I think Nietzsche's interpretation of Heraclitus' thought would be helpful in understanding more. The tension these antipodes create is important for Nietzsche, tautening the bow-string to shoot an arrow is the famous metaphor, using this tension to propel thought, human evolution. Also the notion that "virtues undermine themselves eventually" in Nietzsche's thought I was reminded of in this.
@@yourenodaisy5401 v relatable... I doubt I really got it when I came in contact with the myths as a kid is there anything in particular you would suggest rereading? (If not no worries... currently working through a campbell book that might touch on merlin)
@@golden_age_creatrix reading Cambell as an older teenager and in my 20’s made all the difference in understanding the mythology of Merlin. I’d say my whimsical fascination with Merlin brought me to the reality of Joseph Cambell
The quality of our dreams is both a reflection of our thoughts and actions as well as a general foreshadowing of the fate of our souls in the next life...A nightly, temporary karma that beckons us to change - for the good - so as to avoid a more permanent karma❤️🔥 Beauty(🌷)+Complexity(🌎) =Intent(❤️) The Figure 8 Analogy: An analogy on life, death, the dream-state and the symbolism intertwined within the human experience. We human beings are not traveling in the abstract motion of a straight line towards death (for instance, the numerical straight line of say 1-89). Instead, we are moving in the motion of a figure 8. The Figure 8 is a natural repeating pattern that is divided into two halves and is thus the perfect symbol to represent the human life cycle and our two primary states of existence that we are continuously moving in and out of -the Awake state and the Dream state. When we awake from sleep we come full circle to when we fall back asleep (represented by the bottom half of the figure 8 )and when we go into the dream state we come full circle to when we awake from the dream state (represented by the top half of the figure 8 ). Upon death; the figure 8 of life untwines, but it’s not the body untwining from the mind that this analogy represents. It's two states of mind untwining to form a larger state of mind (8-0)… Because the awake state is really a state -of mind, with our body's physical reality "consciously" intertwined; and the dream-state is also a state of mind with our body's physical reality "subconsciously" intertwined. Therefore; upon death, these two states of mind untwine to form a “larger” state of mind. A state that has all the potentialities of the dream-world (flying, telepathy, psychokinesis, etc) combined with all the actualities of the awake world(nature, form, bonds, etc). This I refer to as the transitional analogy. While conceiving The Figure 8 Analogy, I realized life and death must be perceived -from one point of view- as seperate entities(the transitional analogy(8-0), but must also be perceived -from another point of view- as inseparable entities(the symbolic analogy👇), both of which are ultimately linked by the dream-state. The “Symbolic Analogy” consists of the untwined figure 8 of life/the “circle of death” ( O ) abstractly overlapping the ‘circle of life’ (Earth(🌎)with the overlapping area representing the dreamstate-like the common area in a Venn Diagram-and implies that the dream state is just as much a part of life as is of death (by which explains precognitive dreams, prodromal dreams, "visitations" by deceased relatives, etc) for the dream-state has a foothold in the afterlife; and is based on the premise that “while our body sleeps our dream state symbolically represents the state that awaits upon our body's ultimate rest.” In other words, while we are lying down and sleeping/dreaming, this natural process symbolizes where we go when we're ultimately lying down/dead -to a place like our dream-state...A state "of mind” with our body's physical form+Earthly bonds eternally engrained and intertwined. 🪬👁️~8~👁️🪬
Let's get into it! What is the homunculus in the center of the stone? The image of yourself that you see when you peer into the retina of someone else and see your own reflection rolling around their eye. The head quarryman told Jung that the stone was a mistake. What does it really mean to be the chief cornerstone? Let's get granular. What does it mean to the be or to experience the Salt of the chief cornerstone? Please talk about Jung's encounter with Christ where Jesus tells him that he brings the "Beauty of suffering". That experience he had with Christ is the way forward for humanity and like the stone that the builder refused, this is why the Red Book was bound like a bible, its the continuation of the tradition of biblical prophets. What is a nekiya? Why did Jung say that he used to believe that he was the center of the temple in the mandala but came to learn that he was just a lowly shoe polisher in an alley next to the temple? I need to hear about it. Please talk about those deeper aspects. Your student is super cute, I'm sure you know that Dr. wink wink nudge nudge a nods as good as a wink to a blind bat
Hope to address all of this in the future. I’m still learning jung and will likely do an entire presentation on what Christ means to him at some point.
"a lowly shoe polisher in an alley next to the temple" shoe, feet, earthly, groundedness, below, chthonic, worldly, human - polish, to make shine, to beautify, to resolve/minimize blemishes with effort - alley, small pathway, not a thoroughfare, behind buildings/edifices, often shaded/dark, strewn with refuse - temple. I don't know, just my cursory thoughts and concept associations that help me understand what Jung was trying to say with that statement. I think he may have been being a little overly modest when making that statement.
@@lajphd Well, I'm glad to see that you're going for deeper cuts than most TH-cam commentary on his works. Answer To Job and Job's ability to see behind God's back is a particularly intense thing, as is his invitation to allow into yourself what he called the Spirit of the Depths. Many of these books should have come with a disclaimer; these experiences found within are rending in a way that even the most fervent nihilist really can't escape from or deny if they're really having an honest and fair go at dipping into the deeper waters of Jung's thoughts and expressions. Be careful, especially with the Red Book, the implications of it are so monolithic that they blot out the sun of our culture. We just haven't come to understand or appreciate it yet. Maybe not until something truly devastating happens on the worldstage that forces us to. Cheers. Looking forward to more videos.
There's a whole chapter on the mandala in Ego and Archetype by Edward Edinger.
@@GriffinMinotaur dang! Gonna need to borrow!!!
Maybe we should collaborate on that one?!
Not a deep comment but that lady has the most smileliest eyes
I think Nietzsche's interpretation of Heraclitus' thought would be helpful in understanding more. The tension these antipodes create is important for Nietzsche, tautening the bow-string to shoot an arrow is the famous metaphor, using this tension to propel thought, human evolution. Also the notion that "virtues undermine themselves eventually" in Nietzsche's thought I was reminded of in this.
that's a great point! I foresee doing more on Kubrick, Jung, and Nietzsche in the future and will likely bring the matter up there.
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I missed you. Jung is fascinating.
More on Merlin please!
working on it! lol!!! Books are in the mail!
I had an obsession with Merlin when I was a kid… caused me to read as much as I could about him, I feeI I was too young to read most of that material
@@yourenodaisy5401 v relatable... I doubt I really got it when I came in contact with the myths as a kid
is there anything in particular you would suggest rereading? (If not no worries... currently working through a campbell book that might touch on merlin)
@@golden_age_creatrix reading Cambell as an older teenager and in my 20’s made all the difference in understanding the mythology of Merlin. I’d say my whimsical fascination with Merlin brought me to the reality of Joseph Cambell
This is about how to square your circle.
@@dougmccartney7341 💯
The quality of our dreams is both a reflection of our thoughts and actions as well as a general foreshadowing of the fate of our souls in the next life...A nightly, temporary karma that beckons us to change - for the good - so as to avoid a more permanent karma❤️🔥
Beauty(🌷)+Complexity(🌎)
=Intent(❤️)
The Figure 8 Analogy:
An analogy on life, death, the dream-state and the symbolism intertwined within the human experience.
We human beings are not traveling in the abstract motion of a straight line towards death (for instance, the numerical straight line of say 1-89). Instead, we are moving in the motion of a figure 8. The Figure 8 is a natural repeating pattern that is divided into two halves and is thus the perfect symbol to represent the human life cycle and our two primary states of existence that we are continuously moving in and out of -the Awake state and the Dream state.
When we awake from sleep we come full circle to when we fall back asleep (represented by the bottom half of the figure 8 )and when we go into the dream state we come full circle to when we awake from the dream state (represented by the top half of the figure 8 ). Upon death; the figure 8 of life untwines, but it’s not the body untwining from the mind that this analogy represents. It's two states of mind untwining to form a larger state of mind (8-0)…
Because the awake state is really a state -of mind, with our body's physical reality "consciously" intertwined; and the dream-state is also a state of mind with our body's physical reality "subconsciously" intertwined. Therefore; upon death, these two states of mind untwine to form a “larger” state of mind. A state that has all the potentialities of the dream-world (flying, telepathy, psychokinesis, etc) combined with all the actualities of the awake world(nature, form, bonds, etc). This I refer to as the transitional analogy.
While conceiving The Figure 8 Analogy, I realized life and death must be perceived -from one point of view- as seperate entities(the transitional analogy(8-0), but must also be perceived -from another point of view- as inseparable entities(the symbolic analogy👇), both of which are ultimately linked by the dream-state.
The “Symbolic Analogy” consists of the untwined figure 8 of life/the “circle of death” ( O ) abstractly overlapping the ‘circle of life’ (Earth(🌎)with the overlapping area representing the dreamstate-like the common area in a Venn Diagram-and implies that the dream state is just as much a part of life as is of death (by which explains precognitive dreams, prodromal dreams, "visitations" by deceased relatives, etc) for the dream-state has a foothold in the afterlife; and is based on the premise that “while our body sleeps our dream state symbolically represents the state that awaits upon our body's ultimate rest.”
In other words, while we are lying down and sleeping/dreaming, this natural process symbolizes where we go when we're ultimately lying down/dead -to a place like our dream-state...A state "of mind” with our body's physical form+Earthly bonds eternally engrained and intertwined.
🪬👁️~8~👁️🪬
Where can i find the other episodes?
Which episodes are you referring to?
@@lajphd the other jung episodes on patreon. I could not find information about the podcast
@@iammraat3059 www.patreon.com/realeyesradio
@@lajphd thank you Dr Luke
Read Robert sardello.get your mind out of these personality cults.
@@kenbranaugh8251 do you recommend anything in particular?
Let's get into it! What is the homunculus in the center of the stone? The image of yourself that you see when you peer into the retina of someone else and see your own reflection rolling around their eye. The head quarryman told Jung that the stone was a mistake. What does it really mean to be the chief cornerstone? Let's get granular. What does it mean to the be or to experience the Salt of the chief cornerstone? Please talk about Jung's encounter with Christ where Jesus tells him that he brings the "Beauty of suffering". That experience he had with Christ is the way forward for humanity and like the stone that the builder refused, this is why the Red Book was bound like a bible, its the continuation of the tradition of biblical prophets. What is a nekiya? Why did Jung say that he used to believe that he was the center of the temple in the mandala but came to learn that he was just a lowly shoe polisher in an alley next to the temple? I need to hear about it. Please talk about those deeper aspects. Your student is super cute, I'm sure you know that Dr. wink wink nudge nudge a nods as good as a wink to a blind bat
Hope to address all of this in the future. I’m still learning jung and will likely do an entire presentation on what Christ means to him at some point.
Thanks for stopping by! You seem to have superior knowledge of these subjects!
"a lowly shoe polisher in an alley next to the temple" shoe, feet, earthly, groundedness, below, chthonic, worldly, human - polish, to make shine, to beautify, to resolve/minimize blemishes with effort - alley, small pathway, not a thoroughfare, behind buildings/edifices, often shaded/dark, strewn with refuse - temple. I don't know, just my cursory thoughts and concept associations that help me understand what Jung was trying to say with that statement. I think he may have been being a little overly modest when making that statement.
@@robnaugle4149a lot to unpack here!
@@lajphd Well, I'm glad to see that you're going for deeper cuts than most TH-cam commentary on his works. Answer To Job and Job's ability to see behind God's back is a particularly intense thing, as is his invitation to allow into yourself what he called the Spirit of the Depths. Many of these books should have come with a disclaimer; these experiences found within are rending in a way that even the most fervent nihilist really can't escape from or deny if they're really having an honest and fair go at dipping into the deeper waters of Jung's thoughts and expressions. Be careful, especially with the Red Book, the implications of it are so monolithic that they blot out the sun of our culture. We just haven't come to understand or appreciate it yet. Maybe not until something truly devastating happens on the worldstage that forces us to. Cheers. Looking forward to more videos.