Tuesday, September 22, 2009


it is said that awareness
is the state of being conscious that you are conscious
but in this awareness there is a paralysis
as Narcissus is mesmerized by his own reflection
he is struck and stuck by and in his own projection

a mirror reflects only an image not substance, itself
if we are to break this trance of limited consciousness
(like we do every nite when we dream)
we must cultivate divinely inspired moments
seize the moment when there is a fissure in the fabric of experience
when the unconscious breaks thru the conscious threshold
revealing itself as a doorway to lucidity

in short, our task is to become aware of the unconscious
enough with the conscious that you are conscious realization
(automatic writing and drawing, active imagination
meditation, lucid dreaming and keeping a dream journal
all are techniques to break the tyranny of consciousness)
the unconscious can be stirred just by seeing images in clouds adrift
so easy a child can do it
time to bring the unconscious into the Light of day












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