There is a spiritual practice called SoulCollage®. The main focus of this practice is to put together a collage that represents various things to you… your inner committee, your community, world archetypes, or totems and chakras. Below is an example of a card I created that represents various voices on my inner committee.
It isn’t simply the making of the card that is the point, but it is exploring the card. If I look at the card and the various images, I can settle into one (or more) of the images and complete the following sentence. I am the one who….
- I am the one who dreams
- I am the one who prophesies
- I am the one who walks towards a voice that calls
- I am the one who is grounded
- I am the one who flies
I could continue on. What became clear to me after I put these images together is that the holy and the worldly are held together in one place for me. That I need the child-like dreamer to be the one who confronts injustice and demands change. That the holy ferris wheel in my head holds together joy and the sacred. That being grounded allows me to fly. And I could still continue on!
Now it is your turn! I have taken a few photos of various situations, people, animals, things. I am presenting them here. I ask you to locate one photo (maybe more), and enter it and complete the statement: “I am the one who ___________________ .”
What did you discover?
How was the process for you?
“The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss – an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. – is sure to be noticed.”
― Søren Kierkegaard, The Sickness Unto Death
“You are — your life, and nothing else.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre, No Exit
The BeZine 
A fabulous post, Terri, and a very fabulous exercise. Thank you, Terri. An edifying process … and I am the one who is at home … as you might infer, there are many layers to that.
Hugs! and Happy Sunday!
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Reblogged this on Cloaked Monk's Blog and commented:
Who are you?
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Thank you, CloakedMonk. I’m standing on the edge of that strange pool of water. Well, according to the ducks it’s water. Does a retired penguin jump in there even when it no longer has to fish to live? One duck shouts, “Jump in! You deserve to just swim for pleasure!” That duck may know how to swim for pleasure, but it sure doesn’t know my teacher.
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Yes, this process penetrates the subconscious into self discovery.
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