Spanning the Great Divide

I just returned from Boulder CO and a sandplay therapy conference.  We were busy from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm.  The conference theme was Spanning the Great Divide.  Our lives evolve in spirals I think--we find ourselves at an edge, where we're stuck and uncomfortable--we're dealing with the "great divide."  At this place, there is a tension of the opposites (good/bad, male/female, body/mind, warrior/gentleness, water/fire, earth/spirit, for some examples).  We need this tension, because it creates the energy that enables us to make what has been unconscious conscious, and helps us take that "leap of faith" into more wholeness.  As in yoga, can we stay in this place until the blessing/growth appears (Tapas, which means fire, self-discipline)?  A note--I believe we are never finished with this work.  So don't be surprised if you find yourself once again at that hard place--after you've done so much work and grown so much--it's just the spiral of life.  Carl Jung said, "Wholeness is realized for a moment only," but when we experience this wholeness, we feel it and know it.  In sandplay therapy, we describe this as a numinous moment. This transformation requires our total mind - body - spirit.  Our work  asks that we be both flexible and strong and concentrated--that we have flow and balance.  It's a beautiful, if also messy, process. 

Let me know what your experiences have been.