Standing Naked Before God (Know Thyself)

Carl Jung defined individuation as the process by which a person becomes a psychological individual, a separate indivisible unity or a whole. A lifelong process but most notable in the second half of life.  No doubt the same line of thinking as the Alchemist’s in the Philosophers’ stone where in the process was disguised as turning base metal into gold.  It begins with “know thyself”, the inscription on the ancient Greek Temple of Apollo at Delphi.  We cannot say, think, or do anything that is not colored by our particular way of seeing the world.  To connect to the divine, we must let go of our ego, acknowledge our imperfections, and confront our fears, desires, and shame (becoming naked to ourselves).  Only then will we harness our inner gold.