Season: Fall 2014

Lecture - Unity of Portland

Building Conscious Relationships

Jerry M. Ruhl
Sep, 19 2014
Individuation, reaching our fullest potential, is a natural process for every human being. Like plants, we blossom and thrive given the right environment. That environment is always some form of relationship – whether with spouses, family members, friends, intimate partners, or even colleagues. We will consider the changing nature of relationships, the necessity of conflict, ... Read more
Workshop - Tualatin Hills Nature Park Interpretive Center

Slender Threads: Our Connection to the Deeper and Greater Aspect of Being

Jerry M. Ruhl
Sep, 20 2014
Slender connecting threads are at work in all our lives, guiding and shaping us. This program explores the value and process of paying attention to those subtle, invisible influences (sometimes called fate, the hand of God, or unconscious processes) as they appear in dreams, synchronicities, relationships, run-ins, symptoms, and physical illness. We will discuss the ... Read more
Lecture - Unity of Portland

Jung, Spirituality, and the Body

Erica Lorentz
Oct, 17 2014
The individuation process demands that we return to our personal unconscious and our archetypal roots.  Jung invites us to honor and understand archetypal forces that push into consciousness from the somatic unconscious. This lecture will investigate the importance of witnessing and working with archetypal energies when they emerge through embodiment. These experiences are often pathologized, ... Read more
Workshop - Tualatin Hills Nature Park Interpretive Center

The Body as Shadow: Listening to the Somatic Unconscious

Erica Lorentz
Oct, 18 2014
Jung observed repeatedly that transformation can only take place “if we are in our bodies, otherwise it is like the wind blowing in the desert.”  The body is often regarded as mechanical and unimportant; although there is now renewed interest in sensori-motor research, the imaginal, and the body-psyche connection.  In this experiential workshop, we will ... Read more
Lecture - Unity of Portland

Emotion: The Moving Force of Experience

Beverley Zabriskie
Nov, 14 2014
There is no experience without emotion. Our daily lives, our nightly dreams; our interior realities and outer relationships; our fantasies, myths, and religions; our arts and sciences; careers and investments – all are informed by emotion. From ancestral times to the here and now of today, emotions initiate our actions, infuse our musings, and fashion ... Read more
Workshop - Unity of Portland

Emotion: The Moving Force of Experience

Beverley Zabriskie
Nov, 15 2014
There is no experience without emotion. Our daily lives, our nightly dreams; our interior realities and outer relationships; our fantasies, myths, and religions; our arts and sciences; careers and investments – all are informed by emotion. From ancestral times to the here and now of today, emotions initiate our actions, infuse our musings, and fashion ... Read more

“In each of us there is another whom we do not know. He speaks to us in dreams and tells us how differently he sees us from the way we see ourselves. When, therefore, we find ourselves in a difficult situation to which there is no solution, he can sometimes kindle a light that radically alters our attitude – the very attitude that led us into the difficult situation.”

Collected Works, Vol 10, para 325

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