Tag Archives: Projection

Mitote: the Dream of the World

In Miguel Ruiz’ little book The Four Agreements the author uses our Western European culture’s attitude toward dreaming to produce a paradoxical shift in consciousness.  Ever since Chuang Tzu’s question 2500 years ago, whether he was dreaming he was a … Continue reading

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Don’t Look Back

Letting go of the past is difficult. Throughout our lives and relationships, we have woven up a tapestry of events and, more often than not, we love what we have created, even the misery has our creative stamp upon it. … Continue reading

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Removing the specks from one’s eye

I dreamed I had removed my contact lens to show the eye doctor. There were three lenses stuck together. As I separated them, I remembered that I also wear glasses. I felt puzzled.  Waking I recorded the dream in my … Continue reading

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The Great Goddess and the Water of Life

Thirty years ago Edward C. Whitmont wrote about how human consciousness was becoming more feminine oriented in The Return of the Goddess. Whitmont was a European Jew, whose family sent him to America to escape the Nazi holocaust. He was … Continue reading

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Papou, Open the Window!

I was sitting talking to my friend in my basement den when I heard my granddaughter shout. “Open the window, open the window.” In the summer months she would often bang on my window. I would open the drapes, open … Continue reading

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Men’s lives are governed by fear.

If you can accept that secret and want to heal, men must stop feeling shamed by our fear. James Hollis said in Under Saturn’s Shadow: the Wounding and Healing of Men (1994) “I have always admired the freedom of women … Continue reading

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

The power of projection is beautifully illustrated in the latest Harry Potter film, The Deathly Hallows. After finding and stealing the magic horcrux locket, where part of Voldemort’s soul is safely hidden, the trio of friends find it is harder … Continue reading

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