Over time when there is unresolved 'stuff' in the psyche it builds up and releases. The way it releases is generally unconscious. For example you're walking along and everything is fine and then out of the blue you fall, bang your head or have an accident. In more psychological terms as Carl Jung once said "What appears outside as fate is often unresolved stuff from our unconscious". I remember one day when I was giving a workshop and it was a heavy and tough experience. Afterwards putting my notes in the boot of my car I accidentally let the boot drop on my head.
This is a VERY challenging statement to make as it touches that part of us that wants to make these things someone else's fault. An accident it seems is just that an accident. Ask anyone and they'll say the same. Most therapists would say what's important is how you deal with what has happened, how you are with yourself. If you had a fall are you gentle on yourself or do you use it as another stick to beat yourself up? Self-care is the first and most important step.I agree that this is where we have the most conscious choice. We can't always avoid (although we'd like to!) what life brings to us as suffering type 1 (pain, loss, circumstances etc) but where we do have a choice is how we are with it. The famous story of Victor Frankel highlights this. I can BE WITH the grief of a loss or failure and work through it OR I can deny it and fight it or suppress it and cause what I call type 2 suffering, that is my REACTION TO type 1 suffering.
Fair enough, but today I'm challenging this also!
If you believe as I do that the psyche is designed to optimize our health and growth as human beings then it creates circumstances in our lives in order to do this. It does this by projecting our internal 'issues' into the future. They then come back to us as circumstances, fate, providence as we move forward in our lives.
Thats why discerning our emerging future is so important to personal and spiritual growth. I suppose this could be classified as a purification aspect of the journey. Unresolved attractors are projected onto reality that attract circumstances in order for us to grow and RELEASE any psychic charges around these circumstances.
An example would be the idea of a self fulfilling prophesy. An alcoholic who drinks. Or if I suppress my anger for years because I want to be nice and suddenly find all these angry people coming into my life challenging me, it provides me with an opportunity to empty out this from my psyche.
The same can be seen in many relationships than we have. If there is unspoken issues between people in relationship they can 'leak' out in other unconscious ways.
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I am wondering whether there might be a better way of posting comments; ie. having only one place to do this for any of your blog articles rather than separating out the comments as being replies to specific articles. This way people can follow up the discussions from earlier articles and see where the explorations are leading.
You article reminds me of things I was taught at Transformation Meditation classes in Sydney a long time ago. Namely that external circumstances are reflections of internal emanations. This is also similar to the One Mind School and the understanding of the Alaya Vijnana.
Keep up the good work.
Hi John: I liked your comments. You seem to feel that everyone is responsible for themself and that there are no short cuts to spiritual growth. I teach workshops in various areas of metaphysics and unfortunately see what appears to be a lot of commercialism. People pushing their 'fix' onto others without allowing them to find their 'own' path. Your blog was refreshing. Thanks, Dani.
I quote from your Blog Article Psychic Release.
"Unresolved attractors are projected onto reality that attract circumstances in order for us to grow and RELEASE any psychic charges around these circumstances. . ."
"The same can be seen in many relationships that we have. If there is unspoken issues between people in relationship they can 'leak' out in other unconscious ways."
If there are unresolved issues with an Other surely it is better to bring these into Awareness and talk or work them out with this Other. Failure here for whatever reason - the unwillingness of the Other, or the inability of the Other to face you - your own fear, or inability to face the Other,or the absence or death of the Other all leave you to work everything out alone - either consciously, or as may happen, unconsciously as you describe. The latter path is slower and more painful; and also fraught with danger since by definition the process is unconscious. We cannot really work anything out unconsciously.
I suggest then that if you are aware of unresolved issues with an Other that you do have some responsibilty to help yourself and the Other either through dialogue or by some other process. Simply letting the issue(s) 'be' is not enough.
Or, is Intention enough that we wish the Other well and we wish to grow?
Any comments in reply would be appreciated.
Peace
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