How we complicate life. We razzle and dazzle others and ourselves and try to make thing harder and more complicated. Fact is, that life can be remarkably straight forward. There is that which nourishes and that which diminishes and destroys. We cultivate one and let go of the other.
Trick is to find out which is which. A sincere soul commented, "Before getting into depth therapy I dreamed I was walking along a busy avenue with a hyper amount of foot street traffic. This guy came out of nowhere and tripped me. I went blind. He held the salve that would cure me. But, I needed to find my way to him as he spoke to me, listen, and slowly reach out toward him so he could apply the ointment."
"Making my way to soul work in therapy was my salve. It opened my eyes. I was going too fast, my mind cluttered. There were things I needed to see and feel but couldn't because my life was cluttered. I slowed down, dreamed and healed. It was slow and that was good because things were complicated and fast before and that got me in trouble."
"You must turn back to the simple things, just as your dream says, to the forest. There is the star. You must go in quest of yourself, and you will find yourself again only in the simple and forgotten things." (CG Jung to Dr. S. Oct. 8 1947) The words of the old sage speak to us of simplicity. We need to simplify. The trickster/sage comes in dreams or synchronous life experiences. We're tripped up, things don't go as we wish, we have to stop, take stock, regroup....simplify.
http://www.drpauldeblassieiii.com/new-blog-1/2015/2/3/you-must-turn-back-to-the-simple-things
