Guest guest Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 EGO made simple........but PLEASE!! take time to draw what I can't on computer! Jung: the ego complex is the center of consciousness, a comparatively small, yet vital, component of the psyche compared to the personal unconscious. It has helped me enormously to use the following diagrams: 1. Draw a circle = Spirit unmanifest. One cannot define it because area = pi r sq and pi never works out. 2. Draw another circle w/dot in middle = Spirit manifest=mandala. Centerpt = Self [Divine Guest]. Jung defines Self as center n totality of psyche. Only problem: centerpt dwells in the Unconscious!. Other terms: atman, Christ Within et al NB. This symbol also = astronom. the SUN: metal, GOLD! Aha! 3. Draw a small circle on circumference of circle above so it is bisected by line of circumference. Label it EGO. Put yr initials beside it. Jung states that the ego circumambulates the Self! We circle and circle searching for meaning. The words 'circle' n 'search' come fr same Lat. root: circare! NB the ego circle is bisected. Ego functions through duality: 1/2 turned to outer world; 1/2 turned inward. Ego mediates between both worlds making them conscious. [Ego, like Moon, reflects thru consciousness! Moon/masc wh waxing; fem wh waning in some cultures. See Edinger Ego and Archetype. The ego is who we THINK we are; the whole circle is who we REALLY are. The point (which by definition has no dimension) is where we connect to Spirit n where/how Spirit connects to us! NB Logically, therefore, we cannot define Spirit w/mind; only thru heart, awareness! because center dwells in unconscious. Also, The pt which = manifestation proves that we are created. The mysterious pt = Spirit in manifestation. The yod. An opening for Light/Life to shine thru. Also, I suspect, makes a lot of peop who tell us wh God says etc somewhat to be doubted bec "the Tao wh can be defined is not the Tao." On the other hand, if I have a light in my circle then you must have one, too! Aha! I like Cusa's def: God is a circle whose center is everywhere n whose circumference is nowhere. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ego is essential to life in 3-dimensional world. Jung n Teilhard de Chardin agree that task of humanity is to make our world conscious. [God can't eat a poached egg! but we can invite Div Guest to share. This is our gift to Spirit, i.e. making our indiv world conscious. When we die, this is what we render to the collective. Each precious life unique.. Life= a.developing ego; b. identifying w/ego; c. sacrificing identification; d. discovering Self [Div Guest!] . 4. Jung emphasized coniunctio of Sun/Moon [viz alchemy] indicating connecting ego/Self. How? Draw dotted line betw small circle n centerpt. Label this "the only Way" (process, verb!). The process of Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) whose motto is ego coniungo (I unite). NB Viewed 3-dim = dandelion poof! of Krishna/Buddha/Christ/Ain Soph consciousness or goal of 'individuation'. Symb by halos n nimbus in art. Also sheds light on + Trinity: Father = pt; small circle, Son; dotted line = Holy Spirit (Sophia). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This may make sense to some of you. What is true of "God geometrizes" is that sacred geometry is read by the rt brain n by-passes semantics n loaded relig terminology. We are witnessing daily killings on relig grounds that my guy's Only Way is right n yrs wrong! They don't realize that there really is only one Way n it's the same process! experienced by the avatars in different ages n places n cultures who have tried to teach us how not just what. Today as never before we realize how unique each separate human being is fr DNA to chts n paradoxically that very diversity reflects a unity. In astrol, the Sun rules the heart. The sun has many rays. And there is the Sun behind the sun. Phew! love, Silly Old Woman ao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 Ego EGO made simple........but PLEASE!! take time to draw what I can't on computer! N: I have to believe that this way of conceptualizing the Ego must convey a lot to many, so so many Jungians use it. Unfortunately it's never conveyed much to me. I find it much more useful to take another of your concepts, Alice, and apply it here. Thus to me Ego is a verb. It's the guardian of the inner circle of consciousness always trying to exclude all that can't be conveniently integrated into the individual consciousness without being too inconvenient with the culture in which one lives (such as making one feel ashamed perhaps. Or just too different to interact). Yesterday I read some Ego alien material which none-the-less I thought very likely might apply to me. Last night I dreamed of bringing home a foreign twin to one who already was living with 'my family'. None of the persons could be identified as people I knew in real life so I have to think they represented concepts or attitudes which comprised my 'inner family'. I'd suppose that the dream ego was the ' I' who did the 'bringing' into. And attempted to integrate this new member who was related to another I'd already accepted to 'my circle'. Blessings, Jung: the ego complex is the center of consciousness, a comparatively small, yet vital, component of the psyche compared to the personal unconscious. It has helped me enormously to use the following diagrams: 1. Draw a circle = Spirit unmanifest. One cannot define it because area = pi r sq and pi never works out. 2. Draw another circle w/dot in middle = Spirit manifest=mandala. Centerpt = Self [Divine Guest]. Jung defines Self as center n totality of psyche. Only problem: centerpt dwells in the Unconscious!. Other terms: atman, Christ Within et al NB. This symbol also = astronom. the SUN: metal, GOLD! Aha! 3. Draw a small circle on circumference of circle above so it is bisected by line of circumference. Label it EGO. Put yr initials beside it. Jung states that the ego circumambulates the Self! We circle and circle searching for meaning. The words 'circle' n 'search' come fr same Lat. root: circare! NB the ego circle is bisected. Ego functions through duality: 1/2 turned to outer world; 1/2 turned inward. Ego mediates between both worlds making them conscious. [Ego, like Moon, reflects thru consciousness! Moon/masc wh waxing; fem wh waning in some cultures. See Edinger Ego and Archetype. The ego is who we THINK we are; the whole circle is who we REALLY are. The point (which by definition has no dimension) is where we connect to Spirit n where/how Spirit connects to us! NB Logically, therefore, we cannot define Spirit w/mind; only thru heart, awareness! because center dwells in unconscious. Also, The pt which = manifestation proves that we are created. The mysterious pt = Spirit in manifestation. The yod. An opening for Light/Life to shine thru. Also, I suspect, makes a lot of peop who tell us wh God says etc somewhat to be doubted bec "the Tao wh can be defined is not the Tao." On the other hand, if I have a light in my circle then you must have one, too! Aha! I like Cusa's def: God is a circle whose center is everywhere n whose circumference is nowhere. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ego is essential to life in 3-dimensional world. Jung n Teilhard de Chardin agree that task of humanity is to make our world conscious. [God can't eat a poached egg! but we can invite Div Guest to share. This is our gift to Spirit, i.e. making our indiv world conscious. When we die, this is what we render to the collective. Each precious life unique.. Life= a.developing ego; b. identifying w/ego; c. sacrificing identification; d. discovering Self [Div Guest!] . 4. Jung emphasized coniunctio of Sun/Moon [viz alchemy] indicating connecting ego/Self. How? Draw dotted line betw small circle n centerpt. Label this "the only Way" (process, verb!). The process of Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) whose motto is ego coniungo (I unite). NB Viewed 3-dim = dandelion poof! of Krishna/Buddha/Christ/Ain Soph consciousness or goal of 'individuation'. Symb by halos n nimbus in art. Also sheds light on + Trinity: Father = pt; small circle, Son; dotted line = Holy Spirit (Sophia). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This may make sense to some of you. What is true of "God geometrizes" is that sacred geometry is read by the rt brain n by-passes semantics n loaded relig terminology. We are witnessing daily killings on relig grounds that my guy's Only Way is right n yrs wrong! They don't realize that there really is only one Way n it's the same process! experienced by the avatars in different ages n places n cultures who have tried to teach us how not just what. Today as never before we realize how unique each separate human being is fr DNA to chts n paradoxically that very diversity reflects a unity. In astrol, the Sun rules the heart. The sun has many rays. And there is the Sun behind the sun. Phew! love, Silly Old Woman ao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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