Librarian and subscriber here! You are correct about the source of the Jung quote. For anyone interested in exploring the quote in its full context, check out The Red Book: A Reader's Edition on Google Books. The quote starts on page 251 :) https://books.google.com/books?id=mdVAAQAAQBAJ
What a gift to read this - especially for us folks struggling with the darkness within and without right now. Makes us not feel so alone. Beautiful pictures to illustrate what you share too. Thank you 💜
Thanks for your post today Carrie. I feel very similar to what you are feeling. Life is weird right now, but you are not alone. Remember that only in the darkness can we start to see the light. ♥️
I listened to Christopher Reeve’s son talk to Anderson Cooper on Instagram today (or maybe it was YouTube) about grief. It can be a long process and dark —- like the Moon ! 💕
Carrie, what a lovely read today. You went beyond the stuff I've been hearing of late, and though that stuff is heartfelt and intending to soothe and create community, it still smacks of platitudinous easy-to-remember-and-repeat stuff. Granted, that stuff IS needed by many, and perhaps is ALL that many need.
Some of us, however, dwell a bit deeper in the murky depths and you've just now swum past like a fellow denizen of those dark waters. I'm not (for myself, at least) talking about depression, clinical or political or climate-related, etc but just the reality that we've been in and had hoped to see some lighter aspect show itself to us this late in the year.
The fact that such an event or situation didn't manifest is okay, isn't it? It's how we deal with it and how we manage our expectations, reset our intentions and our sense of meaning in the world, re-align with what is obviously reality that really matters.
Again, I LOVE what you shared today and will read it again later this evening. In fact, I think I'd like to share it on BlueSky...
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Great post, grateful for the read on a busy day, it was FAR from a misuse of my precious time.
I don't know you, but I've been reading your posts over the last few months and have wondered what I could possibly say that might give comfort or be ‘helpful’, and I have always come up short. So I have read your words, sent silent love and moved on. But when I read the following that you wrote, I thought perhaps I could show up today:
"... you don’t have to be perfect to show up and support someone else."
Your thoughts about the 'unsettling peace of the Moon' have hit a note with me. In the last couple of years, I have achieved a personal dream of mine. A dream that, before attaining it, I thought:
“if only that, then...”
Then what? I’ll never worry about anything ever again? I’ll always be safe and secure? I’ll never want anything more? Nothing will bother me again? That’s all I’ll ever need? I’ll never ask for anything more?! ha.
Of course, just because I got what I wanted/needed (and I am so grateful for it) the rest of the world did not stop turning, time did not stop, my mind did not rest. The idea that one thing would fix all was an illusion. It’s all still a ‘strange mess’ - but not everywhere and not all of the time.
Thank you for sharing, Carrie - always ‘interesting’ and always ‘helpful’. And, as ever, thanks to you and Annie for the Spacious Tarot.
Librarian and subscriber here! You are correct about the source of the Jung quote. For anyone interested in exploring the quote in its full context, check out The Red Book: A Reader's Edition on Google Books. The quote starts on page 251 :) https://books.google.com/books?id=mdVAAQAAQBAJ
Yesss! Yay for librarians 💙
What a gift to read this - especially for us folks struggling with the darkness within and without right now. Makes us not feel so alone. Beautiful pictures to illustrate what you share too. Thank you 💜
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Thanks for your post today Carrie. I feel very similar to what you are feeling. Life is weird right now, but you are not alone. Remember that only in the darkness can we start to see the light. ♥️
I appreciate this 💕
So grateful for what you share here, Carrie. Realness is such nourishment in these times.
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I love my Penatcles card !💗
I listened to Christopher Reeve’s son talk to Anderson Cooper on Instagram today (or maybe it was YouTube) about grief. It can be a long process and dark —- like the Moon ! 💕
#teampenatcles 😄
Carrie, what a lovely read today. You went beyond the stuff I've been hearing of late, and though that stuff is heartfelt and intending to soothe and create community, it still smacks of platitudinous easy-to-remember-and-repeat stuff. Granted, that stuff IS needed by many, and perhaps is ALL that many need.
Some of us, however, dwell a bit deeper in the murky depths and you've just now swum past like a fellow denizen of those dark waters. I'm not (for myself, at least) talking about depression, clinical or political or climate-related, etc but just the reality that we've been in and had hoped to see some lighter aspect show itself to us this late in the year.
The fact that such an event or situation didn't manifest is okay, isn't it? It's how we deal with it and how we manage our expectations, reset our intentions and our sense of meaning in the world, re-align with what is obviously reality that really matters.
Again, I LOVE what you shared today and will read it again later this evening. In fact, I think I'd like to share it on BlueSky...
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Great post, grateful for the read on a busy day, it was FAR from a misuse of my precious time.
Sending love and a smile your way, in Gratitude.
I appreciate your words and presence! 🙏🏻
Dear Carrie,
I don't know you, but I've been reading your posts over the last few months and have wondered what I could possibly say that might give comfort or be ‘helpful’, and I have always come up short. So I have read your words, sent silent love and moved on. But when I read the following that you wrote, I thought perhaps I could show up today:
"... you don’t have to be perfect to show up and support someone else."
Your thoughts about the 'unsettling peace of the Moon' have hit a note with me. In the last couple of years, I have achieved a personal dream of mine. A dream that, before attaining it, I thought:
“if only that, then...”
Then what? I’ll never worry about anything ever again? I’ll always be safe and secure? I’ll never want anything more? Nothing will bother me again? That’s all I’ll ever need? I’ll never ask for anything more?! ha.
Of course, just because I got what I wanted/needed (and I am so grateful for it) the rest of the world did not stop turning, time did not stop, my mind did not rest. The idea that one thing would fix all was an illusion. It’s all still a ‘strange mess’ - but not everywhere and not all of the time.
Thank you for sharing, Carrie - always ‘interesting’ and always ‘helpful’. And, as ever, thanks to you and Annie for the Spacious Tarot.
Sophie
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Hi Sophie, this is very kind, thank you 🙏🏻💙
Dear Carrie, Surrounding you with loving energy -- an energetic hug -- with all my heart 💕🩷