Victoria Fann – When I was first introduced to the Sufi wisdom of seeing our inner spiritual work as a process of untying knots, it immediately resonated. It struck me as a powerful metaphor that brought clarity and insight to the often confusing world of the subconscious. To further illuminate this, I want to take a little side trip here to show how the image of a rope or the act of tying something is used in these common expressions:

“wound too tight”
“bound up”
“unraveling”
“my stomach is in knots”
“my muscles are full of knots”
“tied up”
“hog-tied”
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