I remember once waking up feeling low and tired every morning, no matter how much I had slept. Do you feel the same way now? Are you depressed, exhausted, a little of both but it’s hard to tell precisely which? Do you feel lonely, sometimes? Often? Too often? Are you anxious that your loneliness will never end?
Do you wish that something in your life would change? You may not know precisely what or why but presently life seems so boring. You want to do something about it but you don’t know what. Do you eat but don’t enjoy your food? Are you eating less or are you overeating? Do you miss the sense of satisfaction and contentment you remember having before? Do you have a growing curiosity over your personal needs or a passion to discover what they are now and how they have changed? Do you need to talk to someone who understands what you are experiencing? Would you like to make new friends?
If you answered yes to just one of these questions call Sophie at 0917-5276279, or Rose at 0916-3023763, or Marina at 892-4610 or Lito at 898-3826 and make your reservations for something I have written about earlier, the Basic Jung Seminar. It begins on Feb. 8-9 (Thursday to Friday) and continues on Feb. 15-16. It will introduce you to Carl Jung but better than that it will introduce you to a whole new way of knowing and loving yourself.
It is the beginning of a year and all new years begin sluggishly. You get out of bed and nothing much happens. You feel miserable and nothing much tries to pull you out of the doldrums. Dig into your pocket and try this Jung seminar. I have grown to love it and have been actively pressuring the Friends of Jung to launch early this year. I did this because I realized the tremendous good it does and I believe more people should take it.
Let me make a confession. Last year I was feeling very low, on the verge of being depressed maybe. Since I have had experience with depressives, I know I am not one, so I don’t like to take anti-depressants. My worst depressed performance is I want to stay in bed. So I do but after a couple of hours I get up and plunk myself in front of the TV set. There I sit like a lump staring at the screen. After a few hours I realize, I don’t know if I really watched or even understood anything. All I know is I sat feeling like a heavy grey cloud. Maybe I will eat. All day I drag myself around in my nightgown. It gets dirtier by the minute and eventually I crawl back into my bed and sleep, well into the night. Another day has ended.
I awaken early the next day and notice that my nightgown is dirty. I remember I did not bathe the day before. Yuck! I rush to bathe today. My depression is over. Nothing to worry about really if it passes in 24 hours. Many people just cannot move when they are depressed.
Anyway, last year I was given to that mode of depression. Then I decided to take the Basic Jung course again. It improved me, moved me to experiment with a class I call Joy of Self-discovery. It uses the technique learned in my Joy of Writing class to explore our inner selves. That improved me even more. Today, it is the beginning of the new year 2007 and I have not had one slow day. I am teaching more often. I have not been able to begin my knitting classes though I would like to and I am feeling a lot more optimistic than I did last year. This massive change in mood began with the Basic Jung seminar.
So you see, you must take my advice. I test the things I recommend so I know for sure they are good. That is, of course, if you want to change. After all in this life, the only constant is change. You better believe that and you better be ready for it.