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Metaphor
Deep Knowing: Trusting in Something Bigger on Eggshell Transformations with Imi Lo
It was such an honor to be interviewed on Eggshell Transformations with Imi Lo. I loved talking to Imi about deep knowing and why/how metaphor connects us with what is greater than ourselves. Here’s the link to the interview: https://www.buzzsprout.com/415966/10693815 Enjoy!
Metaphor is embodied wisdom.
Metaphor is embodied wisdom.
We commonly think of metaphor as something poets use to embellish their language and a tool of the left hemisphere. We also commonly view it as “not real.” We say, “that’s just a metaphor.”
But metaphor is much more than that.
When we engage with a key metaphor, it connects us with a realm of deep wisdom that lies below the surface of our consciousness. Through metaphor, we directly connect with the creative forces of our world.
We can spend lots of time learning techniques for how to make better decisions. We can make action plans, write lists of pros and cons, and study with experts.
Or, we can step into a realm that organically shifts our ‘sense of being’ and facilitates healing and clarity.
Check out my Psychology of Metaphor course here
Square energy is helpful if you’re feeling anxious or need to set boundaries.
In my work with clients, the Square metaphor shows up frequently.
You would think that in our hyper-linear, go-go-go, ‘always on’ world that we live in, most of us would have square energy mastered.
We don’t.
I can’t tell you how many workshop participants have told me they “hate” squares. They prefer circles or spirals. They view the square as rigid, masculine, and “un-spiritual.” When it shows up they try to round the edges or turn it into something else.
While circles and spirals are beautiful, the square is absolutely necessary for creative and visionary people.
Square represents strength, fullness, safety, and the ability to hold clear boundaries without wobbling. The square is masculine, sturdy, strong, and protective. It gives us the ability to not be pushed around by external chaos, our own inner traumas, or the opinions of others. When you push on something that’s square, it won’t tip or wobble.
Square energy is especially helpful if you’re feeling anxious, weak, overwhelmed, having difficulty setting boundaries, or saying no. It’s necessary when we want to create or build something, and it’s the image that shows up for any kind of addictive tendency.
In our current world that offers us daily doses of fear….hunger, extremism, authoritarianism, climate change, and so on….we need sturdy square energy more than ever.
An image that brings square energy could be a building, house, box, table, or doorframe.
TRY THIS…
On a piece of paper, slowly draw an image of a square in a conscious and meditative way. Intuit whether you feel like drawing a small square or a large square (size is also a metaphoric quality that will give you potent information about what your inner self wants right now.)
As you draw this square, do you feel its clarity, definition, and focus? When you work square energy in your life, you get this same clarity and definition.
To strengthen its power, institute things into your day that are clear and defined. You might create a schedule, plan your meals, set a timer for how long you are going to do a particular task, and so on.
And remember… you are not “inside” the square. You ARE the square. There’s a big difference.
P.S. Now I’ll tell you something shocking. Trump doesn’t have ANY square energy—he has no sense of self. Putin, same. That’s why they act out. They don’t have a sturdy sense of themselves. When we have a sturdy sense of ourselves, there is no need to act out.
“It’s not what you look at, it’s what you see.” – Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau said, it’s not what you look at, it’s what you see.
“When life brings you lemons, make lemonade.” “There’s another opportunity around the next corner.” “Better stick to the straight and narrow.” “Everything feels heavy.”
These four aphorisms all reveal very different perspectives on life.
We can read hundreds of self-help books and spend thousands of dollars on therapy, or we can change the metaphor through which we view our world
When we change the primary metaphor that’s influencing and motivating our actions, we change our lives.
What’s the metaphor through which you see the world?
By the way, you can purchase my Psychology of Metaphor course here