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| "Goddess Rabbit" |
"To me the sole hope of
human salvation lies in teaching Man to regard himself as an experiment in the
realization of God, to regard his hands as God’s hand, his brain as God’s
brain, his purpose as God’s purpose. He must regard God as a helpless Longing, which longed him into
existence by its desperate need for an executive organ." – George Bernard
Shaw
Colleen’s Turn:
When I was a student in the Marion Woodman BodySoul
Leadership program we studied Jung’s interpretation of Nietzsche. Nietzsche’s philosophy was that there
was an experiment that wants to be lived through the Self. His belief was that we are only instrumental in the creative
process; that God/life/the Sacred creates in us and through us. Jung believed that as well, and is reflected when he says that
only people with inflation can assume that they create. You don’t create, you are created; in
creation you are created.
Something makes you do it, something is working through you.
The Native American people share a similar belief. They use
the expression of “becoming a hollow bone.” The elders say that you become the hollow bone so that you
can be filled up with the breath of Spirit so that your purpose may be sung in
harmony with the Great Song of life. Writer Ralph P. Brown says, “If you are
feeling out of harmony with your purpose it may be that you are filled with
your own ideas, thoughts and beliefs to the point that there is no room for the
things of Spirit.” M. C. Richards,
a poet, potter, teacher, and
mystical philosopher refers to this as well when she talks about living
at the cross roads where the visible and invisible worlds meet.
I am committed
to living the experiment that wants to be lived through me. I do my best to stay connected to the
source so that I can hear what wants to come through. I do this by listening to my intuition, taking time for
meditation, and by living a life that includes prayer and gratitude. David Whyte says the soul doesn’t care if you succeed or
fail, it only wants to know if you have lived the life that wants to live
through you. Perhaps these ideas
are worth pondering.
Get Fired Up:
As an intuitive painter I have
experienced firsthand how God can work through me when I get out of the way and
learn to follow my intuition. I
don’t have a lot of art skills, so I depend on something larger coming
through. Perhaps this week you can
try your own experiment. Take out
a piece of paper or a blank canvas and simply begin by choosing the color and
the brush you are drawn to. Ask
yourself - is there an image that wants to be known? Where should I go next? What color am I attracted to? Keep the brushes moving letting intuition be your
guide. See what happens.
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