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  Laurie Corzett January 22, 2012 at 12:31pm

  Transformation

  Transformation is not about butterflies
  flitting about, capturing our awe.
  It is the heart of pain
  you cannot feel for me.
  Searing cauterization,
  what would be condemned
  as unethical treatment
  of secret wounds
  bound up in tattered consciousness.
  Bit by bit, then all at once
  losing the thread,
  spacing out the conversation
  not quite catching the gist of
  why I am here and now.
  Did it ever make sense?
  How could I believe my lies?
  That papier-mache world
  I gave my soul
  sucked dry
  in enduring service
  was never true.
  I would cry
  but that would be too easy.
  The pain would dribble down;
  fascinated by the rainbow glisten
  I would count my misfortunes
  watch them spin
  pennies falling into a rose-glass jar.
  Filled with resolve,
  I would go back out into the fray,
  fight another day, and another
  until by decimating degrees
  I might fall defeated, dead and gone.
  But death is only an act
  of transformation.
  The whole play depends upon
  the spinning out of the tale.
  First you love, then you lose,
  then you do hard labor
  stoking the fires of Hell,
  breaking the rocks of Eternity,
  cleaning the rotting sewers
  of collective untreated waste.
  Stench, pain, nausea
  beyond bearability
  wrenches, renders, discorporates
  transforms.
  Not like changing
  into a bright, enchanting costume.
  Changing utterly
  because no other choice
  exists.
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  Ed Koffenberger January 17, 2012 at 7:22am

  Welcome Wendolyn,

  Glad you found and decided to join the Alliance. Your website is great and I love the name Soul Story. I like to combine narrative therapy with depth psychology both heavily invested in believing our stories are our lives. Our own metaphors are our lived reality. Hope you will have a chance to look through all the blogs, forums, and groups to find people with similar interests. I look forward to your posts.

  Ed
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  Bonnie Bright January 16, 2012 at 12:40pm

  Hi Wendolyn. Welcome to the online Depth community. I love your web name and direction of your website. My wonderful co-administrator here, Ed Koffenberger, also has a strong connection to theater so maybe the two of you will connect around that.

  Meanwhile, once you have a chance to explore the site a bit, I think you'll find a dynamic group of likeminded people who are all fascinated by the field of depth psychology. Our members come from many walks of life--artists, writers, doctors, healing professionals, counselors, students, business people, etc--so there is much cross-disciplary knowledge and experience here to be shared.

  On that note, I hope you're finding opportunities to engage as you browse the vast content and interact with others. You may want to consider joining the online book club if you haven’t already—There's a new author each month, and you can jump in at anytime and participate at whatever level you wish. Even if you don't have the book for this month, you can read all the comments that have gone on so far and get a feel for the story--or Feb. 1 will bring a wonderful new book from Jungian Analyst Erel Shalit as well as a special online study group on Astrology.

  In case you need detailed help getting started and navigating the site, please use the following link-- http://www.depthpsychologyalliance.com/page/navigating-the-site --and please don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions at all! I look forward to seeing you around the community~Bonnie Bright, Founder

  

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