…Opposition

by Richard Reeve on June 1, 2009

in @CCSeed

We usually have no trouble recognizing the obstacles that block our way when dealing with outer realities. It’s the inner oppositions that interest me in this post. Those times when the needed energy to accomplish a task is not there, or forgetfulness leads to an embarrassing situation.

These are a few of the tools the psyche uses to interrupt our way, yet we tend to run after the outer calamity instead of drawing the situation back to its source.

When unconscious factors lead me to forgetfulness, it’s often a reflection of my relationship toward the unconscious. When energy is withdrawn from an endeavor, it’s often a sign that the psyche feels “the way” lies elsewhere.

As Jung has demonstrated, the psyche is made up of oppositions, the opposing forces creating the field of vitality whereby the various complexes take the stage, including the ego. In recognizing the inner oppositions, we gain access through one of the entry ways that can lead to a relationship with the unconscious.

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  • Yet, the Vatican is both a collective spiritual home *and* a known locus.

    If one's lacking both, what to do? Take a "random walk?"

  • One of the greatest teachers in my life, who taught me how to consult the I Ching, introduced me to the pragmatism, actually the pragmaticism of C.S. Peirce, and the "playfulness" of Gertrude Stein...he used to note that there is always the option of going to a destination by flipping a coin at every intersection, (heads right, tails left) and following the path that unfolds until you reach your destination.

  • Are you reading my mind, *again*, or were we separated at birth?

    Does Jung's corpus suggest a "straighter" way to find one's true path, one more dynamic than by endless process of elimination, such as you've described?

  • Hmm...if the path is a winding one, through brambles and the like,
    then a straight line might be desirable, but it would not be

    effective...I often think of the way Mussolini created the wide avenue

    leading to the Vatican, thereby destroying that Bernini's masterpiece

    was originally a spiritual, yet womb like opening in an ordinary

    neighborhood.

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