Find Someone You Like, and Talk to Them.

"I’m astonished by the enormity of the transfers of Gold that I watch every day. It goes on everywhere. 

 

Often when I give a talk, for example, I single out someone and

Speak to Him, putting Gold in his lap. 

I do this to nourish myself. 

I used to  think, 

'What kind of adolescent impostor am I?' 

But one day I was lecturing with  Marie Louise von Franz, one of Dr. Jung’s foremost disciples, and she cheerfully  said, 

“The only way I can lecture is to find Somebody I Like 

and Talk to Him.” 

 

What a relief!

Occasionally after doing this, I tell the person, but mostly, I don’t.  

Generally we don’t exchange Gold well, and much of our Depression and Loneliness revolves around misunderstanding this exchange. 

We run around in a State  of Guilt. 

'I’m a failure.' 

'This isn’t working.' 

'What are they going to think about me?'  

But when you understand the Transmission of Gold, 

you can honor it and not feel  guilty. 

You know something indirect is taking place. 

You can sense it, but you can’t  possess it yet. 

Just try to remember that it’s your Gold that is being held by  whomever or whatever. 

Knowing this gives you a certain dignity, which we all desperately need.  

One reason we have difficulty letting people go — letting our children leave The  House, letting people die — is because we have transferred Our Gold onto them.  

Wherever there is a numinous quality, there is Gold.

 

We cling to people who are the  repositories of Our Gold and won’t let them loose.

 

If you cling to someone and cannot function when she isn’t around —or let her go when she is dying — it probably  means you have put Gold on her. 

It’s understandable that you regret the loss. 

 

But — difficult as it is — you can  

Reclaim Your Projection and Allow Her to Depart.