Analysis of The Mission of Psyche
A totality:
Human soul, mind, and spirit.
We call the psyche.
The totality of Self.
The Conscious and the Unconscious.
Yet showing tension.
Between these two states.
Personal and Collective.
With a core of complexes.
For psychoanalysis.
And influencing.
Memories, thoughts, emotions.
Our very feelings.
Bitterness to overcome.
Pervasive in our psyche.
Our realities.
Through unconscious processes.
Affect our make up.
Require resolution.
To achieve integration.
What is integral.
For the personality.
Is stability.
The ego and unconscious.
Must work as equal partners.
Dreams offer pathways.
As psychic indicators.
To find solutions.
They are objective products.
Teleological aids.
From the depths of soul.
Come palliative healing.
To restore wholeness.
Mind and body synchronized.
Through spiritual guidance.
Unity restored.
What is broken can be fixed.
A return to Oneness.
Our Individuation.
With the psyche harmonized.
Psyche’s mission, then.
Is to strive toward wholeness.
Seek integration.
Of the various selves within us.
Return us to Oneness.
| Scheme | AXAXB CXXDB EFXXA XDXCC XAABG XGFXX XEHIX XXBCI XHCBB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 00100 1011010 11010 0010011 0100010 11010 01111 1000010 1011100 100100 0100 1001010 101010 100110 01001010 1010 110100 011011 10010 101010 11100 100100 10100 010010 1111010 1101 110100 11010 1101010 001001 10111 1100010 10110 101010 1100010 10001 1110111 001110 101 101010 10101 1110110 1010 101001011 011110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 1,061 |
| Words | 206 |
| Sentences | 44 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 45 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
About this poem
OF BEING AND BECOMING: The teleological mission of psyche is the eternal quest for wholeness, a lifelong journey that requires each individual to become increasingly conscious or more enlightened of his or her self as a uniquely created human being, beyond race, social status, gender, age, or culture, who is “made in the image of God.” This mission appears in several stages throughout our lives, and is a transformative, alchemical process which, from a theological spiritual perspective, is described as a process of becoming; of becoming “a new or whole person in Christ,” as scaffolded in the life and mission of Christ. This process is, of course, not without suffering, and may even require it in order to bring about the reconstruction of our human psyche. In humanistic psychology, it is understood as the path toward self-actualization and validation, with the rewards achieved being the resolution of common social, ideological, cultural, political, psychological, and spiritual conflicts encountered during the earthly journey. more »
Written on April 17, 2022
Submitted by karlcfolkes on April 17, 2022
Modified by karlcfolkes on September 19, 2022
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