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Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 16:18:21 -0400
It isn't the dark ending to dead tree story that disturbed me...as a Jungian psychotherapist of nearly 30 years, I deal in the dark forest of human nature and agree that people need to see it/feel it/own it -- myself included -- but there is something deeply disturbing when I see a tree dying in dreams of clients. And...stories are, to me are the same as a collective dreams. It is a sign of resignation to a death -- not as in: holding potential for re-birth -- but when it is the tree of life that dies, this is a significant event which often points to spiritual and physical/literal death. I think it is a warning story but not an especially healing story...if that's still what we are talking about here. It was as a healing story that I thought I was receiving. Digression: As a newcomer to these exchanges and dialogues, I have to say I am truly delighted to have stumbled onto you -- got to you by a series of links, a labyrinth through the WWW -- I am so impressed and touched by the way the story (themes and use) deepens and makes so meaningful, rich and complex an exchange. I have missed this level of contact for many years -- probably graduate school. At first I reacted the way I usually react to this kind of exchange -- or at least to what I thought was "this kind of exchange" -- but I was stopped -- "wait a minute, something different is going on here..." The deepening and the soulfulness, the thoughtfulness is truly something and the differences and the toleration for difference (uncommon). I feel blessed to have found my way to you...to drink deeply from this water. I am learning a great deal. Thanks to you all -- each of you and your point of view so important.I am excited...and humbled. Thought I knew how things would go. Andrea ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sheila Darr" To: Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 11:40 AM Subject: Re: request: need healing story for friend > I'm with you on this one, Kimberley. > > It's always amazing to me when tellers are uncomfortable with the "difficult > ending." So long as we humans psychologically resist the DARK--even > subtlely--it has power over our inner lives (not much we can do about our > outer lives... but of course that's not really where we LIVE anyway!). As > long as we feel we *must* fear (or hate) the DARK... to avoid it or vanquish > it... then we expend tremendous energy (in thought and emotion as well as > action) in attempts to be happy that are doomed to fail. > > To be truly healed, I think it's important to see the DARK and LIGHT with > equinanimity. We need to surrender our need for the "hope" that is the > opposite of "despair"... and instead recognize the higher feeling (can't > really call it an emotion, although it does have a feeling quality to it) > ... I guess some might call it "peaceful" ... although this peacefulness is > not fatalistic but rather optimistic. > > I can't articulate this very well... but I have this sense that the need for > a "happy ending" of some sort ultimately cheats us of our full appreciation > of the towering stature of the human spirit. I stand in awe of our profound > spiritual courage... to experience the harrowing dilemma of "the human > condition." It's our consciousness/self-awareness that makes our "condition" > human... but *every* creature--plant, animal, human--that exists (past, > present, future) bears the burden of existence (the dark and light) with a > profound and inherent dignity. > > In this story, even though I may regret the tree's death, I *respect* it > even more. Carrying the burden... doing what MUST be done. And ultimately, > the rebirth of a sapling from the heart of the tree can *also* be seen as > doing what must be done... once again picking up the burden of possibility > (for Light or Dark). But if we RUSH past the dying to the rebirth, we're > cheating ourselves and each other of the full recognition of the wholeness > of Life. And it's only in that recognition that we can truly appreciate how > magnificent Life truly is. > > Just one voice... > > Sheila > > Sojourner... Stories for the Road of Life > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > "The time will come when, with elation, > you will greet yourself arriving at your own door..." > Derek Walcott > > Greet me at sojourner@austin.rr.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kimberley King" > To: > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 10:46 PM > Subject: Re: [HEALINGSTORY] request: need healing story for friend > > > Well, folks, the tree died, but the woman lived. Sometimes things gotta die > to keep us alive.... > > Kimberley > > > To Unsubscribe from Healingstory send the message: unsubscribe healingstory > > > > > To Unsubscribe from Healingstory send the message: unsubscribe healingstory > > > > | ||