“Everything that is in the heavens, on earth, and under the earth
is penetrated with connectedness, penetrated with relatedness.”
-Hildegard of Bingen
John Sanford was an Episcopal priest, Jungian analyst, and author. His father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and great great-grandfather were all ministers. I found all of this in An Almanac For The Soul by Marv and Nancy Hiles. These words of wisdom are from Healing and Wholeness by John Sanford. I invite you to read them slowly and aloud to yourself. Notice what comes up for you and whether these challenging words express a spiritual truth that you know to be true in your own experience of individuation.
“Individual is a work, a life opus, a task that calls upon us not to avoid life’s difficulties and dangers, but to perceive the meaning in the pattern of events that form our lives. Life’s supreme achievement may be to see the thread that connects together the events, dreams, and relationships that have made up the fabric of our existence. Individuation is a search for and discovery of meaning, not a meaning we consciously devise, but the meaning embedded in life itself. It will confront us with many demands, for the unconscious, as Jung once wrote: ‘Always tries to produce an impossible situation in order to force the individual to bring out his very best.'”
Our process of individuation is ongoing in life as we continue to grow, to unfold the mystery of Life/God that is within us all. New every day are the visions and insights and blessings that come to us. May our hearts be open that we may see aright. Two minutes of wise reflection by Cynthia Bourgeault.
“The outward work will never be puny if the inward work is great.” -Meister Eckhart
You are a daughter/son of God – May you walk the earth in gladness awakening to that of God in everyone and everything.
Soul Nugget 