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  • I Cannot Live Without You

    I Cannot Live Without You

    I stand here ironingt-shirtsa green dressyour shirt for work.And think how absurdwith a genocidenot miles away. An endless litany of wordsdrained of all meaning and force.Genocide, ethnic cleansing,displacement, occupation,hostage and liberation.Under siege and mass atrocities. Words without context.Terrorist. Nazi. Zionist. Fascist.Hamas. Antisemitic.Jew. Christian. Moslem.Massacre and holocaust. Slippery collective shadowruthlessly reckless.Animal. Beast.Less than human.Savages. I ease…

  • Wake Whole

    There is a hole in my heart.Tender and whole.Seeking light… How to view these images?Eyes shut. Heart open.With prayer. Greediness for revengenever works.Only backfires.I know this.My father murdered when I wasjust fifteen. Where does the pain go?No where fast.I know this.More than fifty years later. Our suffering…must be more than just that.Stop. Please stop.And turn…

  • Lama Govinda Reviews “The Act of Will”

    To celebrate World Psychosynthesis Day, I thought I would share a document that I found a few years ago while working in Assagioli’s archives. It is a review by Lama Anagarika Govinda (1898-1985) of Roberto Assagioli’s book The Act of Will. Govinda’s review starts out with this very powerful statement, which can apply today as…

  • Some Problems with Jungian Psychology (Part III)

    This is the third and last part of a series that explores psychosynthesis and Jungian analysis based on my article Psychosynthesis and Jung in a Nutshell. In Part I I summarized some of the differences and similarities between Jungian psychology and psychosynthesis. In Part II, I reflected on the relationship between these two great geniuses.…

  • Assagioli and Jung: Reflections on their Relationship (Part II)

    Today marks the 148th birthday of Carl Gustav Jung. This is the second part of a three part series that explores psychosynthesis and Jungian analysis based on my article Psychosynthesis and Jung in a Nutshell. In Part I I summarized some of the differences and similarities between Jungian psychology and psychosynthesis. In this part, I…