152. James Hollis PhD: Dispelling the Ghosts Running Your Life

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1:33 We have clusters of energy, interpsychically, swirling within us 1:47 What froze me at that moment? 2:13 "Complexes" are clusters of energy 2:20 What are the scripts/stories of your complexes? 3:49 There are other agencies (within us) making choices for us that we're not aware of 3:56 Each of us has a frightened and compliant child within us (when we don't speak up and want to) 4:09 It's an old defense 4:50 We have infantile aspects of ourselves that can be triggered and control us 5:05 They are old patterns of adaptation and protection 5:16 Every choice you make, what is it really in service to? (your true self or conditioning?) 5:35 Avoidance, compliance, power-complexes 7:47 Our patterns indicate the presence of clusters of energy 7:52 Jung called them splinter personalities, with storylines and subsequent behavior 8:58 What is the offended energy that is acting out wanting to be conscious? 10:16 There are social constructs that are not inherent to nature or Divinity 14:49 Fear, unlived life, constricted 15:14 Give yourself permission for your life 15:30 Your feelings, energy systems, and dreams tell you if what you're doing is right 16:00 Something inside of us is wishing expression 17:48 Most people don't have self-permission to live the journey the soul wants expressed 18:48 Due to adaptations we lose contact with our guiding source 20:30 Have the courage to live what is right for you 21:33 Be as you are and take that risk 21:53 Something inside of you is constantly yearning for expression through you 22:18 What does the soul want of me? 23:13 What is wanting expression in the world through you? 23:17 Can you bring who you are into being? Your interests, talents. Make a fool of yourself. Explore, take risks 24:34 Our feelings tell us what's right and wrong for us 25:11 When you're doing what's right for you, the energy is there. If not, burnout and depression 26:34 Serve that which wishes expression 29:33 You're living someone else's life if you're operating from their expectations 30:35 Eliminate the power of your old complexes 32:40 The shadow is parts of our personalities we don't want to accept, and see in others 37:50 Evoke conversation with different aspects of your personality 40:49 Free up energies for fuller life expression 41:08 Make your life more interesting 42:09 We are our own worst enemy through fear 42:21 If you live a safe, sheltered life it will be half a life (not a full life) 43:06 You'll be living on autopilot 43:48 You're not there to please them, you're there to see if they can help 44:13 Resistance is reactivation of things governing individual's life 45:44 "Ghosts" are clusters of energy inside of us. How do they influence your life and make choices for you?

[@asadifififaroo]

Thanks so much

[@ylmonkeyU2]

Thank you so much for such a profound wisdom from James Hollis, many of us have been wrestling with this quest for years, especially in the second half of life after we've archived what we've expected ourselves to do, and feeling lost. I love the way he interprets it. Appointment with our souls.

[@tatianakachkovsky]

James Hollis is a gift and a true teacher 💙 Thank you for this conversation.

[@AndrewGMarshallTherapy]

definitely! I was very lucky to be able to interview him a second time.

[@kamilarosinska5404]

❤ James Hollis, a living legend.

[@riikkapauliinaussa1910]

Thank you! The first interview where its acknowledged that there are people who struggle to know what to do with their lives. And quite a many of them that I've come to know, myself included.

[@bink865]

you mean I am not causing trouble by doing what I want to do? I mean, it won't really affect anyone else. but I keep feeling guilty.

[@Destinyofhearts]

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25:50 writing

[@henrykkaufman1488]

Desiring meaning is a circular definition, because what gives things meaning is that we desire them. That, unfortunately, explains nothing.