Soularize 2018 with Bill Plotkin - Part 2

Starting this month, we’re going to share some videos from Soularize 2018. This series was produced with assistance from the technical staff at the Center for Action and Contemplation. There are eight videos showcasing teaching sessions with Bill Plotkin of the Animas Valley Institute and an additional video featuring a question-and-response conversation between Fr. Richard Rohr and Fr. Jim Clarke.

In Session 2, Bill invites a man to share a story from his morning wandering after Session 1. Bill then introduces the group to four subpersonalities mapped to the four directions. In the North are the Loyal Soldiers and in the South are the Wounded Children. To the East are the Escapists and Addicts and to the West are the Shadow Selves.

To help illustrate these subpersonalities, Bill invites four of his colleagues from Animas Valley to embody the archetypes. Along the way we learn that these subpersonalities form in the “war for childhood survival,” and though they do not mature along with us, they can be recognized/acknowledged and given new tasks in each of our efforts to become whole.

Approximate length: 1 hour