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Where Inspiration Becomes Manifest
 
by Nicole L. Cromer, Ph.D.

 

As winter’s grasp loosens and we see the emergence of Spring’s new life, we are invited to celebrate the divine feminine within each of us. We are beckoned to pull forth from within ourselves, the new inspirations and creative impulses that have gestated in winter’s slumber.  In doing so, we can invite our budding insights and successes into the light and warmth of spring to be seen, held and experienced. Just as it is with the ecstatic moment of a new baby’s birth, we can look to our unfolding and forming potentials with the absolute bliss of meeting for the first time, a spark of life that we have known for some time in a more secret and internal way. This is the moment where inspiration becomes manifest. This is Spring.

While we have waited for the warmth of longer days within the dark and cold discomfort of winter, it is important to remember the value of the time that enveloped and incubated those sacred seeds of the lush new growth that we now see all around us.

The divine feminine is the innate capacity within all living things, male and female, to create, renew and transform. The renowned Swiss Psychoanalyst, Carl Jung, spoke about the individual’s capacity for psychological rebirth, describing it as the achievement of transformation of one’s personality. As we all know, changing oneself is not easy work.  It can be downright excruciating because the patterns and defenses that we decide to remove or update, were initially put there with dire purpose. These were the ways in which we protected ourselves. These were the guardians that stood at the threshold, keeping us safe from various psychological threats to ensure that we could survive. The shedding of these once loved, but now defunct and obsolete giants becomes essential. They must be released in order for us to be reborn. But it hurts.

Identifying the maladaptive patterns that occlude our happiness is an essential part of the shedding process. We must know what we are releasing in order to do so effectively. But how can this be done? By its very nature, the unconscious holds out of awareness the fears and conflicts that have been deemed overwhelming or un-pretty. Time to journey into the shadows. As Jung explained, “One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” So into the darkness we must go to find the answers we seek. There are many different approaches one can undertake to access the depths within, but what they all hold in common is the requirement of a willingness to see truth. This is daunting, indeed, so we must remember that the divine feminine renews. That after winter comes the spring.

 

Alan Cohen

Nicole L. Cromer, Ph.D. specializes in Psychotherapy and Tarot services. Visit her and check out her blog at ComprehensiveFreedomPsychotherapy.com.
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