Imaginal Journal
Imagination is Medicine
The Power of Vulnerability
Clinical Social Worker, Brene Brown talks about the Power of Vulnerability and related subjects of shame, belonging and worthiness.
Hieros Gamos
Alchemy holds deeply interesting metaphors for psychotherapy and personal transformation. Within this philosophy, the concept of Hieros Gamos represents the sacred marriage of masculine and feminine.
Below is the alchemical image of androgyne. This is not a marriage of two individuals becoming one, but rather of one individual integrating their masculine and feminine aspects, the yin and yang, the ida and pingala.
Forging your own path
“If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.” Ninth-century Buddhist master Lin Chi.
Gratitude
Here I offer experiences and things I am grateful for, as a practice in gratitude and mindfulness:
Rancho Palos Verdes and insights offered a hotblooded artist.
Mediation on offering more joy to someone who already fortunate ( little counter-intuitive but a rich experience).
A nice grounding lunch with my husband and the courage to say I’m sorry and I was wrong after a disagreement. Rewarding myself with cookies and coffee.
Time with my family, my mom’s homemade candies, introducing my dad to ideas about alchemy, and my niece finding a new love for drawing and poetry. Noting that all artist start off by copying and it leads us to finding our own voice and style. Visiting my aunt and uncle on their mutual birthday. Admiring my aunt’s narcissus flowers and her Aquarius and St. Judas rings.
Walking around galleries at the Hammer.
Tibetan Goddess of Protection
Tibetan goddess, Palden Lhamo. Protectress of the Dalai Lama lineage.
She doesn’t mess around.