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idonttakethislightlyI didn't get at first why gossamer_musings had chosen the word "embodiment" to refer to connecting with or acting in line with your archetype. I'd generally used embodiment in the somatic sense, rather than as an identity/purpose that wasn't physically my form.
But having chatted with Julian about its choice of word, and also having thought harder on my own life, I get it now. My connection to my own body is tightly intertwined with whether I'm aligned with my conceptual purpose. Conceptual starvation doesn't just make me unhappy, it throws off my eating and sleeping habits, my relationship to coffee and internet-surfing, as well as my general sense of presence and engagement with the world around me.
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gossamer_musings had chosen the word "embodiment" to refer to connecting with or acting in line with your archetype. I'd generally used embodiment in the somatic sense, rather than as an identity/purpose that wasn't physically my form.But having chatted with Julian about its choice of word, and also having thought harder on my own life, I get it now. My connection to my own body is tightly intertwined with whether I'm aligned with my conceptual purpose. Conceptual starvation doesn't just make me unhappy, it throws off my eating and sleeping habits, my relationship to coffee and internet-surfing, as well as my general sense of presence and engagement with the world around me.
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