I have to share this chuckle. Being humanist means I often get accused of not "picking a side"--because the "side" I pick doesn't prioritize abstracts at cost to human lives. Even then, I'm still too radical for some. Consider this criticism I received today... from a friend!
"Have you considered that your arguments might be more complete, more balanced, more pleasing, more persuasive if you recognised the common, human failings shared across the political spectrum?"
🙃 Ah well.
is this the "bad people on both sides", i.e., "we're all sinners" argument?
Pretty much bang on, friend! This is a conservative friend who forgets how often we talk about issues with certain actions and rhetoric among my fellow-thinkers on the left, the moment we get to discussing issues on the right as well. 🙃 He takes it very personally, while affecting a political centrism I know isn't accurate.
But thanks, too, for the chance to touch base. How's your I Ching practice faring? Is this a good time for your mind and overall health? I hope you're doing well.
it's been awhile now since i felt the impulse, but the last couple times, the advice was letting the lake fill, then opening the gates to let the water flow to avoid flooding.
and using fire to heat water for use, at another.
it's working so far👍🏼
qi gong practice is keeping me moving, gradual improvements.
now reading Jung on the anima animus in researching the renewal of metaphor.
how about you?
Oh, that is wholesome! Jung got a bad rap in recent years when a certain Canadian psychologist, boosted to fame via transphobia, published texts based on his trash interpretations of the work.
Nevertheless, the original texts are quite lovely and thought-provoking. May the reading reward!
As for me:
I'm not stretching or moving my body enough, but I'm hoping to change that by rebuilding better routines over the course of my current "gratitude" fast.
Small steps on my end, too. :)
re: Peterson. right. i haven't read those particular texts, but from what i've seen, it seems he's become "possessed" by the archetypes instead of integrating them. not good.
he's sucked up some moments of Jung's still somewhat rigid concept of woman/man and turned it into an idol instead of doing the work of integrating. a victim of the typical projection/transference he's supposed to help others avoid.
sad, very sad. he thinks he's Moses, or, as my shrink says, he thinks he's god.