Thank you for the reply Jeff. I enjoyed your blog post in response to some questions you got a couple weeks ago about your personal experience with this stuff, your answer about the fears induced by a Christian culture regarding damnation resonated with me despite not having a particularly religious upbringing. In fact, your willingness to use your "real" identity, along with Mr. Greer's, is what prompted me to start using my birth name here.
I've been trying to practice a form of your advice in 1) related to myself since I noticed this pattern, namely, that when I start getting in trouble I isolate myself, so I've been trying to consciously engage with humanity, but this is still so recent I am not sure about results. I will look at this resources though. I especially like the sound of that book you mention, as I suspect that much like many men of the last couple generations I have insecurities about my masculinity.(well, I know I have insecurities, can't speak for anyone else).
Wrt 3) I am hoping to complete my CGD Ovate initiation within a couple weeks, and I imagine there will be more of that material in the next grade, so maybe I can experiment more.
4) I would say my problem is the exact opposite. I am far too prone to lapse into inaction via getting stuck in imagined scenarios, and I have always loved baths, probably too much if I'm honest. In thinking about it, it is out of character in some ways, as I am Aquarian by horoscope so Airy in many ways, but baths are my secret pleasure. Somehow I repress the emotional stuff anyway.
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Re: The subconscious/The Shadow
Date: 2025-03-04 12:37 am (UTC)I've been trying to practice a form of your advice in 1) related to myself since I noticed this pattern, namely, that when I start getting in trouble I isolate myself, so I've been trying to consciously engage with humanity, but this is still so recent I am not sure about results. I will look at this resources though. I especially like the sound of that book you mention, as I suspect that much like many men of the last couple generations I have insecurities about my masculinity.(well, I know I have insecurities, can't speak for anyone else).
Wrt 3) I am hoping to complete my CGD Ovate initiation within a couple weeks, and I imagine there will be more of that material in the next grade, so maybe I can experiment more.
4) I would say my problem is the exact opposite. I am far too prone to lapse into inaction via getting stuck in imagined scenarios, and I have always loved baths, probably too much if I'm honest. In thinking about it, it is out of character in some ways, as I am Aquarian by horoscope so Airy in many ways, but baths are my secret pleasure. Somehow I repress the emotional stuff anyway.
Thanks for the thoughts.
Geoff