pickIn a great example of Jung‘s “synchronicity,” I was reading this book as my partner and I began to watch Bill Moyers‘s series of interviews of Joseph Campbell in “The Power of Myth.” Both really struck a cord in emphasizing the need of truly acknowledging oneSelf (both the conscious and the unconscious, the latter thru dreams) and how a psyche well-met can point to useful parallels in the natural sciences, religion and one‘s life‘s meaning.
It's been a musical month!
? An amazing performance of Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" at our local symphony concert.
? Amazing musicians and composers played a mix of Icelandic classical and folk songs. I cried twice.
? I saw Charlotte Loukola play songs from around the world on violin.
? I'm just so proud of our local resistance peeps.
? MisterInBlue. He's just my favorite person.
#5joysfriday @DebinHawaii
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I picked this up to read again today after my day of work as a psychotherapist. My heart aches for those of you out there. It is so difficult to overcome the mother wound.
so-soI read this for my spiritual direction class, and came into it very skeptical—dream work has always seemed a little too woo-woo for me, to be honest. However, I came away from the book with my skepticism assuaged a bit… its idea of dream work as “peeking over the shoulder” of the unconscious drew me in and helped me move past some of my skepticism. While I don‘t see myself engaging with dreams and active imagination ⤵️
I saw this news about MTV recently and I took a screenshot of the music channels that are being removed. I‘m disappointed because their name means Music Television but they don‘t play music and they haven‘t in a long time. They‘ve been playing reality shows more than anything. I read that the reason they‘re shutting down their music channels is because they‘re losing money.
#tuesdaytunes
pickWhat is there to say about this classic work except expressing that must read it? Frankl writes devastatingly of his experience of the Holocaust but maintains the core of his personal and professional philosophy throughout, that of logotherapy and the human need for meaning. A touchstone reminding us of our humanity and the depth within every individual. As difficult as the subject matter can be, this is an empowering and uplifting work.
