Here’s what I’ve been hearing a lot of lately: “I don’t know how to fix this” “I am overwhelmed” “I can’t hold it together anymore” “I’m exhausted” “Nothing is working”” “I’m FU**ED” “I feel crazy”
Mars Retrograde turned the first three months of 2012 into advanced, required and uncomfortable human coursework. We’ve all been asked to identify and confront the most stubborn, ongoing issues that seemingly evade transformation. Add Mercury Retrograde into the mix and the last month has been a perfect recipe for going CRAZY! Nothing seems to be working, it’s glaringly obvious and yet there’s a cosmic brake on our creative action.
While Mercury is out of retrograde now and Mars is moving out of retrograde over the weekend, I want to collect some of the uncomfortable insights of this challenging human workshop. Over the last few month it has felt like the most obvious principles of good living that I have been studying and collecting my whole adult life, that I even teach people about!! were out the door. That’s the nature of crazy! So today I’m anchoring myself back into the basics.
So here’s the question: what is actually happening when we feel crazy? And how do we get back to creative sanity? (more…)