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bluegreen17) wrote2004-06-22 03:15 pm
bluegreen17) wrote2004-06-22 03:15 pm
questions,mysteries,books,oh my
Now the more intrinsic and the more remote of these criteria do not always hang together. Inner happiness and serviceability do not always agree. What immediately feels most "good" is not always most "true," when measured by the verdict of the rest of experience. The difference between Philip drunk and Philip sober is the classic instance in corroboration. If merely "feeling good" could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience. But its revelations, however acutely satisfying at the moment, are inserted into an environment which refuses to bear them out for any length of time. The consequence of this discrepancy of the two criteria is the uncertainty which still prevails over so many of our spiritual judgments.There are moments of sentimental and mystical experience...that carry an enormous sense of inner authority and illumination with them when they come. But they come seldom, and they do not come to everyone; and the rest of life makes either no connection with them, or tends to contradict them more than it confirms them.
-- William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience
those are my italics. i could relate to that. sometimes i feel like i really understand things,but then it goes away and those same insights are rarely useful in getting me out of the gloomies,so are they true? if so,they're not useful,so what's the point of knowing that kind of truth?
anyway,i'm going to look for that book and see what he had to say further on the subject.
in other fluffy matters,i went to the library in the next town over,where i can use my library card. it's always a treasure house of new nonfiction,which i just get ecstatic over. i spent about an hour just looking at the four or five shelves of it. i was very discerning and held myself back from borrowing everything that looked interesting to me.that would have been around 30 books,i reckon. of course i did get some.
a couple of sociology books:
a consumer's republic:the politics of consumption in postwar america by lizabeth cohen
i think that's pretty self-explanatory. i find post-ww2 history interesting. well,i find ww2 history extremely interesting although of course heartwrenching as well. i got a b.a. in history,so i've studied a bit and obviously it's been an interest for years,but really don't care much about the revolutionary or civil wars. anyway,i like modern culture and cultural studies more than i like history. i love a lot of 50's style stuff,because having been born in 1958,some of that was part of my childhood. an exception is rock n' roll. i dont' like the 50's stuff.i like the mid-60's and later,except maybe for surf guitar. ANYHOO.
trading up:the new american luxuryby michael j. silverstein and neil fiske
the subject matter makes me laugh cynically
the chesley awards for science fiction and fantasy art
i'm rather fond of a lot of fantasy art.
oops. another sociology title:
something from the oven: reinventing dinner in 1950's america by laura shapiro
thank god for tv dinners! so i sold my soul to swanson's and all their successors,so what? what are you lookin' at? there's even a chapter called 'i hate to cook'. yes,my battle cry. thank goodness i wasn't born earlier,even if laura schlessinger thinks we're still in the '50's. (saw her 'care and feeding of husband' book...flipped through and read 'greet your husband enthusiasticly when he comes home from work'. wtf? i have nothing against greeting one's husband enthusiasticly,but hopefully you would do so because you actually LIKE your husband,not because you read it in dr. laura's book. can i interest you in a copy of fascinating womanhood?
well,then i ventured over to the card catalog and typed in 'transpersonal psychology' and nada. but 'jung' brought up several titles,one of which i borrowed--man and his symbols that one had lots of pictures,but i'm sure i wouldn't understand much of his other stuff...so i guess i'll keep my eye out for 'jung for dummies'.
also in the stacks i found a book about feng shui and clutter,which has absolutely no relevance to my life. *cough*
got a couple of wayne dyer books and debbie ford's the dark side of the light chasers because i really need to have a talk with my shadow.we're not getting along well at all. and finally,bookwise,pema chodron's the places that scare you. she's a buddhist nun and her book when things fall apart has helped me through some of my dark times.
none of the dvds interested me,but i got 'what dreams may come' on video as i wanted to watch that again,mostly for the pretty colors! i haven't made peace with the ending of that movie.
then,to the bank. my bank now has a new name. i shouldn't be suprised. it reminds me of studying mexican history--for a while there,they had a coup (though maybe that's not the best term,since it's french) every weekend,it seems. it made it a bitch to take tests on it. well,i guess i still have an account there,new name or not.
it's bargain day at the video store,and being on vacation,i have a little time to watch things like dvds,rather than cleaning my apartment,of course. i wanted 'lost in translation' and the new longer version of 'the big red one',which is a ww2 movie that is supposed to be really good. i get it confused with 'thin red line',though,but 'the thin red line' confuses me anyway. it's supposed to be amazing,but naturally i don't get it. anyhow,no problem getting 'lost'(ha ha) but no big red one.no new version,no old version,no vhs even. i didn't feel like asking if they even had it...maybe it was out.
so i also got 'vertical rays of the sun' which is a movie set in viet nam
(it's supposed to be written that way,i guess) by a vietnamese filmmaker living in france.this movie has lots of RAIN in it--monsoons i suppose---which i find refreshing. this movie and his earlier one called 'the scent of green papaya' are absolutely beautiful films. 'green papaya' especially makes me feel really peaceful,sort of like the effect that watching mr. rogers' neighborhood has on me.
so,i think i'm done for now.
no,really.
oh,just one more thing...
*columbo theme*
-- William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience
those are my italics. i could relate to that. sometimes i feel like i really understand things,but then it goes away and those same insights are rarely useful in getting me out of the gloomies,so are they true? if so,they're not useful,so what's the point of knowing that kind of truth?
anyway,i'm going to look for that book and see what he had to say further on the subject.
in other fluffy matters,i went to the library in the next town over,where i can use my library card. it's always a treasure house of new nonfiction,which i just get ecstatic over. i spent about an hour just looking at the four or five shelves of it. i was very discerning and held myself back from borrowing everything that looked interesting to me.that would have been around 30 books,i reckon. of course i did get some.
a couple of sociology books:
a consumer's republic:the politics of consumption in postwar america by lizabeth cohen
i think that's pretty self-explanatory. i find post-ww2 history interesting. well,i find ww2 history extremely interesting although of course heartwrenching as well. i got a b.a. in history,so i've studied a bit and obviously it's been an interest for years,but really don't care much about the revolutionary or civil wars. anyway,i like modern culture and cultural studies more than i like history. i love a lot of 50's style stuff,because having been born in 1958,some of that was part of my childhood. an exception is rock n' roll. i dont' like the 50's stuff.i like the mid-60's and later,except maybe for surf guitar. ANYHOO.
trading up:the new american luxuryby michael j. silverstein and neil fiske
the subject matter makes me laugh cynically
the chesley awards for science fiction and fantasy art
i'm rather fond of a lot of fantasy art.
oops. another sociology title:
something from the oven: reinventing dinner in 1950's america by laura shapiro
thank god for tv dinners! so i sold my soul to swanson's and all their successors,so what? what are you lookin' at? there's even a chapter called 'i hate to cook'. yes,my battle cry. thank goodness i wasn't born earlier,even if laura schlessinger thinks we're still in the '50's. (saw her 'care and feeding of husband' book...flipped through and read 'greet your husband enthusiasticly when he comes home from work'. wtf? i have nothing against greeting one's husband enthusiasticly,but hopefully you would do so because you actually LIKE your husband,not because you read it in dr. laura's book. can i interest you in a copy of fascinating womanhood?
well,then i ventured over to the card catalog and typed in 'transpersonal psychology' and nada. but 'jung' brought up several titles,one of which i borrowed--man and his symbols that one had lots of pictures,but i'm sure i wouldn't understand much of his other stuff...so i guess i'll keep my eye out for 'jung for dummies'.
also in the stacks i found a book about feng shui and clutter,which has absolutely no relevance to my life. *cough*
got a couple of wayne dyer books and debbie ford's the dark side of the light chasers because i really need to have a talk with my shadow.we're not getting along well at all. and finally,bookwise,pema chodron's the places that scare you. she's a buddhist nun and her book when things fall apart has helped me through some of my dark times.
none of the dvds interested me,but i got 'what dreams may come' on video as i wanted to watch that again,mostly for the pretty colors! i haven't made peace with the ending of that movie.
then,to the bank. my bank now has a new name. i shouldn't be suprised. it reminds me of studying mexican history--for a while there,they had a coup (though maybe that's not the best term,since it's french) every weekend,it seems. it made it a bitch to take tests on it. well,i guess i still have an account there,new name or not.
it's bargain day at the video store,and being on vacation,i have a little time to watch things like dvds,rather than cleaning my apartment,of course. i wanted 'lost in translation' and the new longer version of 'the big red one',which is a ww2 movie that is supposed to be really good. i get it confused with 'thin red line',though,but 'the thin red line' confuses me anyway. it's supposed to be amazing,but naturally i don't get it. anyhow,no problem getting 'lost'(ha ha) but no big red one.no new version,no old version,no vhs even. i didn't feel like asking if they even had it...maybe it was out.
so i also got 'vertical rays of the sun' which is a movie set in viet nam
(it's supposed to be written that way,i guess) by a vietnamese filmmaker living in france.this movie has lots of RAIN in it--monsoons i suppose---which i find refreshing. this movie and his earlier one called 'the scent of green papaya' are absolutely beautiful films. 'green papaya' especially makes me feel really peaceful,sort of like the effect that watching mr. rogers' neighborhood has on me.
so,i think i'm done for now.
no,really.
oh,just one more thing...
*columbo theme*
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What has Debbie Ford's work to do with addressing your shadow?
jung
well,lucky for me! thanks for telling me about those other books about jung.
i think you will find the answer to your question here.
Re: jung
Re: jung
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