Everyday I ask the loving voice of wisdom, which dwells in our hearts and in this world: “What would you have me know today?” And then I listen. This is what I heard one day, not long ago…

From elsewhere:

“True transformation of persons happens largely, if not exclusively, through contact with images.” (Richard Rohr, summarizing Jung)

From my heart:

The symbols that we employ in our hearts shape the trail that we walk with our lives.

It’s the contact that really makes them stick. You’ve got to put them to work.
You can invoke archetypes all day, everyday with your lips.
You can give names to every single layer of the collective unconscious.
You can theologize and analyze and discuss the symbols from 360 different angles.

But it’s when you put them to work on your imagination, give them shovels and pick axes, and lunch boxes full of ham sandwiches and red crispy apples—that’s when they start to shape you.

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