Living an Unlived Life

Living an Unlived Life - doesn't that sound odd given that if you are reading this you most certainly are living, just as I am living writing it! Jungian analyst and author, Robert Johnson has titled his latest book just that. I found myself drawn into what he was saying very deeply. He talks about an unlived life being all those things you have been drawn to, but not done... you know - the woulda-coulda-shoulda moments. These abandoned, unrealised talents and potentials sit with us deep in our psyche and can cause us grief in the lived parts of our lives!
He explains how mythical stories tell us holistic, timeless truths and are a special kind of literature, not written or created by a single individual but produced by the imagination and experience of an entire culture. To help us understand he draws upon the wisdom from a timeless story, the myth of the two Gemini twins - Castor and Pollux. Unified in their childhood they became separated and miserable. In each of us there is a hidden challenge or wish to reconnect with 'the other half or our twin' that we intuitively feel has been lost somewhere over the course of our life. So by using the story of Castor and Pollux to explore the unlived areas of life you can sense as you read what is true for you. In the appendix he has a questionnaire that if you complete will give a sense of where unlived potential maybe in your life. For me the outer life section is where I need to go within and make peace with ignored dreams.