Surprise! I’m back with an update. Reworking my old manuscript is bringing enormous satisfaction. My unconscious is sending solutions to knotty problems via my dreams and early morning ruminations before I’m fully awake. I’m meditating for 20 minutes before I get to work and writing for hours at a time. The latest entries in my dream journal say it all.Last night I had a dream. I feel the need to share it with you today because it illustrates the main point I’ve been trying
The title of this post is inspired by Maya Angelou’s poem, Still I Rise. Deborah, a dear friend and poetess from England, sent it to
The obvious analogy, in the psychic sphere, to this problem of opposites is the dissociation of the personality brought about by the conflict of incompatible
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WOW! Thank you for ‘presence’ here in my study in Australia 🙂 ….. for your sharing, your wisdom … and your encouragement.
May Easter Blessings abound.
Thanks, Catherine. I enjoy being present with you again!
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Thank you, Alaedin.
Thank you dear Jean… nice to see you back again <3
Incredibly informative. Thank you for sharing yourself, your connections, your wisdom so beautifully here 😉 You are a blessing!
Oh my. Your generous spirit is a blessing to me. Thank you, Artemysos.
Thank you Jean.
I was just now wondering about direction, in this my ‘final-quarter’.
It’s been rather hard to pull back from the values of the collective, & stay true to the self…your post is timely and a spot on reminder. Jeanie, ?
Another Jeanie! Yay. Most of us are in our final quarter now. 🙂 It is hard to pull back from the values of the collective and stay true to the self. Perhaps it’s been a bit easier for me because I’m an introvert and used to being ‘different.’ However, being married to an extrovert keeps me on my toes! Blessings. Thanks for writing.
Hi Jean,
I got goosebumps reading these dreams. It is so exciting to see where dreamwork has led you. I have been reading your blog from the beginning (I’m at 2011) and now have about 30 dreams of my own to learn from. I have discovered some exciting things about myself! I also ordered your book “Dream Theatres”. Thank you for all of your inspiring work!
Oh, Pamela. How lovely to hear from you….and to know that my early posts are being read. I’m thrilled to hear you’re learning so much from your dreams. Here’s a quote you might enjoy from Jung: “And you can be sure that the dream is your nearest friend; the dream is the friend of those who are not guided any more by the traditional truth and in consequence are isolated.” ~Carl Jung, CW 18, Para 674 He was right. Thank you for writing, and thank you for getting my book. May your dreams be enlightening and empowering. Love, Jeanie
This quote brought tears to my eyes. It’s going on my wall!
Pamela
I’m thrilled you’re having so much fun writing and staying conscious! 🙂 YAY! Have you tried Scrivener for writing/editing? Best program I’ve ever had for manuscripts.
Thanks, Darla. I’m thrilled too! It’s been quite a while since I’ve felt this creative and purposeful. But it’s been well worth the wait. No, I haven’t tried Scrivener and don’t know anything about it. Is it a sort of online editing thing?
Scrivener is a software program to download that assists in structuring and organizing, that’s the way I think of it. I used to just write in Word (since my background was as a legal secretary and I was at ease with word processing) but once I tried Scrivener, the entire process is SO much easier — move paragraphs (or sub-sections or chapters) with complete simplicity, saves drafts of those smaller pieces within the program, view as text or “note cards”, creates an outline from your note cards, and so much more; provides an easy way to store your research, etc. It’s fantastic and quite user-friendly from the get-go. 🙂 It’s available for either MS or Mac (I use for Mac). And…inexpensive!
Awesome. Thank you, Darla. I’ll check it out!
Hey Jean thanks for visiting and letting us know what you’re up to. So lovely that your focus is bringing valuable yields to yourself and then hopefully to us, as they’ve always done. A blessed Easter to you and family. ??
Thanks, Susan. A blessed Easter to you and yours!
This is a great post, replete in transcendental wisdom. I would be happy to hear more about what masculine energy works like in the consciousness of a female.
Thanks.
Thanks, Philiip. This is a big question. Here’s my short answer for now.
Essentially, I see my masculine energy to be about setting goals: focusing mostly on the outer world as opposed to my inner world; working hard to develop my skills so as to achieve perfection; doing and manifesting as opposed to being and relating; a preference for the mental functions: i.e. logic, words, ideas, and theories; and seeking to develop my individuality. I see these as various aspects of my drive for self preservation.
I see my feminine energy as more about the drive for species-preservation: being rather than doing, receiving and accepting what IS, i.e. living in and appreciating the present moment instead of ignoring it in pursuit of my ego’s goals; connection, relationship, and completion instead of separating and discriminating differences; living in the now instead of the past or future; embodying my spirituality instead of keeping it in my head; focusing on my inner life and its images and emotions; and being present to my body and nature.
For me, the essential differences between males and females are not about the binary genders— because we all have the same instincts, emotions, drives, and archetypal inheritance—but about the cultural stereotypes and roles which are imposed on the genders. As I see it, when the masculine and feminine drives in each of us work together as an integrated whole, we are able to transcend our dualistic thinking and move into non-dualistic unitive consciousness.
O thank you a million times for teaching this to me so lucidly. I have now completely understand. Very enlightening.
Thanks!