Persevere

by Richard Reeve on October 22, 2009

in AziMuth

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The regressive draw of the unconscious is a powerful reality.  Call it the devouring mother.  Call it entropy…  I call it the quicksand.

The value of standing amidst the reality that our own psychic system has a tendency toward devouring gets portrayed quite literally in the gospel story of Jesus walking on the water.  In the end, stripped of logic and confidence amidst the swirling forces greater than the ego’s ability to control, two simple words become the mantra of perseverance: just believe.

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  • So, then, are you saying that's a viable approach? Just believe? Confidence? Faith? Is that a path to overcoming the ego?
  • I think the "ordeal" always takes us to a place where need to hold on
    against all odds; but this is an ego development, not eradication...
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