Chuck’s Place: The Healthy Feminine

Spring so soon? - Photo by Jan Ketchel
Spring so soon?
– Photo by Jan Ketchel

I said to Jan on Sunday that it felt like the first day of spring—yes, January 31st! Temperatures in the low 50s, people out walking, time elongated to the point where by 8 PM it felt like 11PM, certainly time for bed!

The world is changing rapidly now. There is no going back. Though we ground ourselves in the familiarity and constant contact of social media, pervasive and lasting change is swooping in all around us.

I was delighted, on our timeless Sunday, to find and watch a documentary on Marion Woodman, renowned Jungian analyst, whose personal life and transformation speak eloquently to the coming death and rebirth of the world we live in as we undergo deep transformation. Her sharing of the rise of the feminine as the missing healing factor in our growth process is positive and quite hopeful. I couldn’t have said it better.

So, I turn the stage over to Ms. Woodman.

Here is the link: Dancing in the Flames

Thank you,

Chuck

 

Soulbyte for Tuesday February 2, 2016

Who rules your kingdom? Everyone is made up of different parts working for or against the greater good. For instance, there is the saboteur, the Knight or Lady who constantly tricks leaving one stranded again. There is the child Prince or Princess who doesn’t want to grow up, the Mother Queen who cares too much or too little, the Father King who takes too much power or none at all. Who’s in control? When all parts are known, each reconciled, there are fewer disturbances and a balanced kingdom is achieved.

Know all your parts, particularly the one who rules the most. They are really just waiting for the true King or Queen to come along and put them in their places. That is you. But who are you? That’s another question!

-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Soulbyte for February 1, 2016

It’s never too late to change. What are your true desires and intentions for this life? Write them down. Look them over and make sure they are in alignment with your true Self, your Warrior Spirit Self. Build a relationship with them and the part of yourself that wrote them down. Remind yourself often of these most important intentions. Intent is the warrior’s way of achieving that which is desired. Be a warrior in all that you do. See what happens.

-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Soulbyte for Sunday January 31, 2016

Awake or asleep you dream, dream, dream. Notice how a thought manifests and becomes a dream and before you know it you are living that dream. You might suddenly decide that it’s not the right dream and so you dream a new dream, live a new dream. But do not discount anything, for all of your dreams matter. They are teaching you about life, about taking responsibility for the self and all of your dream manifestations, happy and unpleasant alike. Perhaps the dream you are in now is taking you deeper into experiencing life and the self in a new way, or perhaps it’s time for a new dream. It’s really up to you. You are in charge and you are the only one who can change your dream. Dream on. Awake or asleep, it’s what it’s all about. Life is a dream.

-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Chuck Ketchel, LCSWR