Anjuelle Floyd

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  • Of Food, Proximity, and the Need for Choice…

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    Interactions between mothers and daughters hold many complexities. Every mother is someone’s daughter. And every daughter has a mother. The nature or lack of interactions between mothers and their daughter influence and affect a minutia of interpersonal aspects for the daughter and reflect upon the many strands that connect a daughter’s mother with her mother,…

  • …Married Life–why I write…

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    Loving, Impermanence and The Illusion of Self… August 1, 2010 by Anjuelle Floyd I recently read he 20th century Tibetan Buddhist master, Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche’s commentary on Lama Mipham’s The Wheel of Investigation and Meditation That Thoroughly Purifies Mental Activity. Khyentse Rinpoche writes in the commentary, “Instead of being convinced that there is a…

  • Loving, Impermanence and The Illusion of Self…

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    I recently read he 20th century Tibetan Buddhist master, Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche’s commentary on Lama Mipham’s The Wheel of Investigation and Meditation That Thoroughly Purifies Mental Activity. Khyentse Rinpoche writes in the commentary, “Instead of being convinced that there is a self-entity, we realize that self is a mere concept.” His words immediately drew…

  • Art, The Muse and Beholding The Other…

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    The Muse then is that most terrified of all the virgins. She starts if she hears a sound, pales if you ask her questions, spins and vanishes if you disturb her dress. We might start off by paraphrasing Oscar Wilde’s poem, substituting the world “Art” for “Love.” Art will fly if held too lightly. Art…

  • Marriage, Terror, and Seeing into the Choreography of Souls…

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    So much of marriage is about seeing the other, your spouse, and allowing your true self to come through, i.e. being seen yourself. My novel, “The House,” chronicles the experience of a woman, Anna Manning, during the last 3 months of her marriage wherein her husband, Edward, has withheld aspects of his true nature from.…

  • Who Am I: What Do I Really Want?

    Who Am I: What Do I Really Want?

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    According to Jungian theory, the shadow aspect of one’s personality contains any, and everything that falls out of alignment, stands apart, from the ego ideal. The writer must examine the central character’s values, those held by her or his family, mother, father and culture, to gain a sense of how the Shadow archetype might manifest…

  • Archetypes and Story

    Archetypes and Story

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    Much like the gods and goddesses of Hinduism and Yoruban spirituality reflect the forces of the human mind and heart, archetypes display aspects and dimensions of character and personality. They show the various degrees of evolution of the human soul from birth to death.

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