I got a nice little "nudge" reminder of this Carl Jung((ism)) today.
If you consider the tip of a floating iceberg in the middle of the Antarctic ocean,
that's your conscious mind.
And that big, monstrous boulder in the deep abyss below the surface -
that's where the unconscious 80% of your mind lurks,
where the "matrix" of your operating system is running a navigational masquerade.
In this modern-day quote-driven, self-help obsessed society,
we're often so preoccupied by the 20% of our minds that we're actually aware of,
that we forget to shake hands with the deep stranger within.
So even when life appears to be smooth-sailing,
we smile, exhale and wonder what life has ahead of us in store.
But it is these times that are so critical to go below and
bring more consciousness into your life.
These are the times you train your mind to to grow in presence.
To see the light in this manner,
no darkness can creep in.
The undercurrent of our unease is our collective disfunction of unawareness.
So, thanks to a good friend today, I had a conversation with someone:
Hello, depths of Me.
I don't know what you look like,
but the little molecules that hold false truths within you
often rise up and present themselves as ugly little lies
that you, my unconscious soul mate within,
disguise as clear little problem bubbles that are anything but cute.
I meet you in disguise when I don't have the courage to try something new.
You fill my dreams and I wake up in a sweat.
I thought I saw a profile of you in the mirror the other day,
and on the sidewalk where I stopped mid-run.
You are a beautiful mess of old pain and new happiness.
And you're always within me.
I've decided I want to get to know you a little better,
as there are big things I want to do,
places I want to go
and relationships I want to say yes to.
(No is apparently your favorite word).
So I will.
And to finish this tidbit for today,
I recalled a piece of wisdom from Eckhart Tolle,
something we should all ask ourselves from time to time,
"Are you polluting the world or cleaning up the mess?
As within, so without."
~L
