“Solitude is not an absence of energy or action, as some believe, but is rather a boon of wild provisions transmitted to us from the soul.” BelieveSoulActionEnergySolitudeAbsenceProvisionBoon Author:Clarissa Pinkola Estes
“To create one must be able to respond. Creativity is the ability to respond to all that goes on around us, to choose from the hundreds of possibilities of though, feeling, action, and reaction and to put these together in a unique response, expression or message that carries moment, passion and meaning. In this sense, loss of our creative milieu means finding ourselves limited to only one choice, divested of, suppressing, or cendoring feelings and thoughts, not acting, not saying, doing, or being.” MeanMomentsFeelingsAbleActionTogetherChoicesPassionLossAbilityActingCreativityCreativePossibilityExpressionGoes OnFindingsMessagesUniqueResponseReactionsCarrieSuppressingMilieuAction And Reaction Author:Clarissa Pinkola Estes
“Asking the proper question is the central action of transformation- in fairy tales, in analysis, and in individuation. The key question causes germination of consciousness. The properly shaped question always emanates from an essential curiosity about what stands behind. Questions are the keys that cause the secret doors of the psyche to swing open.” ActionCausesSecretBehindsConsciousnessDoorsKeysEssentialsTransformationAskingCuriosityTalesAnalysisFairyFairy TaleSwingsEmanateIndividuationSecret Doors Author:Clarissa Pinkola Estes
“One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Struggling souls catch light from other souls who are fully lit and willing to show it.” WorldSoulShowsLightActionCan DoPowerfulStruggleWillingYour SoulLitCalmingStormy Author:Clarissa Pinkola Estes
“Asking the proper questions is the central action of transformation. Questions are the key that causes the secret doors of the psyche to swing open.” ActionSpiritualityCausesSecretDoorsKeysTransformationAskingSwingsSpiritual AwarenessSecret Doors Author:Clarissa Pinkola Estes
“Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach... One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Soul on deck shines like gold in dark times. The light of the soul throws sparks, can send up flares, builds signal fires, causes proper matters to catch fire.” WorldSoulShowsLightActionCan DoDarkPowerfulFireTasksGoldShiningYour SoulSparksSignalsStretchingFixingDeckCalmingStormyDark TimesFlare Author:Clarissa Pinkola Estes
“Solitude is not an absence of energy or action, as some believe, but is rather a boon of wild provisions transmitted to us from the soul. In ancient times, purposeful solitude was both palliative and preventative. It was used to heal fatigue and to prevent weariness. It was also used as an oracle, as a way of listening to the inner self to solicit advice and guidance otherwise impossible to hear in the din of daily life.” WayBelieveSoulSelfActionUsedEnergyImpossibleAdviceListeningSolitudeAncientAbsenceHealGuidanceDaily LifeFatigueProvisionInner SelfWearinessBoonOraclesAncient Times Author:Clarissa Pinkola Estes
