Cathie Bird, MA, PsyP

Welcome to SoulWorks at Soul Hollow! In this e-space you'll find essays on psychoanalysis, soul healing and self-transformation, as well as links to my blog and other publications.

At SoulWorks I help people explore obstacles to Self liberation. Below are some ideas about Self, Soul and soul healing that ground my practice:

Self: The highest level of Self-expression for each of us is that spark or individuated essence of the whole of Creative Energy that is unlike any other, but is always connected and essentially one with the All of the All That Is. This Self is known in many spiritual traditions by such names as higher Self, Christ Self, Buddha Nature, and Atman, and it operates through the light body. When this spiritual Self takes on an Earth incarnation, it temporarily functions through four bodies of a lower vibrational frequency: physical, mental, emotional and astral.

Soul: The soul is a record keeper, a kind of true-Self blogger that records experiences of the Self as it explores various dimensions of life in the universe. One of our tasks as human beings in this new millennium is soul review or soulwork. If we look at our soul record--and what we find activates our joy circuits--we keep it. If not? That's when soulwork begins! Why is such work necessary? Only when we have sufficiently harmonized our soul's record with true Self-being are we able to absorb the lower bodies and express that Self on Earth in light body form. Everyone on the planet eventually must achieve this--it's a spiritual thing, not a religious one, though many find doorways into this Self-space through traditional religions.

Soul Healing: The best way to access your soul's history is to go directly to your highest level of Self-expression. Depending on your life experience and soul mission, this process may require much training, practice, self-analysis or collaborative study with teachers, guides, analysts, therapists, and other healing practitioners. Your true Self will guide you to healing traditions and practitioners that will help you with your soul work.

 Last update: 26 January 2008