There Is a Path
There is a path in life that is uniquely yours to walk. No one else can follow it—not fully, not truly. It is a soul-carved trail, etched into the unseen strata of your unconscious mind, revealed not all at once but step by step, a light beckoning you onward once your heart is ready.
Such a path does not announce itself loudly. It is discerned through moments of stillness, through perseverance during hardships, and through listening—deep and sustained—to the quiet murmurs of the psyche.
The soul communicates not only in crises but also in dreams, synchronicities, and intuitive pulses that emerge like flares from the unconscious. These are the mystic messages that arrive during your waking hours and while you sleep, empowering you with the knowledge of your inner self.
Psychologist Marlin Brenner, in The Therapist Within, offers valuable insights for this journey. He describes how dreams contain both regressive and progressive dynamics. The regressive pull seduces us toward familiar pain, inertia, or false safety—images that tempt us to stagnate or retreat.
In contrast, progressive symbols call us forward. They do not offer guarantees, only invitations into uncertainty, risk, and the radical openness of becoming. The dream, then, places us at a psychic crossroads, a moment where the soul and ego negotiate the next step.
I often remind patients that it is deceptively easy to stay stuck. Doing nothing feels safe, even rational. But there is a psychic cost. “If we stop, we drop,” I say, not to alarm but to reveal a time and pain-saving truth.
Stagnation is not neutral. It breeds symptoms, anxiety, and repetition. We go in circles, like a hamster on a wheel, chewing the same old wounds into deeper grooves.
Yet the psyche longs for evolution. It is teleological, future-focused, growth-oriented, and alive. Dreams are one of its sacred languages. They nudge us, push us, sometimes shake us. Yet, they do not coerce but inspire us to risk transformation, showing us that change is not only possible but inevitable.
And transformation means change. Not the cosmetic kind, but soul change—the alchemical process of becoming more truly oneself.
After forty years as a depth psychologist walking with others through emotional and spiritual crises, I have seen how even the darkest passages contain sparks of becoming. Possibility is always present. But it requires listening—not just to symptoms, but to images and symbols. Not just to fear, but to the faint whisper of destiny calling from the shadows.
The mystic-psychic path involves honoring the soul’s movement without forcing it. It requires discipline and surrender, as well as discernment and openness. To walk your walk means to remain faithful to the deep inner imperative not to abandon yourself when the way grows dark, not to mistake anxiety for a stop sign, or difficulty for misdirection. This resilience is what will guide you through the darkest of times.
Soul growth is not merely self-improvement. It is the unfolding of something sacred. It involves encountering moments of inner wholeness, often fleeting but nonetheless real. They offer glimpses of the Self in its fullness. These moments are not endpoints but initiations. They are thresholds into a mystery that continually deepens. And so, we are called not to complacency but to conscious evolution.
And so, I say: keep walking. Keep attuned to the images, dreams, and strange messages that arise from your depths. Keep risking the next unknown step. This is your path—your sacred trail into the great mystery that is life. The psyche, like the soul, knows the way.
Your only task is to listen and walk onward.