tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253624509643805336.post7076213311241955484..comments2024-03-14T00:20:07.500-07:00Comments on Geometric Keys of Vedic Wisdom: Sri Aurobindo's New Yoga & the Inadequacy of Jung's PsychologyLori Tompkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15606540056871893950noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253624509643805336.post-80733394871031853412013-01-21T09:03:01.523-08:002013-01-21T09:03:01.523-08:00Thanks for your thoughts on this Don. And yes Robe...Thanks for your thoughts on this Don. And yes Robert does still live near Asheville, NC.Lori Tompkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606540056871893950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253624509643805336.post-23482117453101800402013-01-21T04:23:47.801-08:002013-01-21T04:23:47.801-08:00by the way, does Robert still live in Asheville, N...by the way, does Robert still live in Asheville, NC?Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13741454531338054082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253624509643805336.post-32693707289632211822013-01-21T04:23:20.605-08:002013-01-21T04:23:20.605-08:00Hey Lori - a quick response might be that, as far ...Hey Lori - a quick response might be that, as far as I understand Jung, his 'Self" is not experienced directly as our essential "I am", our essential Consciousness. I think in his commentary on Ramana Maharshi, Jung acknowledged that the "Self" Maharshi spoke of was a mystery to him. Sri Aurobindo has written that Maharshi's realization was actually that of the psychic being, but the impersonal aspect of it, rather than the more personal aspect which is more common among devotees of Mother and Sri Aurobindo. Hope that helps:>)Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13741454531338054082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253624509643805336.post-9419172100011566522012-06-06T13:31:11.495-07:002012-06-06T13:31:11.495-07:00Hi Jeremy, my colleague Robert Wilkinson wrote thi...Hi Jeremy, my colleague Robert Wilkinson wrote this article. I will pass on your comment to him. Since I have not studied Jung's psychology at all, I cannot really say much on the matter. Will see if Robert has any interest in writing more on the matter. Thanks for your comment.Lori Tompkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606540056871893950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253624509643805336.post-61663943489641918632012-06-04T17:44:40.827-07:002012-06-04T17:44:40.827-07:00I would have preferred to hear a more in-depth stu...I would have preferred to hear a more in-depth study of Jung's conception of the Soul, and the Self, because I don't believe the comparisons between Aurobindo's philosophy and Jung's psychology are so incompatible. Particularly, the alchemical dimension, which seems to affirm the idea of a hidden light in matter. No doubt, Jung's psychology is vastly different. But as far as unhelpful? I see little evidence in this essay provided for that. They are not, as far as I can see, incompatible, but complementary. Psychology is not a Yoga! But it can be, to some degree, grounds to enter such a Yoga.<br /><br />While the author of this blog seems to be familiar with Aurobindo (far more than me!), the Mother and Thea, I don't believe there is a fair assessment of Jung's psychology. Particularly, I'd be curious to hear an analysis of Jung's Self with Aurobindo's Psychic Being. Aside from that, I acknowledge there is *less* of an emphasis on *becoming and *evolution, the historical framework. <br /><br />Even still, there is plenty of room for such a historical view in Jung's psychology, as the unmanifest Self, at the center, is only manifested, or made realized *through history. This is just a start for a comparison, I thought I'd leave it here for other readers, the blogger himself, or passer-byers to note on their way through.Jeremy D Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14668249350136883441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253624509643805336.post-75607121905844230562011-07-05T04:08:59.496-07:002011-07-05T04:08:59.496-07:00Why did Jung advise his readers to study yoga but ...Why did Jung advise his readers to study yoga but not to practise it.<br /><br />http://home.pacific.net.au/~ferment/wood.html<br /><br />The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga by Carl Jung<br /><br />http://www.scribd.com/doc/30879562/Carl-Gustav-Jung-The-Psychology-of-Kundalini-YogaLewis Lafontainehttps://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_56536297291¬if_t=group_r2jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253624509643805336.post-39367984983429270622010-06-29T17:38:16.616-07:002010-06-29T17:38:16.616-07:00Hi, thanks for sharing your blogHi, thanks for sharing your blogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com