Cosmopsychology

"Every person born into this world represents something new…that never existed before. There has never been anyone like him in the world. For if there had been someone like him, there would have been no need for him to be in the world. Every person’s foremost task is the actualization of their unique, unprecedented and never recurring potentialities and not the repetition of something that another, be it even the greatest, has already achieved." Martin Buber

Cosmopsychology is the study of an individual's unique and evolving expression of consciousness at a particular moment and place in human history. It is a powerful tool for self-reflection and dialogue about your unique path of self-discovery.

All over the earth our earliest ancestors gazed with wonder into the infinite and ever-changing night sky. Over millenniums they observed that cyclic changes in the sky predictably correlated with earthly events that were crucial to their survival like the changing seasons, plant life cycles and the migration of animals. Later they discovered that the celestial patterns they charted were vital in helping them navigate the seas which enabled an expansion of their horizons far beyond the familiar. The age of modernity dawned during the 16th century with a radical shift in consciousness when Copernicus proposed the heliocentric perspective that our earth is one member of a vast planetary family orbiting around the sun.

"Whatever is born or done at this particular moment of time has the quality of this moment in time." C.G. Jung

As our ancestors charted the cyclic changes in the spatial relationships between celestial bodies, they also noted how these cycles correlated with meaningful events and shifts in human consciousness. Every culture developed a symbolic language and mythology to communicate their understanding of the evolving cosmos and its relationship with the many dimensions of the human experience. For example the planets Venus and Mars were named after prominent figures in Roman mythology and are associated with the human experiences of love, beauty, desire and aggression.

"The existence of correlations between the human life and planetary cycles makes it possible for both individuals and societies to understand better what archetypal energies are at work and at what time. It's like knowing the weather report before going out into the ocean to sail or surf. But there is also a deeper advantage: Modern civilization pays a high price for living in a universe that it believes is random and spiritually meaningless." Richard Tarnas, The Passion of the Western Mind

“What is below is like what is above.

And what is above is like what is below,

so that the miracle of the One may be accomplished.”

— Tabula Smaragdina

Consciousness pervades the cosmos and is expressed on multiple levels simultaneously in time and space like Indra's net. Each of us is born as an expression of our cosmos at a particular moment and place in human history and we have a unique contribution to life on our planet. When you trust in the meaning of your place in human history it is easier to create your unique contribution to the symphony of life.

Our journey is expressed symbolically in the form of a mandala, a circular map used for contemplation. This wheel of life expresses the symbolic relationships between cosmos and psyche that are unique for each of us.

"The nature of God is a circle. The center is everywhere and the circumference is nowhere." Empedocles

Everything within the wheel of existence arises from its center, which appears as nothing (no-thing) because it is the One, the infinite that gives birth to all phenomena. Each human being is a unique expression of that from which we all emerge and within which we all live.

"Each person has come into manifestation for a certain purpose and that purpose will be accomplished whether they consider themselves to be the actor or not.” Ramana Maharishi

Cosmopsychology is a powerful tool for self-reflection and dialogue about your unique path of self-discovery. The cosmopsychology perspective can be integrated into any consult upon request. If you are interested, use the contact form below to find out more.

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"Man dissevered from the earth and stars
and his history...
often appears atrociously ugly. Integrity is wholeness,
the greatest beauty is
organic wholeness, the wholeness of life and things, the divine beauty
of the universe." Robinson Jeffers

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