Great piece! James Hollis has been on the podcast circuit these last few months asking the very question, “what wants to be lived through you?” It’s resonating in the collective. ✨
It brings to mind Tarot’s The Fool. They have to come to Earth to experience duality to make meaning, since everything is one at the source where they originate. If our soul or Self is like The Fool, then every incarnation is a new opportunity to experience a different hero’s journey. If we’re brave enough and have the resources to reinvent ourselves within a lifetime, we might even have aspects of more than one.
The monks would smile at this. You are not the potter. You are not even the pot. You are the clay mid-turn, spinning toward what the Self intends to shape. Resist, and the wheel tosses you. Align, and the unseen hands move with you. The experiment is not yours to control, only to embody. Bless the shaping, even when it feels like breaking.
“If the experiment were denied to the Self, the Self would become satiated after a time and say: ‘Well, the experiment is not worth it, I’d rather disappear.’ Just as its purpose has been frustrated or deprived of nourishment, we will be deprived of life; our libido slips away and leaves us lying there”
Yes, I think there are so many different ways one can go. How does one decide if being vocal about something is correct, like some of the stuff we have now or one is supposed to ignore it and concentrate on your interests and your purpose because we are finding many deceptive tactics that pass as acceptable and it seems to repeat itself for most of our existence as humans. Then there is another way where you can practice more of a Buddhist philosophy and practice peace no matter what. Anyway, there’s so much information and different facets to this that it is not the easiest thing to navigate. Thanks for your sharing and have a nice Sunday ✌️👍🍁
Thank you for your efforts - they are much appreciated - I will contribute when I can - but I wanted to let you know your writings do have a positive effect. Thank you
This is a great article, thank you. I discuss Jung and the origin of the self in my recent art "the necessity of panpsychism". If you have time please go and read it!
Great piece! James Hollis has been on the podcast circuit these last few months asking the very question, “what wants to be lived through you?” It’s resonating in the collective. ✨
It brings to mind Tarot’s The Fool. They have to come to Earth to experience duality to make meaning, since everything is one at the source where they originate. If our soul or Self is like The Fool, then every incarnation is a new opportunity to experience a different hero’s journey. If we’re brave enough and have the resources to reinvent ourselves within a lifetime, we might even have aspects of more than one.
The monks would smile at this. You are not the potter. You are not even the pot. You are the clay mid-turn, spinning toward what the Self intends to shape. Resist, and the wheel tosses you. Align, and the unseen hands move with you. The experiment is not yours to control, only to embody. Bless the shaping, even when it feels like breaking.
“If the experiment were denied to the Self, the Self would become satiated after a time and say: ‘Well, the experiment is not worth it, I’d rather disappear.’ Just as its purpose has been frustrated or deprived of nourishment, we will be deprived of life; our libido slips away and leaves us lying there”
I feel like this is me. What do I do?
Yes, I think there are so many different ways one can go. How does one decide if being vocal about something is correct, like some of the stuff we have now or one is supposed to ignore it and concentrate on your interests and your purpose because we are finding many deceptive tactics that pass as acceptable and it seems to repeat itself for most of our existence as humans. Then there is another way where you can practice more of a Buddhist philosophy and practice peace no matter what. Anyway, there’s so much information and different facets to this that it is not the easiest thing to navigate. Thanks for your sharing and have a nice Sunday ✌️👍🍁
Thank you for your efforts - they are much appreciated - I will contribute when I can - but I wanted to let you know your writings do have a positive effect. Thank you
I also appreciate your writings!
This is a great article, thank you. I discuss Jung and the origin of the self in my recent art "the necessity of panpsychism". If you have time please go and read it!
Read 12th Planet
Isn’t this describing Taoism?
Impressive, wonderfully done
Love Jung and all he wrote and did and those who follow him !
Looking forward to your Substack!!!!