Underworld Journey Part 1

Carl Jung Preported that a meeting with the Psychological Unconcious was called "The Underworld". In this episode, I speak to this Psychological Dimension. We often get called to the Underworld in moments of great change. In the wake of shocking news, the death of a loved one, extraordinary loss. Etc. The Underworld has many mystical and mythological components. I do not go into them in this episode. Instead I approach the Underworld from a very practical and applicable viewpoint. Sharing my own experience of the Underworld from a mundane perspective. And, most importantly, the ground we travel at the first gate of the Underworld. What resistance to dropping into looks like. I also provide an applicable map. 

Reflections to accompany this episode.

Evaluate how your identity is tied up with the thing that is going to die? 

How much of it is an attachment to fantasy, illusion, or the way things “should” be?

Often, what keeps us from the emotional alchemy of the Underworld is our resistance to being with what is. With reality. What “isness” do you know you will face if you go into the pain, that you are actively avoiding? Sometimes naming it helps relieve the tension against it. 

A lot of the suffering that we encounter is actually our resistance to giving up a piece of our identity because the ego doesn’t want to let it go.

We can ask ourselves this question, who am I if I don’t have this story? This romance? This partner? This person?  This job? This house? Etc. And that brings us into a closer relationship to the alchemy that is trying to happen.

The deity of the Underworld severs all of our attachments with ruthless compassion. It is one of their primary functions. The severing is in service to revealing the naked truth of who we are. Revealing deeper levels of soul. Creating true soul intimacy. Because all we have at to cling to at this stage in our journey is our soul, and the truth that is trying to emerge. This is the gateway of rebirth. 

The entire Underworld Journey, wants to happen because the thing we are attached too is no longer true.  

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