The longing for our potential
Is there an unclear longing in you, a drive towards something unknown, a whispering in your inner world which is hard to comprehend but feels deeply significant? Is there a feeling of something hidden inside of you which wants to become visible? Do you feel you have something you need to express and manifest in the world, but you are not quite sure how yet? In his famous book The Souls code: In search of character and calling the jungian thinker James Hillman describes this as our unique image or pattern, which we are born with and are here to express and give shape. He calls it the acorn-theory: like an oak starts as a potential - an acorn, every person has a uniqueness that asks to be lived, a calling which is already present before it can be lived. And every person has a soul-companion, a daimon, which is reminding you of your calling and helping you to align your life with the calling. The calling and daimon is something transcendent, beyond time and space. So the work of a lifet