Comments on: The Crown Jewel of Creation http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/01/21/the-crown-jewel-of-creation/ Positioning within the Imaginal Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:48:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Richard Reeve http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/01/21/the-crown-jewel-of-creation/comment-page-1/#comment-4684 Richard Reeve Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:39:26 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=1501#comment-4684 Gregory, Indeed, the combination of the opposites, east and west, finding balance and right relationship...that is the path to wholeness...Thank you for your insights. Gregory,
Indeed, the combination of the opposites, east and west, finding balance and right relationship…that is the path to wholeness…Thank you for your insights.

]]> By: Gregory Reading http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/01/21/the-crown-jewel-of-creation/comment-page-1/#comment-4683 Gregory Reading Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:27:54 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=1501#comment-4683 Richard, in my quest to allow my "inner witness" or "true self" to simply BE, I become aware that my simple being is not satisfied. It wants to move, to learn, to grow, to share.... So my ego and Self - East/West, if you will, inner debate ensues. I too have come to embrace this more underdeveloped engine called the ego as a filter by which I can more easily see the higher lessons I have to re-member my self with.(as I feel we are all connected, just separated by our illusions otherwise) So, for now, I treat this side kick as a barometer for change or growth. Through the EGO's contrasting filter is birthed the clarity or the pure essence of all I encounter for my witness to be in bliss with. I consider it a gift, I just choose not to lead with that foot...;-) Thank you for starting this thought!! Namaste' G Richard, in my quest to allow my “inner witness” or “true self” to simply BE, I become aware that my simple being is not satisfied. It wants to move, to learn, to grow, to share…. So my ego and Self – East/West, if you will, inner debate ensues. I too have come to embrace this more underdeveloped engine called the ego as a filter by which I can more easily see the higher lessons I have to re-member my self with.(as I feel we are all connected, just separated by our illusions otherwise)
So, for now, I treat this side kick as a barometer for change or growth.
Through the EGO’s contrasting filter is birthed the clarity or the pure essence of all I encounter for my witness to be in bliss with.
I consider it a gift, I just choose not to lead with that foot…;-)
Thank you for starting this thought!! Namaste’
G

]]> By: Brahman, Atman, Ego and the USS Enterprise | Detlef Cordes http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/01/21/the-crown-jewel-of-creation/comment-page-1/#comment-4639 Brahman, Atman, Ego and the USS Enterprise | Detlef Cordes Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:01:48 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=1501#comment-4639 [...] of Creation. By DetlefThe Catskill Cottage Seed states: “The ego complex, or consciousness, is the crown jewel of [...] [...] of Creation. By DetlefThe Catskill Cottage Seed states: “The ego complex, or consciousness, is the crown jewel of [...]

]]> By: Richard Reeve http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/01/21/the-crown-jewel-of-creation/comment-page-1/#comment-4598 Richard Reeve Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:36:48 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=1501#comment-4598 Hey Jeb, it's kind of funny how this is the same issue laid out in Genesis. But as Jung was apt to say, we are still in caveman kindergarten. My advice is to dig deep into your interests, dare to articulate your deepest desires, especially the ones that seem unattainable. For those to manifest it takes more then the ego has the ability to design. Moving forward, and seeing the pieces fall into place keep the ego fully engaged, but in recognition that more than it is doing is generating the results... Hey Jeb, it’s kind of funny how this is the same issue laid out in Genesis. But as Jung was apt to say, we are still in caveman kindergarten. My advice is to dig deep into your interests, dare to articulate your deepest desires, especially the ones that seem unattainable. For those to manifest it takes more then the ego has the ability to design. Moving forward, and seeing the pieces fall into place keep the ego fully engaged, but in recognition that more than it is doing is generating the results…

]]> By: Richard Reeve http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/01/21/the-crown-jewel-of-creation/comment-page-1/#comment-4597 Richard Reeve Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:15:28 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=1501#comment-4597 That's an insightful practice Aaron, and speaks to the points I'm trying to get across. The ego can and should be cherished, but as part of the whole. When that right-sized-ness to creation and the forces that exist around and through us, then a type of petty tyranny ensues, whereby the the individual gripped by an inappropriate identification, becomes a caricature of the archetypal images. That’s an insightful practice Aaron, and speaks to the points I’m trying to get across. The ego can and should be cherished, but as part of the whole. When that right-sized-ness to creation and the forces that exist around and through us, then a type of petty tyranny ensues, whereby the the individual gripped by an inappropriate identification, becomes a caricature of the archetypal images.

]]> By: Jeb Dickerson http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/01/21/the-crown-jewel-of-creation/comment-page-1/#comment-4595 Jeb Dickerson Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:33:04 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=1501#comment-4595 So, Richard, what does Jung...scratch that. What do you recommend as a strategy for getting 'in right relation to creation', for finding a solution for diminishment? <abbr><em>Jeb Dickerson´s last blog post..<a href="http://www.howtomatter.com/2009/01/15/on-the-road-to-nowhere/" rel="nofollow">On the road to nowhere.</a></abbr></em> So, Richard, what does Jung…scratch that. What do you recommend as a strategy for getting ‘in right relation to creation’, for finding a solution for diminishment?

Jeb Dickerson´s last blog post..On the road to nowhere.

]]> By: Aaron Gaul http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/01/21/the-crown-jewel-of-creation/comment-page-1/#comment-4594 Aaron Gaul Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:41:32 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=1501#comment-4594 I enjoy deemphasizing the solitary place of ego. Rather I like to imagine ego as simply another element of the many forces of nature. I observe it interacting with other people and objects in the world. From this position I disassociate myself from ego and with a completely new set of eyes, watch it's workings in the world. From this new perspective it is much easier to have compassion for the shortcomings that are myself. I enjoy deemphasizing the solitary place of ego. Rather I like to imagine ego as simply another element of the many forces of nature. I observe it interacting with other people and objects in the world. From this position I disassociate myself from ego and with a completely new set of eyes, watch it’s workings in the world. From this new perspective it is much easier to have compassion for the shortcomings that are myself.

]]> By: Jay http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/01/21/the-crown-jewel-of-creation/comment-page-1/#comment-4593 Jay Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:36:14 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=1501#comment-4593 Thanks Richard- it is priceless to have you as a sounding board, and mentor! <abbr><em>Jay´s last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Jayfrawleycom/~3/517483714/" rel="nofollow">The Ripple Effect</a></abbr></em> Thanks Richard- it is priceless to have you as a sounding board, and mentor!

Jay´s last blog post..The Ripple Effect

]]> By: Richard Reeve http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/01/21/the-crown-jewel-of-creation/comment-page-1/#comment-4592 Richard Reeve Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:05:36 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=1501#comment-4592 Jay, I love that we can balance each other out and know that your words have done the same for me. Jay,
I love that we can balance each other out and know that your words have done the same for me.

]]> By: Richard Reeve http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/01/21/the-crown-jewel-of-creation/comment-page-1/#comment-4591 Richard Reeve Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:03:40 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=1501#comment-4591 Hi Henie, I believe your "ego for sale" post was in someway behind me going in this direction now. Jung said the "the ego stands to the Self as the moved to the mover, or as the object to the subject." If that holds true, then we need to consider our awareness, this sometimes to precious sense of our identity, as the dream of our unconscious(there's a twist to play with...who's dreaming who?) Inflation, that trap that is so easy to fall into, always catches us when we begin to think that we are in control of what is happening through us. We need to participate fully without identifying or thinking that it is all our own doing. Hi Henie,
I believe your “ego for sale” post was in someway behind me going in this direction now. Jung said the “the ego stands to the Self as the moved to the mover, or as the object to the subject.” If that holds true, then we need to consider our awareness, this sometimes to precious sense of our identity, as the dream of our unconscious(there’s a twist to play with…who’s dreaming who?)

Inflation, that trap that is so easy to fall into, always catches us when we begin to think that we are in control of what is happening through us. We need to participate fully without identifying or thinking that it is all our own doing.

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