisite art are testaments to the mystery and beauty of life.
Much love and gratitude to you,
Jeanie
I love this! Simple and yet deep! I truly get this one.
Hi Donna, Thanks so much for letting me know you loved this one! It makes me happy! Love, Jeanie
While doing some research on Popeye’s famous quote, I found your blog to be most insightful. I also read the link I shared below. Apparently, someone else found your words to be “inspiring” too.
Thought this link might be of interest to you. My best to you!!
Hi Stephanie,
Thank you for letting me know you found my post useful! I love this one. I followed the link you provided and found the person you were referring to who copied four paragraphs and used it as the bulk of his own post without crediting me for it. I’ve written a letter to him in private. I don’t want to publicly shame him in public, so I’ve erased the link, but I hope my letter will raise his self-awareness and possibly check any future tendencies to keep doing this! With much appreciation, Jeanie
Your handling of this shows truly, you are a person of grace, integrity, and class!
It’s easy to write about doing the right thing. Putting them into practice are qualities sometimes lost.
But we know you are: “strong to the finich. Cause I eats me spinach!”
Thank you for not only an insightful message, the powerful lesson too!! You have a new fan! I love who you “YAM!”
And, I was pleased to see, he did do an update!
Thank you very much, Stephanie. I ‘m glad to know that. He wrote me back immediately and apologized. I respect him for that.