Brigid Bishop on Life, Love and The Art of Living

On The Outside Looking In

“Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart…

            Who looks outside, dreams.  Who looks inside, awakens."

                                                                                                            Carl Jung

Frequently when under stress or in crisis a client will call and all of their questions will be focused on the object of their affections, concerns are projected outside, and the only “inner” focus is on how terrible they feel at present.

Of course, my position here as an Advisor and Relationship Coach on Keen.com is to answer their questions as honestly and accurately as possible, and deliver even the negativity that may be energetically surrounding their situations as compassionately as possible.

The difficulty lies in trying to communicate to the client that they may very well need to remove their focus from the outside and switch it to the inside.

When in an emotional crisis, many are so focused on what may happen next or why their partner is behaving in a negative way, that it is very difficult to clearly deliver that message, and even when delivered kindly and gently, the client may not be able to hear what I am saying, dismissing the guidance that the cards are delivering to return to their focus questions of  “Why did he?” and "When will he?”.

"Happiness, not in another place, but this place…

                        Not for another hour, but this hour."

                                                                                    Walt Whitman

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