Full
Consciousness
“It
is enormously important for the whole world that some individuals
grow to a deep and full consciousness.”
Helen
Luke (“Then It Is Given to You;” Parabola, Summer, 2016)
Helen
Luke (1904-1995) was an English-born Jungian Analyst and author of
several books on the subject of individuation. She wrote quite
clearly about the process of personal evolution past the
sensitivities of the ego to a state of openness; a kind of universal
love. Don't fret if you aren't there because it is the journey of a
lifetime, and believe me, I'm not there either. But it's singularly
important that we strive to arrive, so to speak. We get there by
bringing to consciousness all that is within us, and practicing
acceptance of what we find. What results is a “love beyond all
desiring, all emotions, and that is whole in itself because nothing
is excluded.” (Helen Luke)
Watching
the American Presidential election campaigns of 2016 has been a study
in just how far we are from universal consciousness. One look at the
world news, reinforces that perspective. We, as a species, will
either sink or swim based on our ability to evolve past our ego
desires. Past our grasping to get the biggest piece of the pie, and our need to
keep others down because they might take too much. We must gain an
understanding of just how we do that, and begin to turn it around, or
we will fall into chaos. That's what makes it absolutely essential
that as many of us as possible take on the work of raising our level
of consciousness.
We
shy away from this kind of personal work because it's hard. We find
it difficult to look at ourselves honestly, and accept the parts of
us that are dark. We also find it hard not to follow the crowd. Here
is what Jesus had to say about it: “Go in through the narrow gate,
because wide is the gate and spacious is the road leading to
destruction, and many will go through it. But small is the gate and
narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few will find it.”
(Matthew 7:13-14) We humans have an aversion to looking at ourselves
as part of the problem, but we must if we want to take the road that
leads to “love beyond all desiring...because nothing {and no one}
is excluded.”
In
the Spirit,
Jane
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