Effect of Inner work upon community

[Guest guest]

Jung believed that if each individual does their inner work, the collective

effect of it will be felt in the community and help change it. In the same way

Sufism teaches that there is a positive contribution made to the unfoldment

of the unitary consciousness on Earth by one's inner work upon oneself.

So, the working-through of the veils of one's own ego is actually an aid to

everyone who is doing the same thing... or even those who are not. People

often experience, when engaged in Sufi retreat, that they are working not

only upon themselves but are " clearing " the psychic residue left in the

field of consciousness by their ancestors --- that their soul, at a certain

level, consciously took this stuff on as a service to the planet, to " live

it out " for a time and then transmute it.

When one is able to discern this in oneself or someone else, the only

possible response is one of compassion, and the " holding " of oneself and

others in compassion for who they may temporarily believe themselves to

be is part of the alchemical catalyst for transformation of the individual

and the community as a result.

Ghazaleh

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