An Image for Analysis
Analysis can be described as journeying through the labyrinth of life to find our centre and then bringing that awareness to our daily living. You might note that at the centre of the Chartres labyrinth is the five petalled 'rose of Sharon' - with its reminder of love and eternity. So the labyrinth is a particularly helpful symbol for the process of Analysis because it is such an old and enduring image of pilgrimage. That is how I see the analytic journey - inviting individuals to consciously travel beyond stuckness past death and into more of life and into love.
Jungian Analysis
The task before each of us is to become more conscious and responsive to what impels us. Deliberately going on this inner journey of analysis is a risk. It means attending to and trusting one’s own experience and taking more responsibility for one’s life decisions.
The Analytical Process encourages individuals to step into their unknown, daring to trust that life has purpose in spite of fear of the contrary. In such a sorting and sifting process, the founder of Analytical Psychology, Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961), identified a pivotal question: ‘What is the particular difficulty in life that disturbs and from which I try to escape?’
““As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.””