“Walnut Trees of Altenburg: The greatest mystery is not that we have been flung at random between the profusion of the earth… — James Hollis Astronomy Copy Share Image
The world is more magical, less predictable, more autonomous, less controllable, more varied, less simple, more infinite, less knowable, more wonderfully troubling… — James Hollis Able Copy Share Image
“When one has let go of that great hidden agenda that drives humanity and its varied histories, then one can begin to… — James Hollis Depth-psychology Copy Share Image
“The goal of individuation is wholeness, as much as we can accomplish, not the triumph of the ego.” — James Hollis Accomplish Copy Share Image
In moments of spiritual crisis we naturally fall back upon what worked for us, or seemed to work, heretofore. Sometimes this shows… — James Hollis Certainty Copy Share Image
Destiny commands... and imposes a sacred obligation to show up in the face of one's desire for a normal, casual life... there… — James Hollis Casual Copy Share Image
“We are not here to fit in, be well balanced, or provide exempla for others. We are here to be eccentric, different,… — James Hollis Authenticity Copy Share Image
“This is an example of what Jung called “the regressive restoration of the persona,” namely, the re-identification with a former position, role,… — James Hollis Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
How many of those who are insecure seek power over others as a compensation for inadequacy and wind up bringing consequences down… — James Hollis Buying Copy Share Image
Doubt is a profound and effective spiritual motivation. Without doubt, no truism is transcended, no new knowledge found, no expansion of the… — James Hollis Certainty Copy Share Image
The act of consciousness is central; otherwise we are overrun by the complexes. — James Hollis Complexes Copy Share Image
We serve the world by finding out what feeds us, and, having been fed, then share our gifts with others. — James Hollis Feds Copy Share Image
The only requisite to entry into the Middle Passage is to have discovered that one does not know who one is, that… — James Hollis Daddy Copy Share Image
There is some debate in professional circles about whether the so-called “midlife crisis” exists. — James Hollis Circles Copy Share Image
We best serve intimate relationship by becoming sufficiently developed in ourselves that we do not need to feed off others. — James Hollis Becoming Copy Share Image
As children we listened to the sound of the sea still echoing in the shell we picked up by the shore. That… — James Hollis Children Copy Share Image
“To leave the comforts of home, the mother world, one must have some place to go. Admittedly, the rites of passage of… — James Hollis Community Copy Share Image
What I refuse to face within myself will meet me in the exterior world through you, not as you are, but as… — James Hollis Exterior Copy Share Image
We are all meaning-seeking, meaning creating creatures and when we experience the loss of meaning, we suffer. — James Hollis Creating Copy Share Image
“Jung has so eloquently written of this biblical admonition: Acceptance of oneself is the essence of the moral problem and the acid… — James Hollis Bible Copy Share Image
The purpose of therapy is not to remove suffering but to move through it to an enlarged consciousness that can sustain the… — James Hollis Consciousness Copy Share Image
“These stories are real, the dreams are real, yet the dilemmas each person faces are founded on the presences that haunt from… — James Hollis Dreams Copy Share Image
“The modern family is one in which the divergent values of our separate souls are supported, valued, encouraged. Diversity is not just… — James Hollis Accepting love Copy Share Image
