Guest guest Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 In a message dated 4/16/2004 12:50:19 PM Central Daylight Time, omagramps410@... writes: >Then I sit i front of the TV and cannot believe my ears. It is one thing to get >something wrong, but to continue on that dangerous path seems to me the height >of stupidity and stubborness. I am not sure what except greed and >fundamentalism is going on in Washington " To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost. " --Gustave Flaubert Namasté Sam in Texas §(ô¿ô)§ Minds are like parachutes; they only function when open. - Sir Dewar A closed mind is a good thing to lose. Some minds are like concrete, thoroughly mixed up and permanently set. ~mrantho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 Dear Alice, I am almost totally consumed lately with world events and also just finishes a new book on " the new economy " Our economic problems are grave also.. My optimistic nature is temporarily under water. I can't remember when so much , in my opinion " wrong " is present in the world. Nightline last night did a program on the life of the " underclasses " and those who are ever thwarted for the " American Dream " It confirmed everything I have beer feeling lately---the poor getting poorer and nobody cares. Then I sit i front of the TV and cannot believe my ears. It is one thing to get something wrong, but to continue on that dangerous path seems to me the height of stupidity and stubborness. I am not sure what except greed and fundamentalism is going on in Washington Yes, I agree the latest pronouncement from the White House has sealed our fate. It will be a religious war, with fanatics on both sides determined to erase the other off the map. Every day the news is worse, and no one ever admits responsibility for mistakes and tries to find a way out. Unbelievable! So when I take Hasi to the park for his walk and sense the peace and beauty of this place and spring on its way, it is hard to remember the rest of the world is going to hell. I can feel the Image of G-d here.Only heartfelt gratitude all the time, always keeps me from wondering if I live in the same world with all this killing,killing killing. The frenzy and hate directed against us is almost overpowering. I can understand some of it,we do think we can run the world. I would almost prefer the cold war days.The issues were more clean cut. It is so hard to remember that we are all One, and that there is a way out if people would just give it room to grow. The inner way is now the only way, because we feel so helpless to stop this slide to the abyss. It is especially hard for me not to get angry at those I see on the screen and then to wish then gone. To love in this situation is not an easy task, even for a saint I would assume.For me, it is a constant reminder to myself to stop gritting my teeth. Some of ther images of how I would deal with all this are not pretty, nor loving.l It is hard to remember the One and the love we all so desperatly need to show. Maybe that is why it is hard to escape too often, to other thoughts. But as for knowing that " all will be well, that all matter iof things will be well " that is something to keep hold of in faith and hope.I guess the D. G. sits and watches TV with me. Heaven is spread upon the earth but men do not see it [Gospel acc to ) Only with the eyes of faith and love can we see this today. I guesss to imprint that within makes the pictures on the TV seem not so bad. anyway, perhaps , our country, at least will step back from certain evil of " knowing " we are right and everyone else is wrong love to you, and yes, it is easier to lok at the present through Jungian eyes. At least it makes a little more sense. love, Toni -- Original Message ----- From: IonaDove@... To: JUNG-FIRE Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 9:11 AM Subject: (no subject) Just convinced a new subscriber to join n nobody writes! I myself have been caught up w/work n find a great many people w/great many probs. But if we, of all people, are able to work on our shadows, that would be withdrawing some fr the collective! I trust u are keeping J in mind as u watch in the news the mutual coll shadow projection going on! Looks like we are headed for a free for all religious war both at home and around the world! But it's like a bunch of octopussies all tangled up within n w/out! Mebbe that's the only way for us to discov the real " Only Way " is WITHIN each one of us! Sigh! Here's a wonderful quore fr J's " Answer to Job " : " The enlightened person remains what he (or she) is, and is never more than his (or her) own limited ego before the One who dwells within..whose form has no knowable boundaries, who encompasses us on all sides, fathomless as the abysms of the earth and vast as the sky. " That ONE is also our Div Guest [self} n dwells in the UNCONSCIOUS! So definitions thru consc are doomed to fail! Sophia can only lead us thru the heart. Moses was the great figure of the Age of Aries n stands symbolically for the evolutionary discovering of the ego - Yahweh= I AM! N as ego could lead his people to the Promised Land but not enter it himself. was the first mortal hero [both parents human] n he sought the Golden Fleece [ram] n in the last 800 yrs of that Age, the first NAMED individuals emerged 800 BC +/- n the opp. constell Libra [law] witnessed the great number of collective laws = Code of Hammurabi, 10 Commandmnts, Tablets of Rome, Buddha's 8-fold path, Confucius etc. etc. Age of Mortal Heros, big-time. Then Age of Pisces required the surrender of the mucho macho ego to the loving service of the One [message of crucifixion] n we still don't get it! The EGO DOES NOT HAVE TO DIE! only our identification w/it! A healthy ego is necessary. 'God can't eat a poached egg! " but we can make it conscious n share it w/our Div Guest. Try it! Takes but a moment to stop n invite yr DG to share in a moment of joy, appreciation, love for some little thing. Not always taking things for granted. When we do this the process of Sophia - ego coniungo - makes a flashing connection to the REAL. This is the function of the " Holy Spirit " , the Paraclete [Grk for Comforter], archetype in fairy tales of Fairy Godmother who boops magic w/her wand topped by a STAR! AHA! Heaven is spread upon the earth but men do not see it [Gospel acc to ]. Seeing it is as Petrus Bonus, alchemist, wrote: to look w/the eyes n see w/the heart! " SIMPLE! does any of this make sense?? if so, let us know! Time for ish communion....... love Silly Old Woman ao The sun shines! It didn't have to. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ pS AM RE-SENDING THIS as it did not appear. Am I missing J-F posts entirely? Help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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