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Waking Up In Time
As Jungian analyst Ann Bedford Ulanov puts it, “As the instincts are to the body, so the archetypes are to the psyche.” In other words, archetypes are innate reflexes which get triggered by certain conditions in our environment and, whether for better or worse, determine how we react and behave.
By studying how dreams and fairy tales work, we can then follow their archetypal maps with greater agency into the unknown because they help us to see the meaningful dimension of our personal experience. They show us when we are undergoing universal rites of passage such as initiation, exile, symbolic death, and rebirth.”
Toko-pa Turner
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Some of the activities we think of as routines (which makes them sound dull, dreary, mechanical) are actually rituals (daily acts of meaning).
My most important ritual is writing while drinking a creativity potion, a.k.a. coffee. I rarely go a day without this, including on vacation. As my husband Ken can tell you, I get quite cross when anything interferes with it.
What are your rituals? Or, maybe more important: what would you like them to be?
— Susan Cain
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“Remember to delight yourself first, then others can be truly delighted… When we focus on the song of our soul and heart, then…
