EntAspirant
The homeland of nothing whatsoever is the true abode.
Joined Apr 2022
"this period of Jung’s life has been variously psychologically categorised as
a creative illness, a psychotic episode, or even madness.
But within Sufi mysticism, these experiences are considered normal and
within the realm of individuals at an advanced state of spiritual evolution.
Sufis do not denote such an exercise as “mad” or “wrong”; the journey is undertaken purposefully,
and the individual’s experience is supported and facilitated by a guide."
imitation & flattery?
beware.
René Girard observed that imitation is rooted in envy
the desire
not to be like you
but to BE you
to replace you.
mimicry becomes rivalry becomes resentment becomes rage and destructiveness.
"death came to me that night, from the dying that engulfs the world.
I saw how we live toward death, how the swaying golden wheat sinks together under the scythe of the reaper, like a smooth wave on the sea-beach.
He who abides in common life becomes aware of death with fear. Thus the fear of death drives him toward singleness. He does not live there, but he becomes aware of life and is happy, since in singleness he is one who becomes, and has overcome death."
Carl Jung The Red Book.
an interesting topic, pdf available from academia.edu, for any who dare.
i couldn't find another source.
On the Divine and Eternal Solitude of the Star: Jung’s Seven Sermons mirrored to Sufi mysticism.
"a reflection on his mystical experiences held up against those found in Sufism, revealing commonalities to the paths embarked upon by seekers of truth through initiation, confrontation, annihilation and self-realisation."
anyone seen this?
"A journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House."
this resonates with current events.
"Setting fire to the wheel":
expression for a catastrophic revolt of all the original components of the psyche
a conflagration resembling panic or some other uncontrollable, and hence fatal outburst of emotion.
The catastrophe is explained by the central position of the so-called "tongue," the diabolical element whose destructiveness is an essential part of every psyche.
the fiery centre in us from which creative or destructive influences come."
to discriminate: the essence of conscious realization.
In this sense Leviathan and Behemoth represent stages in the development of consciousness whereby they become assimilated and humanized.
The fish changes, via the warm-blooded quadruped, into a human being, and in so far as
the Messiah became, in Christianity, the second Person of the Trinity,
the human figure split off from the fish hints at God's incarnation.
previously missing in the God-image, therefore, was the human element."
"the doubling of the shadow often met with in dreams,
where the two halves appear as different or even as antagonistic figures.
This happens when the conscious ego-personality does not contain all the contents and components that it could contain.
Part of the personality then remains split off and mixes with the normally unconscious shadow, the two together forming a double—and often antagonistic—personality."
"begin breathing into your belly. Keep your mind entirely on the belly as it rises with every in-breath and falls with each out-breath.
Breathe deeply, maintaining full attention on your abdomen.
Don’t think.
Stop all your ruminating, and just focus on the breathing.
If we master the ways of calming and steadying our mind, we can pass through the storms of emotion with relative ease."
this morning
trial tension maybe?
something.
turn the light around.
notice.
stop.
do you have ideas?
or do ideas "have" you?
notice whole process of breathing, the inside, the whole lived body.
tension relaxes on outbreath,
energy increases on inbreath.
today's flow emerging.
"Meditation is offering your genuine presence to yourself in every moment.
It’s the capacity to recognize clearly that every moment is a gift of life, a gift from the Earth and sky.
In Zen, this is known as the joy of meditation.”
"Waking up this morning, I smile:
Twenty-four brand-new hours are before me.
I vow to live each moment fully and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion."
“To the Dharma treasury of the self–existent mind /
free from defilement or belief in a self /
may the Buddha teach us the path /
to the knowledge found within ourselves."
who or what is "The Buddha”?
This is not a name given by a mother nor a father, nor a brother, nor a sister,
nor by friends and companions, nor by kindred and relatives,
nor by recluses and brahmans, nor by deities.
It is the name for the ultimate liberation of enlightenment of the Blessed One,
together with the omniscient knowledge received at the root of the Tree of Wisdom;
it is a designation based on realization, that is to say, this name “the Buddha.”
Mindfulness of Breathing.
just discovered this about Libra today 👌🏽
Pierre d'Ailly says:
For Libra is the human sign, that is, of the Liberator of humanity,
[the sign] of a prudent and just and spiritual person.
Kepler, in his Discurs von der grossen Conjunction (1623; p. 701), says that
God himself marked "such
great conjunctions as these with extraordinary and marvellous stars visible in high heaven, also with notable works of his divine Providence."
a worthwhile destiny.
design for what's possible, even now, especially now.
explore with expanding consciousness.
Climate Change is affecting mental health of young people.
"More than 55% of young people in a global 2021 survey said that climate change made them feel powerless, and 58% felt betrayed by their government.
On the flip side, studies suggest that individuals who take action to combat climate change can also help to curb their eco-anxiety: a double win."
EntAspirant
The homeland of nothing whatsoever is the true abode.
Joined Apr 2022