If Malmanka is about abundance and our relationship with money, what does psychotherapy, and self-discovery have to do with it? A whole lot!
I have recently learnt (and heard again?) about the Personal Iceberg Metaphor, developed by Virginia Satir in the 20th century. Her work was focused on the family, claiming 'if we can heal the family, we can heal the world'. (And to heal the family, we need to heal, rediscover and embrace ourselves with compassion. At least that's how it all adds up for me. When we truly see ourselves without judgement, we are at the source of self-confidence, and self-love. It's an ego-less state, recognizing the universal yearning in all sentient beings for love, acceptance, validation, purpose, meaning and freedom.)
In this deep state of yearning, living in the world in 2023, some reflection of our relationship with money, wealth and welfare is also present. There are actual academic articles written on applying the Personal Iceberg Metaphor to financial therapy! An invitation for me to look into how my yearning for love and acceptance determines my relationship with money.
Browsing through the web thinking about the self, which is in some ways self-less, as it is an integral part of the universe, I came across a quote from Guillaume Apollinaire. About a year ago, attending a coaching course (yes, I did one of those and would recommend it to everyone), my self-saboteur kept telling me not to dream too big, not to go to the edge as I will fall off. My trainer slipped later a post-it to me. It said 'There is no edge'.
So when I read the quote from Apollinaire, it felt like a meaning-making moment:
“Come to the edge,” he said.
“We can’t, we’re afraid!” they responded.
“Come to the edge,” he said.
“We can’t, We will fall!” they responded.
“Come to the edge,” he said.
And so they came.
And he pushed them.
And they flew.
The world is not perfect, there is a lot of suffering, pain and anger in it. And there is an insane amount of beauty and joy in it. By noticing more of the beauty, flying off from the edge becomes an invitation to heal, embrace and just be in presence and at peace.
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