http://www.gurdjieff-con.net/2009/06/17/more-on-jung/ Debriefing the Gurdjieff work Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:41:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.gurdjieff-con.net/2009/06/17/more-on-jung/comment-page-1/#comment-37601 anonymous Mon, 31 Oct 2011 06:45:52 +0000 http://www.gurdjieff-con.net/?p=646#comment-37601 this could be read as racist, or it could be read in an entirely different way. blood, roots, land? jung could just as easily be saying that to clean your own ecosystem of meaning you work outward from the language-culture system, the collective unconscious perceptual system you have acquired/embodied. to be free, to work towards your own truth, doesn't mean to jump into impressive sounding concepts from foreign systems of perception that you cannot possibly comprehend in one immediate occasion. the concepts are infinite contexts that must be unpacked, compared, and contrasted for their unique patterns of relationship within a larger system. to find your truth you have to revise the infrastructure itself and not just take a new route to get to the presumed destination. because at your own level of awareness and lucidity, it's not yet on the map. this could be read as racist, or it could be read in an entirely different way. blood, roots, land? jung could just as easily be saying that to clean your own ecosystem of meaning you work outward from the language-culture system, the collective unconscious perceptual system you have acquired/embodied. to be free, to work towards your own truth, doesn’t mean to jump into impressive sounding concepts from foreign systems of perception that you cannot possibly comprehend in one immediate occasion. the concepts are infinite contexts that must be unpacked, compared, and contrasted for their unique patterns of relationship within a larger system. to find your truth you have to revise the infrastructure itself and not just take a new route to get to the presumed destination. because at your own level of awareness and lucidity, it’s not yet on the map.

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