Redirection

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Redirection need not be the abandonment of where ever you’re headed by turning and going in a completely new direction. Instead it can sometimes be nothing but a subtle tap on the controls, shifting ones bearing by a fraction. Throughout the journey these subtle taps, now a little this way, now a little that, keep us on course.

Then there’s the sailing analogy: tacking and the need to use the wind effectively by zig zagging ones way with a series of “coming abouts.” This is a great way to work two seemingly contradictory goals pretty much at the same time in a series of alternations.

What I like about the sailing analogy is that it allows for the Other to determine one’s choices. It’s all about the wind.

“The psyche is an equation that cannot be “solved” without the factor of the unconscious; it is a totality which includes both the empirical ego and the transconscious foundation.” (Carl Jung, Mysterium Coniunctionis, par. 181, pg.155)

I’m reminded how our lives resemble a winding path, a circular path which from above takes on the design of a mandala. For all our confidences that we are getting ourselves “over there” time and time again I glimpse the fact that the “wind” seems to be bringing back around to where I started.

That little word “like”…

Archetypes for the rest of us…

Mary H Ruth

"For all our confidences that we are getting ourselves “over there” time and time again I glimpse the fact that the “wind” seems to be bringing back around to where I started."

You're an amazing poet, Richard.

Richard Reeve

Very kind of you.

Screwed Up Texan

I've changed direction a few times in the last year in the blogging realm. When I first began writing, anything was up and this can be called me setting my vessel towards west. Then I discovered what worked well for me and what didnt and decided to head north--not in the opposite direction, but somewhere between the opposite and my original destination. Lately I have found the need to change once again, this time just tweaking my course slightly and heading north northeast. Often, I think for awhile before I make my next move, and each decision to change if even only slightly can be alarming for me, but I find myself making the right move so far.

It will be interesting to see myself where I am a year from now.

ccseed

The spiritual sense of orientation is so interesting. I often find the geography of my dreams to be crystal clear, especially when its the terrain of my childhood.

I really look forward to seeing where you are in a year as well Allie.