EntAspirant
The homeland of nothing whatsoever is the true abode.
Joined Apr 2022
more guardians of the depths.
"Sagara was one of eight serpent kings who acted as protectors of the Dharma in ancient India. His residence was at the bottom of the ocean."
"On the Indian subcontinent, temples have been dedicated to the worship of serpents since the dawn of civilization.
Both Buddhism and Hinduism adopted nagarajas and naginis (serpent kings and their consorts) as
protective divinities and depicted them like human beings."⏬️
"The Buddha thereupon conjured mountains
peaks covered with jewels
beautiful scenes of every sort / adorned with countless gems
And on each jewel-covered peak
the Buddha could also be seen
and standing at his side
Ravana the yaksha appeared...
And after they had spoken
these buddhas and bodhisattvas vanished
only Ravana the yaksha remained / standing inside his palace...
”Where did those cities go
those radiant buddhas, those sugatas
were they a dream or an illusion?"
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from the depths of the unconscious, having passed through the Shadow,
gone beyond.to the very depths,
"After seven nights the Buddha has risen
from the sea where leviathans dwell
from the palace of the Serpent King, Sagara
happily he has come to this shore."
Lankavatara sutra
here's why MAGA thinks they're saved no matter what crimes they perpetrate.
all they have to do is "believe"🙄😑☠️
"In some Christian belief systems,
an antinomian is one who takes the principle of salvation by faith and divine grace
to the point of asserting that the saved are not bound to follow the moral law contained in the Ten Commandments.
Antinomians believe that faith alone guarantees eternal security in heaven, regardless of one's actions."
"The effect of suggestion is due to the release of an unconscious dynamic,
and the more unconscious this is, the more effective it will be.
the split between conscious and unconscious increases the danger of psychic infection and mass psychosis.
With the loss of symbolic ideas the bridge to the unconscious has broken down.
Instinct no longer affords protection against unsound ideas.
Rationality without tradition and without basis in instinct is proof against no absurdity. "
Jung, Aion
"Most people do not have sufficient range of consciousness to become aware of the opposites inherent in human nature.
The tensions they generate remain for the most part unconscious, but can appear in dreams.
Traditionally, the snake stands for the vulnerable spot in man:
it personifies his shadow, i.e., his weakness and unconsciousness.
The greatest danger about unconsciousness is proneness to suggestion ."
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"Between the conscious and the unconscious there is a kind of "uncertainty relationship,"
because the observer is inseparable from the observed
and always disturbs it by the act of observation.
In other words, exact observation of the unconscious prejudices observation of the conscious and vice versa.
Thus the self can appear in all shapes from the highest to the lowest, inasmuch as these transcend the scope of the ego personality in the manner of a daimonion."
Jung, Aion.
"Then deep in the fathomless dark was born an infinitesimal spark.
Slowly it rose from the bottomless depth, and as it rose it grew until it became a star. And the star hung in space just opposite the figure,
and the white light streamed upon the Lonely One."
Wickes,The Inner World of Man.
"Then I saw that on the shaft there hung a human figure that held within itself all the loneliness of the world and of the spaces. Alone, and hoping for nothing, the One hung and gazed down into the void. For long the One gazed, drawing all solitude unto itself."
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nearly sunset.
a maple rejoices at magnolia magnificence across the street.
This is the zen practice of bare recognition:
"we don’t hang on to anything passing through our mind,
and we don’t try to get rid of it, either."
"a safe place we can come back to
no matter where we are and anytime we want.
the island of our true self.
Within ourselves there is a safe island we can come back to, the storms of life cannot shake us.
One of the Buddha’s phrases is attadipa saranam, which means taking refuge (saranam) in the island (dipa) of self (atta)."
THICH NHAT HANH
"Psychologically speaking, "that sweetest thing" corresponds to
the self,
which is indistinguishable from the God-image.".
Carl Jung, Aion.
on sale:
a study of the mythology that destroyed indigenous culture/wildlife that could explain what drives MAGA today.
"Regeneration reads at times like a noirish variation on Frederick Jackson Turner's influential The Frontier in American History, a vision in which genocide, white supremacy, and environmental exploitation are the real engines driving the nation's expansion.
Slotkin's grim tour of the United States' collective cultural history demands a wide audience. --John M. Anderson
"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.”
"spiritual practice is possible for all of us.
You cannot say, “I’m just too busy, I have no time for meditation.”
No. Walking from one building to another, walking from the parking lot to your office,
you can always enjoy walking mindfully, and enjoy every one of your steps.
Each step you take in mindfulness can help you release the tension in your body,
release the tension in your feelings,
and bring about healing, joy, and transformation."
spiritual practice without religion, or with it. it's optional.
"spiritual practice can be done at any time of the day;
it isn’t necessary to set aside a certain period exclusively for “Spiritual Practice” with a capital S and capital P.
practice can be there at any moment, as we cultivate the energy of mindfulness and concentration.
with mindfulness and concentration, your action becomes a spiritual practice.
With mindfulness, you breathe in, and there you are, well established."
both sides now, integrated and made whole.
"I have known good and bad,
sin and virtue,
right and wrong;
I have judged and have been judged;
I have gone through birth and death, joy and pain, heaven and hell;
and what I realize in the end is that I am in all and all is in me."
EntAspirant
The homeland of nothing whatsoever is the true abode.
Joined Apr 2022