Mine: Imagination, Intuition, Intention
Rudyard Kipling If you don't get what you want, it is a sign you did not want it enough.
Madam Curie Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe we are gifted for something.
Kobi Yamada We all know our ideas can be crazy, but are they crazy enough?
Antoine de San Expery You give birth to that you think.
Julia Child The more you know the more you can create.
DT Suzuki I am an artist of living -- my work is the art of life. Pablo Picasso If you want to draw, you must shut your eyes and sing.
J M Keynes The difficulty is not so much in developing new ideas, as in escaping the old ones.
Robert Lewis Stevenson For God's sake, give me someone who has brains enough to make a fool of himself.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Isaiah 43:19
This is from this month's Forbes magazine. Someone must have bought me a subscription. I did not order it nor agree with everything in it. In the back page, they have memorable quotes, and always one from the Bible.
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not yet know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
This reminds me of possibility, as is "shown" at Landmark Education. You can always create something new from a quiet mind and brave soul. Or a miracle from yourself or God can always spring forth, like a new tiny leaf or branch from the trunk of a spring tree.
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not yet know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
This reminds me of possibility, as is "shown" at Landmark Education. You can always create something new from a quiet mind and brave soul. Or a miracle from yourself or God can always spring forth, like a new tiny leaf or branch from the trunk of a spring tree.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote
This is inscribed on the wall of a church in Manhasset, New York. "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
This may be easier said than done: Be in the present, as Eckert Tolle writes in the The Power of Now, not past regret or sadness, or future worry.
Be strong no matter what the circumstances.
This may be easier said than done: Be in the present, as Eckert Tolle writes in the The Power of Now, not past regret or sadness, or future worry.
Be strong no matter what the circumstances.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
The Transcendent Function by Carl Jung
Many things in life, as Lao Tze wrote, are a function of a yin yang balance: light/dark, female/male, up/down...We are all familiar with the yin yang symbol. Months ago at a Meetup Ken Wilber New York City lecture, I helped organize this program after I was gifted a DVD of The 16 Ways, which features the movement practice Dylan developed. Within five minutes of watching the introduction Dylan Newcomb, a professional dancer who trained at Julliard and is well versed in Integral Theory, gave a talk and display of different energetic ways of being and moving. In them, elements of yin were in yang and elements of yang were in yin in different amounts beyond the traditional symbol. Look him up online. This friendly get-together at my favorite café in New York City, Dante, reminded me of Lao Tze, Wilber and Newcomb.
Jung brings to the forefront how our unconscious and archetypes guide us, whether we know it or not. Through meditation, movement, and relationships, we can uncover our hidden desires, problems, etc. often; others see our shadows and point them out to us. As Harville Hendrix writes, if we are committed in a relationship where we each bring up for the other what we need to complete from childhood, we grow even more than in religion. Both members of the relationship have to be committed to stay and grow.
Other blog posts in the future will expand on some of these elements.
From the article:
• Active imagination can bring forth the unconscious. This is true in art. A great dance teacher, Pearl Lang, pupil of Martha Graham, and cofounder of the Alvin Ailey school, said “Don’t’ think. Dance.”
• Consciousness inhibits the unconscious, which sinks to being hidden.
• Consciousness is directed. The unconscious contains fantasy combination that have not attained threshold intensity. I thought; Perhaps people drink or take drugs – to let their inhibitions go. I think if one is not hooked or harming others and it is not in excess, it may be all right.
• Sips of the tongue come from the unconscious expressing itself.
• Analysis may show us our blind spots.
• The dream or fantasy is to be analyzed as a symbol, not semiotically.
• Dreams may show us our unconscious because the conscience is not there as much with its inhibiting energy. I believe this but not 100 percent.
• The conscious is sometimes needed to direct or inhibit the unconscious. I say: There goes that yin yang balance again. At different times, you may need different elements of each. Examples: Upon choreographing, you need your imagination to run wild, and your conscious to have you make specific steps and time.
• People are often bored and attribute it to the weather (sound familiar) when they are not connected to their unconscious desires, etc.
• There may be a “general, dull discontent, a feeling of resistance to everything, a sort of boredom or vague disgust, and indefinable but excruciating emptiness.” LOL
• Make yourself go in or process your emotional mood first...in and then out...this is great. Often people avoid it by excuses, drink or drugs, small talk, etc. instead of delving in it, really feeling, having an inquiry with themselves and then starting to express and create as in art or talking about it to a good listener.
From the get-together:
• You can look up his essay online. I will touch upon it here and upon the elements of the get-together that stood out for me.
• Christianity can be an attachment.
• Society favors consciousness and reasons, so those related jobs, like accountant or doctor, tend to pay more.
• Perhaps some mental illness or violence is “due to” not having a healthy out for emotions
• Irrational intuition can be a bridge from the subconscious to the conscious
• If you create a vacuum, as in mediation for a few seconds, blind spot, Self and self, and imagination can emerge.
• We can have personas if we are aware of them and not always taken by them
• A good intuition can arise when the conscious and unconscious energy are balance. I say it may be partly hereditary and experiential as well. The energy part may be more than one-third responsible for the good intuition.
• The unconscious and ego must be balanced.
• We can listen to see how much (and if) of another person’s perspective is true.
• Mythological assumption or mythologems, exist in our collective unconscious. As a woman, I can fall into the persona or sexy, diva, motherly etc. instead of having a balance of each as is true in the moment.
• “Consciousness is continually widened through the confrontation with previously unconscious contents, or – to be more accurate—could be widened if it took the trouble to integrate them.”
The transcendent function is the bringing together of opposites.
Jung brings to the forefront how our unconscious and archetypes guide us, whether we know it or not. Through meditation, movement, and relationships, we can uncover our hidden desires, problems, etc. often; others see our shadows and point them out to us. As Harville Hendrix writes, if we are committed in a relationship where we each bring up for the other what we need to complete from childhood, we grow even more than in religion. Both members of the relationship have to be committed to stay and grow.
Other blog posts in the future will expand on some of these elements.
From the article:
• Active imagination can bring forth the unconscious. This is true in art. A great dance teacher, Pearl Lang, pupil of Martha Graham, and cofounder of the Alvin Ailey school, said “Don’t’ think. Dance.”
• Consciousness inhibits the unconscious, which sinks to being hidden.
• Consciousness is directed. The unconscious contains fantasy combination that have not attained threshold intensity. I thought; Perhaps people drink or take drugs – to let their inhibitions go. I think if one is not hooked or harming others and it is not in excess, it may be all right.
• Sips of the tongue come from the unconscious expressing itself.
• Analysis may show us our blind spots.
• The dream or fantasy is to be analyzed as a symbol, not semiotically.
• Dreams may show us our unconscious because the conscience is not there as much with its inhibiting energy. I believe this but not 100 percent.
• The conscious is sometimes needed to direct or inhibit the unconscious. I say: There goes that yin yang balance again. At different times, you may need different elements of each. Examples: Upon choreographing, you need your imagination to run wild, and your conscious to have you make specific steps and time.
• People are often bored and attribute it to the weather (sound familiar) when they are not connected to their unconscious desires, etc.
• There may be a “general, dull discontent, a feeling of resistance to everything, a sort of boredom or vague disgust, and indefinable but excruciating emptiness.” LOL
• Make yourself go in or process your emotional mood first...in and then out...this is great. Often people avoid it by excuses, drink or drugs, small talk, etc. instead of delving in it, really feeling, having an inquiry with themselves and then starting to express and create as in art or talking about it to a good listener.
From the get-together:
• You can look up his essay online. I will touch upon it here and upon the elements of the get-together that stood out for me.
• Christianity can be an attachment.
• Society favors consciousness and reasons, so those related jobs, like accountant or doctor, tend to pay more.
• Perhaps some mental illness or violence is “due to” not having a healthy out for emotions
• Irrational intuition can be a bridge from the subconscious to the conscious
• If you create a vacuum, as in mediation for a few seconds, blind spot, Self and self, and imagination can emerge.
• We can have personas if we are aware of them and not always taken by them
• A good intuition can arise when the conscious and unconscious energy are balance. I say it may be partly hereditary and experiential as well. The energy part may be more than one-third responsible for the good intuition.
• The unconscious and ego must be balanced.
• We can listen to see how much (and if) of another person’s perspective is true.
• Mythological assumption or mythologems, exist in our collective unconscious. As a woman, I can fall into the persona or sexy, diva, motherly etc. instead of having a balance of each as is true in the moment.
• “Consciousness is continually widened through the confrontation with previously unconscious contents, or – to be more accurate—could be widened if it took the trouble to integrate them.”
The transcendent function is the bringing together of opposites.
Luke 10:25-37 The Parable of the Good Samaritan
You may be familiar with this. Look it up here: http://www.jesuswalk.com/lessons/10_25-37.htm
Some say that the only commandment is loving our neighbor as ourselves. How many of us pat ourselves on our back if we live a quarter to a homeless person? How many of use get annoyed if they smell?
In the parable, a main point is that the "non-chosen" people Samaritan helped a distressed person on the road, so he was more in the path of God.
These are both equal: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind" and, "Love your neighbor as yourself." I do not think anyone can follow this 100 percent, not even saints, except maybe at the end of their lives. We must also follow our ego in balance with loving others, because we also have to love ourselves. To me I think we must also think in the long run who is best to be around, because I do not know anyone who gets along with everyone. Perhaps we can try as much as possible to be loving ad kind, and also do what is good for ourselves.
Some say that the only commandment is loving our neighbor as ourselves. How many of us pat ourselves on our back if we live a quarter to a homeless person? How many of use get annoyed if they smell?
In the parable, a main point is that the "non-chosen" people Samaritan helped a distressed person on the road, so he was more in the path of God.
These are both equal: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind" and, "Love your neighbor as yourself." I do not think anyone can follow this 100 percent, not even saints, except maybe at the end of their lives. We must also follow our ego in balance with loving others, because we also have to love ourselves. To me I think we must also think in the long run who is best to be around, because I do not know anyone who gets along with everyone. Perhaps we can try as much as possible to be loving ad kind, and also do what is good for ourselves.
Luke 8:45-56
This passage is about belief and energy. It seemed for a moment that Jesus's power as he said went out from him I don't believe this literally happens. Then again, sometimes if we don’t hang with or touch the right people, they can contaminate us with their energy, or temporarily take ours. The rest of the lines are about faith. She believed she'd be healed, no matter what her past, and she was. In line 8:50, he tells Jarius his daughter will be healed: "Don't be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed."
This reminds me of the Lenny Kravitz song, I have to say. "If you want it you got it, you just gotta believe". This may be the essence of the Secret writings. Do I believe this is 100 percent the Truth? No, because we cannot explain all in the Universe. There are others intentions and also what God wants beyond our wills, perhaps, so that, even if you find what is in your subconscious will, that may not be enough to have the future be as you want. There is always some uncertainty, which is fun and scary.
I suppose Jarius believed, because his daughter was risen from the dead. It is interesting that her spirit returned. Spirit to me can mean the Holy Spirit or her will or her belief and heart, or all.
This reminds me of the Lenny Kravitz song, I have to say. "If you want it you got it, you just gotta believe". This may be the essence of the Secret writings. Do I believe this is 100 percent the Truth? No, because we cannot explain all in the Universe. There are others intentions and also what God wants beyond our wills, perhaps, so that, even if you find what is in your subconscious will, that may not be enough to have the future be as you want. There is always some uncertainty, which is fun and scary.
I suppose Jarius believed, because his daughter was risen from the dead. It is interesting that her spirit returned. Spirit to me can mean the Holy Spirit or her will or her belief and heart, or all.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Saint Paul: Above, Through, In
In one of Saint Paul's Letters, Chapter 4, 1-7, He writes how God is above, through and in us. This corresponds to Ken Wilber's different persons of God in Sex, Ecology and Spirituality, a must read from 1995. I will blog more about Wilber on other days. He writes about the value of thinking of God as above or greater than us or "Thou". I find some value in thinking of Him, Her or It as an old man...Wilber also writes that there is a God in us. We can create as in the "First there was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God..." I take "through us" to mean in relationships, perhaps the hardest endeavor.
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