What's behind the logo for Bridging Lives?

This is a symbol of two independent curves that together define a larger and more dynamic spherical space. Depending on your perspective, the curves imply movement towards one another or also away from one another. They have the potential to flow either way.

The curves themselves represent beginnings of a spiral. The spiral symbolizes the process of growth and evolution--of coming to the same point again and again, but at a different level, so that everything is seen in a new light, resulting in new perspectives on issues, people, and places. As described by Angeles Arrien in Signs of Life: the Five Universal Shapes and How to Use Them, the spiral process demands flexibility and staying open to new options not previously considered. The paramount task is to support change.

The interaction of the two spirals here creates an apparent circle. Circles symbolize wholeness and the experience of unity. Wholeness in this sense means an aspiration to independence, individuation and a uniqueness of identity. It also suggests health and resourcefulness.

Moving from wholeness also means that we can utilize all of the energy potential available in a person or situation. As described in the Human Energy Hologram, developed by Amayea Rae, this means having awareness, competence and willingnes to access the "yin" and the "yang" energies necessary for balance fully effective functioning in a person or situation. The "yin" is the domain of vision and passion. The "yang" is the domain of mission and action. Organizational cultures and Western cultures as a general tendency strongly emphasize competence in the "yang" of conceptual and material energy fields. at the expense of what is available and necessary from the "yin" energy fields for wholeness.