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Saturday, April 07, 2007

Inner Peace

I have begun utilizing the Zen Garden as a relaxation technique. I actually have two miniature zen (or Rock) gardens. One represents an overarching theme, and the other a more "in the moment" picture of life.


This first garden is the current representation of my psyche. It is very personal but speaks to me of change and growth. There are two rivers feeding into one. One river is very familiar to me, the other is one that I do not know, a new trait, a new aspect of the self. Maybe growth from transition.
This next garden represents an overall theme that doesn't change from day to day but is morely seasonal. The sun is setting over the ocean. There is a raft on the ocean watching the sunset. The white rock is the raft. The dark rock by the white rock is a recent addition. I can only explain it as a Jungian archetype. It is part of the shadow. In this case there is an aspect of the self that is becomming more prevelant that maybe I don't have to fear. The dark stone at the center is the sun cooling off in water awaiting the next days rising. I remember the description of the sun setting in water in Bislama (a Pijin dialect in Vanuatu) "Sun he drown"
So that is the current walk through my less than conscious self, stay tuned for more.