Living with soul-awareness
I often feel my individual historical socially constructed self as a web of contractions in my body and a tight system of fixated beliefs and ruminating thoughts in my mind, trapped within itself, running on stress hormones and a nervous-system in fight and flight, constantly judging reality and myself as not good enough. This self is functioning in the world and it is adjusted to the social context, but it feels limited. I also often feel the larger self I know I am, the spacious open awareness, connected to layers of timelessness and wholeness. This larger self is embracing reality as it is, everchanging and always new, and connecting with it is like experiencing (symbolically speaking) the grace of God, being given manna from the sky, drinking from the water of life – it is deeply nourishing and meaningful. This self speaks through archetypal images, often as we know them from myths and spiritual traditions. I will always be both of these selves. Carl Jung describes a simi...