http://lizmead.com/2008/04/07/the-blossom-alchemy/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:37:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://lizmead.com/2008/04/07/the-blossom-alchemy/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Cate Griffiths Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:41:43 +0000 http://lizmead.wordpress.com/?p=34#comment-12 I loved this! I related to the power of the fairy tale narrative voice which caught me in a wavelength that is very receptive to metaphor. The imagery of the castle, chains, fish, tarnished goblet and the ravages of illness are all rich metaphors for the shifts in consciousness that are necessary to real personal and spiritual development. Jung would have liked the timeless imagery. I was impressed with the wisdom of the story, which for me was about the permanence of essence or being and the transience of the world of forms. Being shines through as forms come and go. Skillful living requires that we identify who we are with our eternal being and not with the impermanent world of forms. I loved this! I related to the power of the fairy tale narrative voice which caught me in a wavelength that is very receptive to metaphor. The imagery of the castle, chains, fish, tarnished goblet and the ravages of illness are all rich metaphors for the shifts in consciousness that are necessary to real personal and spiritual development. Jung would have liked the timeless imagery. I was impressed with the wisdom of the story, which for me was about the permanence of essence or being and the transience of the world of forms. Being shines through as forms come and go. Skillful living requires that we identify who we are with our eternal being and not with the impermanent world of forms.

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