Things we don't think about, and sometimes avoid or neglect. When we do, they can fall into disrepair or we can become estranged. It is always difficult to regain lost ground, but no attempt means you've given up.
Transition is always hard. Like the threshold between where you have been and where you want to be. It is a grey area because you aren't sure what it is yet. Liminal Spaces.
When one finds herself in a liminal space, it can feel scary and exciting. It seems like there is a forever wait, floating, hovering... between the structure of what is known, whether stifling or not, and something out there and uncertain. Rest, but be ready. It's almost time.
Kali has always been my favorite goddess. I think she is completely misunderstood. Yes, she is the goddess of destruction...
But here is the rest of the story. The demon, Raktabija, was terrorizing the people. And whenever a drop of his blood was shed, another demon appeared. There were so many... A super goddess was needed to defeat them. All of their forces combined to create Kali, the dark mother, who defeated all the demons by swallowing them whole and then chopped off Raktabija's head and drank all his blood.
Carl Jung is so fascinating to me. Many of his ideas are familiar yet there was no way I could have known them before I began studying him.
Synchronicity is an idea that Jung talks about. Have you ever thought of someone and then run into them soon after?? Or sang a tune in your head and have it come up on the playlist or radio? That's kind of how synchronicity works.
Another idea that is from Jung is archetypes. My explaination of archetypes are the patterns we recognize. Jung spoke of of a "collective consciousness"; memories and experiences that are shared in the subconsciousness of a race or culture. He used that idea to explain why we tend to see history, literature, lives repeat certain patterns.
There were too many words for I... So I went for the easy reach and chose "Inspiration"... well mostly because I am behind and I want to get words out and I want to get "I" checked off...
Other "I" words that I could have used... Invoke and Intention... These are definitely topics for a future blogpost.
It's been awhile since I've blogged, so I still feel very sluggish in my writing. But I know the only thing to get over that is to "Sit the hell down and write" as Patty Digh would say. So... here I sit.
I was inspired to begin this blog by another blogger who is an artist and a writer (check out those links). His stories are funny and real and heartbreaking. And every day, I can expect to get a nudge from him... "Loved your H and I posts"... Hint, hint!! But it is what I need... Someone who listens to me speak my dreams and then expects me to follow through on them.
If you don't have one of those... find one.
I am also inspired by this thing that tugs at me and pulls me... this goddessy-woo-woo-mystical stuff that drags me underneath the moon and urges me to build a fire and makes me want to sing and even howl!! I'm trying to figure out who she is. I feel like she is mother, sister, daughter all rolled into one. She needs me. I need Her. I am HER! My postings here will lean towards the "woo woo" as I explore and walk this path.
I've even recently been inspired enough to share a secret that only one or two people knew previously... but they are not in my sphere right now. So I trepidatiously shared with one or two others. I want to create a local space where others can gather and find resources and where they can share their ideas and find community. This will more than likely end up being a retail type space, but something that has always stayed with me since my days in the "Emerging Conversation" (that I got involved with about 10 years ago or so) is the idea of "3rd Spaces". I want to create a space like one I am searching for:
a place outside of work and home
a place where conversations happen
a place where you can share a bottle of wine or a pitcher of beer
a place to gather as a group and go walk or do yoga
a place where you find kindreds who want to give back to the community
a place where you find people deconstructing and reconstructing ideas and projects.
a place where you can find resources and neighbors that can assist you on your path.
I want a space like that. I want to create a space like that.
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