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Searching For The Water of Life
It was said that one of Jung’s favorite stories was about that water of life that bubbled up in an artesian well. People came to drink the magic water and were nourished by it. Soon some people began to fence the well, charge admission, claim ownership of the property around it, make elaborate laws as to who could come by the well, put locks on the gates. Soon the well was the property of the powerful and the elite. The water was angry and offended and stopped flowing and began to bubble up in another place. The people who owned the property around the first well were so engrossed in the power systems they didn’t notice that the water had vanished. They continued selling the non existent water, and few people noticed the true power was gone. But some dissatisfied people searched with great courage and found the new artesian well. Soon that well was under the control of the property owners and the same fate overtook it. The spring took itself to yet another place — and this has been going on throughout recorded history. — Robert Johnson, Owning Your Own Shadow
“Following your bliss is not self-indulgent, but vital; your whole physical system knows that this is the way to be alive in this world and the way to give to the world the very best that you have to offer. There IS a track just waiting for each of us and once on it, doors will open that were not open before and would not open for…
