Polarities on the Spiritual Journey: Sentence Completions

Polarities on the Spiritual Journey Complete a few of the following sentences without too much analysis or logical thinking, Just let the pen flow. Copy this sheet and /or just stuff it into your Tallit bag. Slip it into your Siddur when you davven. Let its personal reality bring you to a deep Kavvana. 1. CATERPILLAR, COCOON \ BUTTERFLY. If I am a caterpillar becoming a butterfly, As I pierce through to authentic reality beyond the dancing shadows I will I feel 4. ENSLAVED\ FREED\ LIBERATION I am so free that if I wanted to I could My cocoon is I am so enslaved, I cannot even I am becoming 2. ASLEEP, DREAMING\ AWAKE As I engage in practices that may yet lead me to the liberation I desire, I remind myself: I am dreaming that 5. IMPURE, TAINTED \ PURE, HOLY My nightmare is I am awake within this dream and I say: My sweet dream is My comfort level about my felt degree of purity ranges between I feel "impure" when I As I become more emotionally and spiritually cleansed I realize In the process of awakening I notice I feel stagnant and unclean when 3. ILLUSION, SHADOWS \ REALITY This is as real as 6. CLOUDED, THE DARK \ CLEAR, ENLIGHTENED I feel clear when This illusion extends to When I feel dark I I let in light during my daily activities by 8. LOST, DIVERTED\ THE PATH To find a vision of power I go I can allow the light to be with me even more by My true path is 7. FRAGMENTATION \ WHOLENESS When I feel disconnection I usually My guide is This helps me to 9. EXILED \ HOME My true home is When I feel more whole I try to remember When my exile is over I will 7B. INADEQUACY\ FULFILLMENT I embrace fullness by 10. HOLDING ON\ LETTING GO\ BEING REBORN As I fully let go, surrender, and die I I give up my habitual cynicism, when I I let go of the numb 'playing dead' and truly smTender when I When I feel empty inside I usually One of the ways for me to feel reborn is 7C. OVER-FULL, PRESSURED \ EMPTY I become more empty by 11. JADED ADULT\ INNOCENT CHILD As I embrace the child within me I can I let go of my inner chatter, the constant turmoil of fears by As I drop my sense of guilt, blame and shame my child within wakes up and says As I approach a quieter mind, a peaceful heart I begin to notice that 12. DECAYING WILDERNESS \ TREE OF LIFE My way to the Tree of Life winds through