I don‘t find the Ego to be conscious. I find it to be a vessel, an energetic, psychological containment system that can be equated to boundaries. So, having a strong ego often indicates healthy boundaries where someone else’s words do not upset the architecture of your well-being within the vessel. The Ego is a necessary part of the psyche.
“Egomanaical” is different as it’s a love of power rather than a power of love. And, as such, a love of power is often only skin deep superficial, mostly about false senses of control in a consummate avoidance of what makes one themself uncomfortable… attempting to make others squirm because one will not own that they are squirming.
And, like a Kintsukuroi broken vessel brought back together with gold, silver, or platinum lacquer to highlight connections rather than motion-limiting scars… we are each better for having been broken. Those who can still be kind (to living beings and Nature) after going through hells are badasses with hearts of gold.
Copyright Potter who made this visual metaphor of the Kintsukuroi of Self For one’s ongoing Architecture of Well-Being called life. You are your own project, lifelong.
Experiences make for connections, traumas addressed and resolved making for connections rather than motion-limiting scars. Image here of a Kintsukuroi bowl being better for having been broken, for having experienced life. Always complete, never finished, lifelong. The journey of the ongoing project called Your Life is the destination, the confluence of memory and dream that we live in in the perpetual present. Or, more concisely said, The Now. Your Life, Your Way, Always.
Night Nautilus (in progress) (c) 2021 Jordan Hoggard
From Lament of the Dead ~ Psychology after Jung’s Red Book
James Hillman: What matters is the therapy. Well, (comma added) the therapy is the actual therapy of our world today, which the public evidently relates, because hung=dreads, thousands of copies are being bought and carried home with the people. They must recognize that this bit of history, which is the ‘Red Book.’ Is their therapy, the therapy of our time.
Sonu Shamdasani: And, (comma added) it gives a new way to envisage their issues. They are connected with something that one would have considered to be utterly remote.
~ excerpt from Conversation 5, Lament of the Dead, p. 98
Jung’s I and Imaginal I Within
And, isn’t this the place of connection where we interact with our inner self and with the unconscious and enact from The Place of Creation, in my case a Man Womb?
So, Today in a C.G. Jung Depth Psychology Reading Group
I began Doodling a Mark of Self moving to a Mark of Soul response visually into the conversation. Full-on unsaid, though, as I had already spoken too many words…
And, interestingly, watercolors from my Constructing the Center watercolor series from 1993 to 1995 came to mind right after Doodling these three in a sketchbook. I’ll present the three inages from today. Then, visually pause, give you space to experience, and then lift into this post the naturally refined ore from the past in the watercolors from the CtC series I feel that apply after.
“The Place of Connection “oil pastel during session
Architectural Clarification of placement relationships
“I” to “Imaginal I” Doodle to speak for itself
The Place of Connection. Incarnate Exterior infused from Living Interior. The “I Must”? Yes. And, when so, the “What is my myth?” Fills the gas tank of the “I in action” as we enact.
The Following,
no citation necessary, (c) 2021 Jordan Hoggard
It’s not what you do,
It’s THAT you do.
The discipline of any ritual informs intuition,
Though that is NOT the Participation Mystique.
It is the training ground for the Participation Mystique with the unconscious
That enhances and reinforces and develops our ability to steep and swim deep and fly high without Icarus Issues.
Pardon, Icarus. You should’ve vetted your Construction Documents, regardless of your youth.
No shame there, though. Don’t fret,
Worry is useless. Your Dad, Daedalus, was an Architect For The Chrissakes. Give yourself some credit.
Imitation my be the 1st sign of genius,
Though, I gather he didn’t review your work to set you up for much success.That’s way too bad.
And, though I gather my current Mark of Self, my Mark of Soul revs its engine and runs the track with this, personal Astro Seal, currently… though, ask me again tomorrow… I have some gears to run up and down through… and… Yup, some walls to smack right into at 100 Gs to learn. Though, blood and sweat and tears? You don’t need to be subjected to that carnage in the process.
Was more likely This in 1992…for just a bit as it tracked to…
And, even more concisely, this in 1993…
Again…. Ask me again tomorrow, or at another pivotal point.
You may also enjoy… in addition to The Place of Connection…
I will use that + As a message to the hackers who took down my laptop. Thanks for waking up a friend of mine who…
Dedicated to Our Lost Children
There forever
they shall reside
under a small lake,
immeasurably deep,
lying high up in the mountains,
where is brewed the thunder,
and in fair weather the dragon sleeps.
Ours is not a lot to be feared.
The dragon is a necessary beast.
FABOT
Knock Knock Motherfuckers
There’s more than one way to skin a cat… except a cat is now not the focus… Sooooooo nice to meet you. I don’t negotiate with terrorists, especially like those who prey on the little guy like me. Hmmm, I wonder how big I am? Thanks for the exploratory exercise in not wasting trouble. Maybe I’ll find out. Get the jewel box ready.
I am looking forward to being on Astrologer Anthony Anthony Picco’s Cosmic Tuesdays show tonight at 9:30p EST. March 22, 2021. It is live tonight, and in the archives tomorrow if you want to be there and can’t make the live show. The US brings up the caboose, the rest of you all in your time zones are already in the Cosmic Tuesday then… Oz (Australia) is 16-hours in the future. Tune in from the perpetual present of where you are.
Logos IS the Holy Grail from my perspective. It is each of us. We are each the Vessel, and what we fill ourself with. I see this image of The Coming of the Faeries as an image of wholeness always complete, never finished. She is SO in charge, and they are feeding her from the wonderfully intense chthonic depths within, from the collective unconscious.
Logos IS the Holy Grail from my perspective. It is each of us. We are each the Vessel, and what we fill ourself with. I see this image of The Coming of the Faeries as an image of wholeness always complete, never finished. She is SO in charge, and they are feeding her from the wonderfully intense chthonic depths within, from the collective unconscious.
That is all. The rest today (below) is just filler.
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. ~ Victor Frankl
A tree can not grow to heaven unless its roots grow to hell. ~ C.G. Jung
Be your own best ally. That way, when you are your own enemy, it’s one less step to take as you’ve already kept your enemies closer. You see, enemies don’t betray you. They can’t, because they are enemies. Betrayal comes from those close to you. So… when you see the waters of the people close to you, or yourself, parting… incoming! Just smile and turn right into it. Surprise! The wits and will of not being surprised at a surprise attack often act as a sea wall for that water to crash on… and flow back out. Then, you can address it… on YOUR terms, hearing theirs. The Royal We is and is not a misnomer. There can only be one mouthpiece. Do you take responsibility for yours? ~ (C) 2019 Jordan Hoggard
Trees with strong roots laugh in storms. ~ Malay Proverb
Avoid Inner Civil Wars by Facing Inner Beasties
First is the influence
Then, the resurrection of courage in Self of the marriage of heaven and hell
Then, the relational living, and then… together, you will build wonderful (not necessarily happy)…
“Reflections” (c) 2009 Jordan Hoggard
A great attitude is great. Though, if you are all love and light, I bet when you are crossed you are a vicious and gnashing rodent due to your own internal imbalance that triggers and lashes out? Is that punitive or accusatory, or just accurate? Isn’t triggered reaction just that? Heck, can you say Thank You inside and know that YOU have something to address? Doesn’t that give new meaning to Don’t kill the messenger? Seems to me that it sure does. Even Don’t kill the messenger becomes a one-liner, single tenet of how to psychologically interact in a way beneficial to self and other. Hmmmm, I think I’ll give it a go. (can) You?
Chthonic Numinosity = Self. You Gotta Marry the Dark with the Light. Cummon… it’s FUN! Well, that’s not the word for it, though isn’t it rewarding? Silence is as valuable as being able to go to 11. Don’t waste trouble. As Alejandro Jodorowski’s Chariot said, I made a diamond out of my misfortune. Can you?
Do you? Will you? Will you face your troubles when they arise, or zip back into the coral shell? Maybe you aren;t as fragile as you’ve been led to believe… Who was it Who’s said?… Keanu Reeves, maybe? Those who have been brutally broken, and can still be kind to others and animals, are badasses with a heart of gold. Welcome to the world, you Badass! Go YOU!
Whose ass are you going to kick with gratitude today? May they kick back, too. Again, Go YOU!
1992 Marketing
The Dark and Light in balance, equals (wonderful) Self. I laugh that when I first thought that, I laughed so hard I almost fell off my Unicorn. 😉
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The only time I failed was when I blamed someone else
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. ~ Victor Frankl
A tree can not grow to heaven unless its roots grow to hell. ~ C.G. Jung
Be your own best ally. That way, when you are your own enemy, it’s one less step to take as you’ve already kept your enemies closer. You see, enemies don’t betray you. They can’t, because they are enemies. Betrayal comes from those close to you. So… when you see the waters of the people close to you, or yourself, parting… incoming! Just smile and turn right into it. Surprise! The wits and will of not being surprised at a surprise attack often act as a sea wall for that water to crash on… and flow back out. Then, you can address it… on YOUR terms, hearing theirs. The Royal We is and is not a misnomer. There can only be one mouthpiece. Do you take responsibility for yours? ~ (C) 2019 Jordan Hoggard
Trees with strong roots laugh in storms. ~ Malay Proverb
Avoid Inner Civil Wars by Facing Inner Beasties
First is the influence
Then, the resurrection of courage in Self of the marriage of heaven and hell
Then, the relational living, and then… together, you will build wonderful (not necessarily happy)…
“Reflections” (c) 2009 Jordan Hoggard
A great attitude is great. Though, if you are all love and light, I bet when you are crossed you are a vicious and gnashing rodent due to your own internal imbalance that triggers and lashes out? Is that punitive or accusatory, or just accurate? Isn’t triggered reaction just that? Heck, can you say Thank You inside and know that YOU have something to address? Doesn’t that give new meaning to Don’t kill the messenger? Seems to me that it sure does. Even Don’t kill the messenger becomes a one-liner, single tenet of how to psychologically interact in a way beneficial to self and other. Hmmmm, I think I’ll give it a go. (can) You?
Chthonic Numinosity = Self. You Gotta Marry the Dark with the Light. Common… it’s FUN! Well, that’s not the word for it, though isn’t it rewarding? Silence is as valuable as being able to go to 11
1992 Marketing
The Dark and Light in balance, equals (wonderful) Self. I laugh that when I first thought that, I laughed so hard I almost fell off my Unicorn. 😉
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Mars Rx (Retrograde) squares Mars today, and we will have 6 out of 10 planets in Aquarius today — like big sprays of NOS on your Inner Fire = bonfire potentials.
Avoid Inner Civil Wars. Make Besties With Inner Beasties
From my pro-active ‘make diamonds out of misfortunes’ perspective I’d advise to put the clutch in, rev up the tach, and downshift hard and hold on for some wonderfully intense WHEEEEEEEE of some hella productivity at higher octaves of action with clarity. Beware of those who haven‘t gigged their inner gearbox as they are basically now coasting at speed and maybe without brakes = misunderstandings and squabbles as Gaia Genevieve Richards mentioned. Also, mind internal squabbles and internal civil wars. Marshall your forces. May I suggest for you to look at Pallas-Athena (Minerva) in your Astro Chart? Pallas’ strategic acumen in action makes Mars warring tendencies look like he’s playing checkers to her chess.
If you are less proactive and resonate more with avoiding conflict, I suggest to watch out for internal civil wars, and rain or shine carry a fire and brimstone rated Kevlar umbrella.Either way, no glass ceilings today and tomorrow. They were removed by Astro OSHA so innocent pedestrians on the walk below wouldn’t just be crunching on glass as they walk today, or have it sprinkle their coffee. Can’t mess with the jo.
New Moon Chalice For It To All Go In
Add the New Moon and… what are you going to resurrect and/or rename and/or re-do and or re-up your commitment to? January 1st was a bit arbitrary for New Years Resolutions, though today and tomorrow aren’t. I’d even go so far as to say they are functionally auspicious.How can you get more comfortable with the not-knowing today and allow yourself to expand and contract higher and deeper as only you can. Especially today and tomorrow, Your Life, Your Way.Image credit: The Coming of the Faeries, Tom O’Bedlam 1918 ~ Norman Lyndsay
Just some fun other stuff below to ignite your crucible today.
Two Tigers Engage (C) 2020 Jordan Hoggard
Friedrich Nietzsche Pays Respect
II High Priestess (c) 2011 Jordan Hoggard
Diamonds from Misfortunes (c) 2020 Jordan Hoggard
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. ~ Victor Frankl
A tree can not grow to heaven unless its roots grow to hell. ~ C.G. Jung
When you make Besties with Beasties, do you remember their names… or, are they one time stands?
How are they allies that contribute to and amplify your ability to take action? Do they integrate or ally with you? Depends, huh?
Thanks for Visiting!
Shadow Mastery (c) 2020 Jordan Hoggard
Stay The Course (c) 2020 Jordan Hoggard
Diamonds from Misfortunes (c) 2020 Jordan Hoggard
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