The good struggle and sacred marriage.. Sparrow

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dear Sparrow,

 

thank you for the positive feedback. I feel you have hit the nail on the head by

identifying the dance between projecting the inner process onto the external and

pulling it back.. that's been the path I feel from your comments that my

intention in the book, to write a straightforward, simple account that also

explores the inner process and its dynamics, from ego into true self, has been

successful, so thank you

 

I always had a connection to Gurjdieff.. I particulary like one anecdote I read

about his community, where there was a difficult man in the group, and he left

teh community after everyone else complained about him. Apparently people were

paying money to be in the community. Anyway, Gurdjieff ran after him and pleaded

for him to come back, even offering to pay him to return. Of course, the other

members were upset; the couldnt believe this horrible man was being paid to be

there!! Gurdjieff responded that the difficult man was their greatest teacher..

 

Jung was very influential for several years, ('On the nature of the psyche' and

'Dreams' shook my world) yet it took a while before I was able to

experientially understand him.. Another take on the sacred wedding is from a

post last year, from a dream which I didnt include in the book.. (i kept the

mystical stuff rather sparse)

 

 

 

" well, this was an interesting and beautiful dream. It came after a

few weeks of crown chakra activity, and another week of non-neurotic

neck tension...( ha..its such a relief to feel sane..)

 

" I am with a woman, and we are driving in a car. She is quite sexy,

about 40. We are driving through beautiful scenery, and I notice on

the horizon that the setting sun and rising moon are next to each

other, touching each other and are exactly the same size,like a

perfect couple. The sun is very bright but I am able to safely stare

straight at it. The moon is silver bright. I tell my friend to look

but we go behind some hills. I am very excited by the phenomenon as

its the first time i have seen such a thing and I tell my friend that

the moon looks so big from an optical illusion. We round some hills

and look again. The moon has risen a bit and the setting sun is still

there. The woman has a son who has a drug problem and is in danger of

failing his exams. He is 23 and I tell her not to worry. There are

others driving cars and the drivers are responsible for accidents,

but there are no accidents yet. "

 

I felt very clear, balanced and happy afterwards and doing a little

research on the net, I found this..

 

'Sandhya, the wedding: The union or balancing of Ida and Pingala is

like a marriage. It is the wedding of sun and moon, night and day.

This wedding is called sandhya, and like with a marriage, is a time

of great joy, only this is a meditative joy. In this wedding even the

mind and the breath are joined in a happy union.'

 

 

 

love

Bruce