Overtired by multitasking (again) I decided to spend a whole day doing nothing. Assuming I could remember how… After a while my mind was relatively quiet, for a change, and I decided to wash the pots. That’s not exactly demanding – is it? Practically counts as nothing … I ambled through the task, reveling… Continue reading On doing nothing
Tag: Wisdom And Quotes
🌄 Quotes of wisdom promoting conscious wholeness and the symbolic life. 🎨
Old lady, sweeping – lyrics
Old lady sweeps her path, every day In summer it’s dust, they’re making hay In Spring there’s litter, her hand springs “She must be bored.” but she sings In winter there’s snow, her stiff broom! “She must be simple.” well … she’s in tune “She has nought to do” she’s busy; they aren’t “She… Continue reading Old lady, sweeping – lyrics
Dependency v freedom … Erich Fromm
With so much pressure to conform, not only from ‘family’ and one’s place of birth, but nowadays from all sorts of publishing, advertising and social media, it’s hardly surprising that people have crises of confidence about who they are and their aspirations. The pressure to conform is often greatest from those who haven’t dealt with… Continue reading Dependency v freedom … Erich Fromm
Emerson – The foundation of your peace is yourself
Words of wisdom from Ralph Waldo Emerson. “And so the reliance on Property, including the reliance on governments which protect it, is the want of self-reliance. Men have looked away from themselves and at things so long that they have come to esteem the religious, learned and civil institutions as guards of property, and… Continue reading Emerson – The foundation of your peace is yourself
authenticity in an ailing society
A quote from Shakespeare Hamlet. Required reading in these times … This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. Farewell, my blessing season this in thee! Related: psychology, self knowledge, wisdom and quotes 🦉 ©… Continue reading authenticity in an ailing society
Senzar wisdom echoes Jesus’ words in Gnostic gospels
From The Book of Secret Wisdom Stanza IV : … Evil began to invade the Souls of Light … (who were working for the common good. Cultivating crops and building their homes). The darkness endeavoured to confront these Souls of Light with equal, or even stronger, forces of evil. She had already found such… Continue reading Senzar wisdom echoes Jesus’ words in Gnostic gospels
Human evolution – the Senzar language
The prophetic record of human destiny and evolution. I’m very pleased that I bought the book : The Book of Secret wisdom – translated by Zinovia Dushkova but the first couple of readings were completely baffling! Sometimes it seems to be talking of the familiar physical world, and often about the world of Gods… Continue reading Human evolution – the Senzar language
Wholeness and Truth – Buddha
Be ye lamps unto yourselves. Be your own reliance. Hold to the truth within yourselves As to the only lamp. Buddha Possibly more relevant and urgent now as politics seems determined to regress into lying contests and the perversion of psychology into targeting unconscious drives and projections. As Edward Edinger says in The Mysterium… Continue reading Wholeness and Truth – Buddha
A mission statement from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
This feels a suitable moment to quote something positive from a politician, particularly in the USA: A Better World is Possible This year, we’ve experienced the disastrous consequences of disconnected leadership that fails to meet the needs of everyday people and responds to our systemic crises by leaving everyone to fend for themselves. We’ve… Continue reading A mission statement from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
political wisdom from Noam Chomsky
Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it’s from Neptune. Topical quote from Noam Chomsky – topical because very powerful ‘democracies‘ still exhibit the psychology of the school playground (the opposites) while 0.1% own most of the wealth and use… Continue reading political wisdom from Noam Chomsky
consciousness and creativity in the individual
Quote from the book The Pregnant Virgin, by Marion Woodman “The individuation process is described by Jung as an opus contra naturam, which means that one must make an effort to not act instinctively (that doesn’t imply being unaware of our instincts). The psychoid process involves both biological and psychic energies. By blocking the… Continue reading consciousness and creativity in the individual
The Divine Feminine in Gnostic Gospels
There are some eye opening accounts of the feminine in the Gnostic Gospels. These accounts open the door to a consideration of the many personifications we meet in dreams, mythology and works of Art and what they might signify. Gnostic Quotes Quotes form The Gnostic Gospels in italics: “… this (male) creator was a derivative,… Continue reading The Divine Feminine in Gnostic Gospels
religious institution or gnostic psychological transformation
A fascinating quote from The Gnostic Gospels: Jesus said, “I am not your master. Because you have drunk, you have become intoxicated from the bubbling stream which I have measured out … also … he who will drink from my mouth will become as I am: I myself shall become he, and the things that… Continue reading religious institution or gnostic psychological transformation
European renaissance and the Philosophy of Hermes
Philosophical quote of Hermes: “Humanity looked in awe upon the beauty and the everlasting duration of creation. The exquisite sky flooded with sunlight. The majesty of the dark night lit by celestial torches as the holy planetary powers trace their paths in the heavens in fixed and steady metre – ordering the growth of things… Continue reading European renaissance and the Philosophy of Hermes
Beyond creativity, crafts and hobbies (but dont stop!)
I’m always keen to encourage people to make, mend, improve, create ANYTHING, rather than be a passive victim of the drugs of consumerism. But the best aspect of having busy hands goes beyond the product – when one’s hands are busy, the mind has space to be receptive – and this is when the best… Continue reading Beyond creativity, crafts and hobbies (but dont stop!)
easy steps to freedom
Thought for the day: Why does nearly everyone in the supermarket look confused, impatient, lost, oblivious to those around them? Why do they look angry when they get in their £23,000, black, 4 wheel drive, aggressive Shopping Trolley? examples >> Because they have been taken over by advertising, losing their money and freedom. Walking… Continue reading easy steps to freedom
a light in the darkness – individual psychology in consumer society
From the final paragraph of The Mysterium Lectures, by post-Jungian psychologist, educator and therapist Dr Edward Edinger; the essence: “When God is about to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham remonstrates: ‘What if there are 5 righteous people there?’ ‘I’ll save it if there are 50.’ ‘What if there are 10?’ ‘I’ll save the city if… Continue reading a light in the darkness – individual psychology in consumer society
Fullness in the Nag Hammadi Scriptures
Quotes from the Nag Hammadi Gospels, on being filled with spirit – often referred to as fullness. The Secret Book of James: Nag Hammadi Scriptures “No-one will enter heaven’s kingdom because I ordered it, but rather because you yourselves are filled.” “Be filled and leave no space empty.” “Be eager for the word. The first… Continue reading Fullness in the Nag Hammadi Scriptures
taking for granted – a miracle / paradise
The World is a miracle 🎇, yet we take it for granted, says the commentary in “The Hermetica“, page 28. Hermes: How many crafts have been employed, and how many works of art created to form one human being? Statues or portraits don’t just happen without a sculptor or painter. 🎨🖼️🖌️ Has such a sublime… Continue reading taking for granted – a miracle / paradise
A Ridiculous Hypothesis – Most work is an opportunity.
The hypothesis: Everything that we need to do, for whatever reason (other than zero-hours contracts ‘work’ for corporations on a minimum (or less) wage) is an opportunity. Why? That task, and that day, will never occur again, and trying to ‘get it done’ so that we ‘make time’ to collapse in front of the corporate… Continue reading A Ridiculous Hypothesis – Most work is an opportunity.