Debra
The Living Force
There is a group on Facebook called "Oregon Friends of C.G. Jung"
They have been researching and sharing as a group since the mid 1970's.
This poem about Waves was posted recently by one of the members, and for anyone interested, I hope the calming, subtle advice contained in the message is of worth.
Photo by Camila Castillo on Unsplash
Trough
There is a trough in waves,
A low spot
Where horizon disappears
And only sky
And water
Are our company.
And there we lose our way
Unless
We rest, knowing the wave will bring us
To its crest again.
There we may drown
If we let fear
Hold us within its grip and shake us
Side to side,
And leave us flailing, torn, disoriented.
But if we rest there
In the trough,
Are silent,
Being with
The low part of the wave,
Keeping
Our energy and
Noticing the shape of things,
The flow,
Then time alone
Will bring us to another
Place
Where we can see
Horizon, see the land again,
Regain our sense
Of where
We are,
And where we need to swim.
Judy Brown, from The Sea Accepts All Rivers
Regarding Fear:
“Don't try to see through the distances.
That's not for human beings. Move within,
But don't move the way fear makes you move.”
~Rumi
They have been researching and sharing as a group since the mid 1970's.
This poem about Waves was posted recently by one of the members, and for anyone interested, I hope the calming, subtle advice contained in the message is of worth.
Photo by Camila Castillo on Unsplash
Trough
There is a trough in waves,
A low spot
Where horizon disappears
And only sky
And water
Are our company.
And there we lose our way
Unless
We rest, knowing the wave will bring us
To its crest again.
There we may drown
If we let fear
Hold us within its grip and shake us
Side to side,
And leave us flailing, torn, disoriented.
But if we rest there
In the trough,
Are silent,
Being with
The low part of the wave,
Keeping
Our energy and
Noticing the shape of things,
The flow,
Then time alone
Will bring us to another
Place
Where we can see
Horizon, see the land again,
Regain our sense
Of where
We are,
And where we need to swim.
Judy Brown, from The Sea Accepts All Rivers
Regarding Fear:
“Don't try to see through the distances.
That's not for human beings. Move within,
But don't move the way fear makes you move.”
~Rumi
