The number one ingredient to evolve as a society is to make the unconscious conscious.

[LightSun]

What is the one variable that will enable humankind to evolve, achieve actualization, secure one’s salvation, bring about a new awakening and paradigm shift thus ushering a more perfect society?

What one quote encapsulates all this? Is it to love thy God? Is it love thy neighbor? Is it love will heal the world? Is it we are achieving a new frequency and raising our vibration for a new society?

Why is it we perpetrate the same cycles of behavior for millennia of dysfunction? What is the one important variable holding us back from evolving emotionally, spiritually and psychologically?

The one quote that is profound and a clue of how to evolve is by Carl Jung. Why do we not seek to make the unconscious conscious? How can we make the unconscious conscious?

Why has society not tried to achieve this lofty goal that could indeed usher in a new Renaissance.? How do you personally endeavor in your own life perform actions to achieve more awareness of our unconscious thoughts, feelings and beliefs?

“Until we make the unconscious conscious mankind will never evolve.” Carl Jung

“Make the unconscious conscious and you will liberate yourself. On a societal level it would transform the earth. The single most profound thought to achieve change, harbor peace within and throughout our world.” LightSun

“What contributes to the greatest misery on the planet?

1. Ignorance
2. Blind Spots
3. Cognitive Distortions
4. Emotional Reasoning
5. Blaming others and life for our emotions and not taking responsibility for our thoughts, feelings and actions
6. Projection
7. Rationalization
8. Denial

According to science free will is an illusion. It has been determined that before a person makes a conscious choice, decision or action it has already been determined at the unconscious level.

This doesn’t add up. If there is no true will in that our decisions are made due to Nature -Nurture dynamics, then why is evil allowed to exist?

Western monotheistic religions purport that God allows the devil because of free will and he is testing us. This concept was established in the Bronze Age era before it was ever documented in religious texts.

I don’t believe in the devil. To me the devil is a projection of our selves. I don’t blame the devil for mankind’s misfortunes. Instead I believe most of human misery is due to ignorance. Ignorance of the unconscious.

Until we make the unconscious conscious we will continue to live in a backward world blaming existential creatures that don’t exist. We will never take responsibility for our own happiness, salvation and the responsibility to make this a better world.

The perpetrators of human misery are (1) ignorance, (2) blind spots especially of the unconscious, (3) cognitive distortions on the unconscious level of which (4). Emotional Reasoning,

(5) 5. Blaming others and life for our emotions and not taking responsibility for our thoughts, feelings and actions

(6) projection of one’s own unresolved issues, unconscious conflicts, emotional baggage and unhealed aspects in the form of one’s own psychic wounds.

These projections of one’s unhealed soul are pollution for mankind. People blame others and reality for their own distortions in the human thought process.

What is more nefarious they do so blindly, unaware and don’t take responsibility to address their own issues before spewing their own issues unto others as pollution stemming from their own souls unto others and reality.

We will never grow up. “Until we make the unconscious conscious we will never evolve.” Carl Jung

Until we take responsibility for our own thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and actions we can continue to use as a cop out Satan and ascribe to him all the misery of mankind. It is we who are the spreaders of misery, evil and ignorance.

Other contenders for adding human misery are (7) Rationalization and (8) Denial where we do things in the name of love and rationalize our own behavior all because we don’t have insight into ourselves.” LightSun

#awakening #enlightenment #paradigmshift #unconscious #selfactualization #renaissance

 

[meowington]

Lots of good questions (and answers).

What is the one variable that will enable humankind to evolve, achieve actualization, secure one’s salvation, bring about a new awakening and paradigm shift thus ushering a more perfect society?

I feel obliged to answer the very first one : Not gonna happen.

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

Lots of good questions (and answers).



I feel obliged to answer the very first one : Not gonna happen.

We don't know that now, do we?

Always in motion, the future is.

 

[meowington]

We don't know that now, do we?

Always in motion, the future is.

True. Just a hunch.

 

[LightSun]

#enlightened #selfactualization #renaissance #children #cbt #mindfulness

“What’s the best tool to become enlightened? How does someone become self actualized?Can wisdom come from reading external sources of secular and religious wisdom?

I’ve written that human beings have the potential to usher in a new renaissance. A Renaissance of the mind and cognitive discipline.

What will forestall this human Renaissance from occurring and having a cycle of dysfunction continue? I’d say a useful tool is to become mindful of our unconscious thoughts.

There is a lot of New Age talk of we are at the dawn of a new human awakening. Do you really think or believe that we are at the age of a new awakening will come just with a positive energy?

Or that our energy, vibration and frequency are being raised? It’s not that simple folks. No, to usher in a new age there has to be hard work invested. Eastern Buddhism talks of mindfulness.

Well the Western practical guide to becoming more mindful is psychologies CBT and REBT. I am mindful of these 10 cognitive distortions and 10 irrational beliefs in the human subconscious in my thoughts, writing and speech.

I use the analogy of physical martial arts. Does anyone really think they can naturally fight Bruce Lee and win with just a positive attitude?

No, it takes physical discipline and training. In martial arts a person starts as a white belt and progresses up to a black belt but it takes physical mindfulness and years of training.

I’ve trained my mind for decades with these cognitive mindfulness tools. A person cannot become mindful, enlightened, or self actualized without a useful tool. Well I’ve presented two invaluable aides.

For the most part mankind desire wealth, power, fame, sex, beauty and violence. It is manifest in society.

One can not gain wisdom, evolve, mature psychologically, emotionally and spiritually by being attracted to wise quotes. Whether religious or secular wisdom.

Wisdom has to come from within. That means to use judicious discernment and question all religious texts,

secular quotations purported to be wise and false wives tales that are not substantiated by hard science. This requires work and becoming mindful of our inner reality.

For within our unconscious thoughts lay false values, notes and norms prescribed either by society or forced upon by religious dogma that is not ever being put under question.

As Buddha said, “Question everything. Accept nothing unless it is held to the light of reason and passes judicious mindful cogent human reasoning.”

Those that desire wisdom and are prepared to work at it being mindful of their thoughts, beliefs, feelings, speech, writing and actions are indeed a minority.

What is preventing people from using this cognitive discipline? Do you intend to become awake just by your positive thoughts. I’ve examined religious wisdom.

Buddhism is my favorite but it as all religions have all or nothing thinking, black and white thinking and generalizations.

Buddha himself said to trust nothing or anyone merely because it is supposedly holy or written by a master unless it resonates with your heart, mind and soul.

The reason why human beings can not evolve is because we all have blind spots of awareness. This CBT and REBT techniques helps one uncover one’s unconscious thus making the darkness viewable in the light of judicious discernment.

These useful tools help one discover one’s hidden blind spots of hidden unconscious prejudices and stereotypes. The reason why mankind can not evolve is that we have not embraced Plato’s ideal of having a society governed by “The lovers of wisdom.”

To do that two excellent tools are first Dr. David Burns best selling book called Feeling Good. Out of a list of 1,000 best self helps books on a number of topics ranked #1 out of that 1,000 list.

In the book are documented the 10 cognitive distortions in the human thought process. Ranked #2 of that list was also written by Dr. David burns called The Feeling Good Handbook.

The 1,000 best self help books were from every affliction one could think of.

In Western Psychology a Cognitive Behavior approach is among the forefront in therapy and self help. I’ve read Dr. Aaron Beck considered as the father of Cognitive Therapy. His books are dry. Dr. David Burns books are refreshingly easy to read for the layperson.

Dr. Albert E. Ellis is the founder of REBT (Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy). He came out with the 10 Irrational Beliefs in the human subconscious. These are highlighted in his book A New Guide to Rational Living.

I’ve written that learning all the secular or religious verse will not make a person wiser. True wisdom must come from within.
I’ve shared an empirical tool to become self actualized ot enlightened.

1. Dr. David Burns, Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
2. Dr. Albert E. Ellis A New Guide to Rational Living

Lots of good questions (and answers).



I feel obliged to answer the very first one : Not gonna happen.

Thank you very much meowington for your positive thoughts.

 

[LightSun]

Quote:
“Projections change the world into the replica of one’s own unknown face.” Carl Jung


“Exactly there are many truths. Two simple ones if they could be assimilated by society could propel society forward. Only though if they take personal responsibility for their internal universe.

One universal truism is that we Homo Sapiens are a projective species. We project our unconscious beliefs unto other people and situations.

This is the dilemma. All of us are molded by societal, peer and parental expectations, values, norms, mores, ideals and values since birth.

It gets incorporated into our underlying unconscious cognitive schema which makes up our ‘autopilot’ or our underlying belief system.

This is for the wise. To change another would be tantamount to changing their hard drive or rather their genes and genetic predisposition.

In addition it would be to rewire the software of another completely different and unique individual of their parenting, schooling and indeed their entire life experiential lessons while walking the path of life.

We are as in the Hubble Telescope. We each have a different lens to view reality based on our hard wire and soft ware.

These are merely only our perceptions and not ultimate reality. Most of what we know is mere subjective opinion.

The second truth and this comes from the cognitive based psychological fields of CBT: Cognitive Behavior Therapy and REBT: Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy.

Every negative felt experienced reality has an underpinning with cognitive distortions and or irrational beliefs.

It manifests as a trigger. I have an analogy. Our emotions are like the check engine light of our car.

1. If we have a negative emotion we are triggered. 2. Their are distortions in the thought process.

3. These hidden unconscious triggers are a blind spot of awareness.

4. Underneath is your own unfinished business, unresolved conflicts, emotional baggage and an unhealed aspect of a psychic wound.

This is universal. The amendments would be these three parameters. 1. A person experiencing extreme physical pain.

2. A person is in a fight or flight situation. The third is if we are confronted with something so anti-ethical to our moral sensibility.

Examples would be having a negative emotion over murderers, Hitler, Rapists, etc. The point is you do not allow your emotions to act emotionally and in an irrational sense. Hold those accountable but remain objective.

If people would acknowledge this truth and take action accordingly we could transform society from within.

This is my vow. I am responsible for my own thoughts, feelings, speech, writing and actions irregardless of the person or the external situation.

I will not repay negative energy with negative. In psychology this is negative reinforcement. For those coming from a completely blatant irrational stance, their is no useful reasoning with them.

The person pouring a type of a pollution on their fellow man and reality are those who blame others and reality for their own emotions.

They are in a philosophical sense projecting an illusion of their own unfinished business unto a real world situation or person.

These the blamers who don’t take responsibility will never heal from their psychic wound. They will continue to be triggered by this sore spot.

This will not change unless they take responsibility. Those that don’t will never grown emotionally, spiritually or psychologically.

All the sayings, “Take the High Road” would be prudent. I as every person alive has blind spots in my overall awareness.

I hope to continue to evolve by being cognitively mindful and responsible for my self in entirety, having an open mind, being tolerant and respectful of others with beliefs dissimilar from myself.

In my path following the tenets I continue to grow both in depth and breadth of my understanding of self, others and the world we live in.

I respectfully apologize if I have ever strayed to strive to be humble and have an open, inquisitive and curios mind.” LightSun

 

[LightSun]

“Freedom is the will to be responsible for ourselves.” Fredrich Nietzsche

“ I take personal responsibility for my own thoughts, feelings, speech, writing and actions irregardless of the person or the situation.

I am cognizant that no one can make me feel a negative emotion. They can only trigger what’s within.

In that case it is my responsibility and I will not be as pollution by venting or lashing out at external situations or people. I will not blame. I will be self responsible.” LightSun

 

[Mind Maverick]

 

[Sparkykun]

Jung basically means that people, especially those that come later in the Generation Temperament and Racial Temperament, are able to better articulate with what they want, instead of "beating around the bush" so to speak, with their words having to be interpreted by other energetic processes.

For example, someone saying to an insurance salesman "you will be lucky to even get someone to hear you speak when you call", actually means, "don't be afraid of failure, as it's normal in this business, so do your best and dial more numbers", though might be interpreted differently as "you are not suited for this job", for someone who is not as in-tune energetically.

In relation to the information on Generation Temperament and Racial Temperament, you might also be interested in this thread article:

MBTI++ Activation Temperament...

www.personalitycafe.com

 

[LightSun]

Quote:
“If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. If you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate the suffering all that is dark and negative in yourself. Truly the greatest gift to give is that of your own self-transformation.” Lao Tzu

Part I.

Bill you don’t believe in satan and neither do I. I see the fighting between theists and non-theists. Theists say the world is in such dire straights because of the immorality of society and point to atheists such as Hitler and Stalin to substantiate their case.

This is a correlation not causation. Non-theists blame religion for a great host of the worlds problems.

This generalizes and does not do justice to critical thought. Whether we had religion or religion did not exist, human beings still would do barbaric, soulless ‘evil’ things.

This is because all of the worlds religions scriptures were written by fallible human beings. They say the Bible is inspired and the direct message from God. Again I respect a persons personal beliefs even if I don’t share them.

I am respectful, tolerant and open minded with different belief systems across the world. That being said, I won’t hesitate to share my personal view and opinion.

Metaphorically one can say that the Bible and other religious texts are divinely inspired. This is mere metaphor. Every written and creative work is inspired, but inspired by human inspiration.

It is for this reason that every religious scripture must be reviewed under the lens of modern times and re-evaluated. Religion does not protect humanity from evil. I usually don’t like using subjective terms like evil.

I have read the Bible front to end at least once. I have read the entirety of the New Testament numerous times.

I also know the sayings of Buddha. Albert Einstein once said that if any religion could help modem man, it would be Buddhism.

I like Buddha, Confucius and Lao Tzu were never deified. Buddha was right on the money with three tenants.

Part II.

1. Buddha said to question everything even if he said unless it passed our judicious discernment.

This is why the Western religions of Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism and Baha’i, if one takes things in a literal sense are too dogmatic.

2. Buddha said that only we can walk our path and no one else. As human beings we can never be perfect.

We can’t reach ultimate enlightenment. But if we are mindful we can self actualize to the best of our abilities.

I. This is my philosophy. The purpose of life is to find one’s true self. This is a deeper self. Finding this deeper core self means one must outgrow an infantile preliminary ego state.

Since birth we have been conditioned by societal, peer and parental expectations, norms, mores, ideals and values.

In the process of self discovery one outgrows what we initially learned and develops a more humanitarian and Agape appreciation for all life and all beings.

II. We learn what is our latent, innate gift.

III. Finally we share this gift with the rest of humanity for the good, and welfare of all humanity.

We live in a Christian nation yet I perceive America as the rest of the world following ‘Maya.’ These are false values. Inclusive are the idolatry,and a pursuit of sex, beauty, wealth, fame, power and violence out of a balanced proportion.

Part III.

3. Buddha’s tenet is that no one can save us be we ourselves.

This again goes again the Western religions who are looking for a savior and someone to save them.

It is my opinion we shall never evolve psychologically, emotionally or spiritually until we learn to take responsibility for ourselves and create our own destiny.

Do you know how to create world peace?

Do you wish knowing how to make this a more perfect world?

It’s simple really. I take personal responsibility for my thoughts, feelings, speech, writing and actions irregardless of other people or the situation.

The Bible says that are body is a temple. I would add so is our mouth and the form of communication we share with others.

Why do I see all across Facebook and in reality at large negative, nasty, foul, abrasive, derogatory, Insulting language?

Don’t you know that everything that comes out of your mouth is a total reflection of your inner soul, self, person and being.

A. If you are negative you are triggered.

B. This comes from psychology, under every negative emotion are thought distortions.

C. The negative person unawares, unconsciously is projecting the pollution from their own souls. They do this unto others and reality.

D. They are blamers. Know this people no one can make you feel a negative emotion. They can only trigger what is already hidden as a blind spot from the persons own conscious awareness.

E. The persons negativity at the core root is made up of their own unconscious conflicts, unresolved issues, emotional baggage and unhealed aspects of a psychic wound.

F. A famous quote is if you want to awaken all of humanity start with yourself.

Another quote is true change can only come from within. You don’t have the right to try and change another person. That is their journey, not yours.

Folks what is the reason that people learn, and memorize by rote memorization religious scripture and verse along with all of these wonderful, inspiring, positive quotations from secular philosophy?

G. True wisdom must come and can only from within. Learn all the scriptures and secular wisdoms of the ancients you want.

It the final analysis it won’t do you any good. When a person is triggered, push comes to shove and all the wisdom goes out the window. One reverts to their base emotion.

This is why I have issue with new age thought that we are at the dawn of a new awakening. We must increase our frequency and vibration.

Just as learning all the wisdom of both religion and the secular giants, these well intentioned and positive message, have no merit.

Part IV.

H. Carl Jung said that it is only by making the unconscious, conscious that we can ever grow and evolve spiritually, psychologically and emotionally.

We must be mindful if we are ever to awaken.
This is the reason why I don’t look to an outward source to come and save me.

Finally continue to believe whatever religion you hold. But still let’s learn to use cognitive discipline of mindfulness.

In order to change and grow we must be cognizant of our own thought process. Until if and when this is done, we shall not awaken.

Until we take responsibility for our own lives, our own thoughts and take personal ownership of one’s emotions, we will continue to be in an infantile state of being.” LightSun

 

[Pionart]

Would an example of making the unconscious conscious be developing the 5th-8th cognitive functions?

 

[Meltar85]

Before your question can be answered, other questions must first be answered: 1) What is the definition of "perfect society"? 2) When you refer to the verb "evolve", do you mean biologically, culturally, or something else? 3) Does your quest for the "salvation" of humanity hinge on religion or something else? 4) whose "actualization" are you seeking and what does this actualization look like?

 

[LightSun]

“Since the dawn of humanity. People can never get wiser each generation because they must relive the mistakes of their forebears.

Unfortunately we can’t transcribe lessons we learned unto those who follow. Each generation is born as a blank slate. We can transcribe knowledge. Thus technology increases. Human wisdom does not.

Each generation and every culture throughout the world gain wisdom from certain enlightened individuals. We have not however grown emotionally, spiritually or psychologically since the dawn of time.

Again, not since the dawn of time. Carl Jung said that until we make the unconscious, conscious we will never evolve.

Plato said that until we have leaders who are the lovers of wisdom, we will not evolve. This was said 2,500 years ago.

Dysfunction breeds dysfunction. Until we put in the time, money, resources and effort into these humanitarian efforts we will not evolve. Moreover we can’t until these areas to begin with deserve out time and focus.

This includes the list of the following:
1. Children
2. Education
3. Health Care
4: Decreasing the gap between the super rich and poor
5. Increasing the Human Happiness Ratio of our citizens in this country.

We have had Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Krishna, Mahavira, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Confucius, Moses, Muhammad, and Jesus. We also have the wisdom of the giants in philosophy.

All of the great religions and the greatest of secular philosophers say that the kingdom of heaven is within and that true worth comes from inside.

Yet we live like Socrates said in his famous Allegory of the Cave in shadows and follow these shadows. None will awaken as long as these false values are pursued out of proportion and balance and and then glorified.

1. Sex
2. Beauty
3. Violence
4. Power
5. Wealth
6 Fame

One can not transmit wisdom. Learn all the religious verses you want, go to a church, synagogue or temple regularly.

When one is triggered the person will revert to their base primitive emotions. React out of instinct and guided by their own unconscious thought process.

We have not been taught to think for ourselves in a critical thought manner and learn to be wise on their own. Until you learn to think for yourself, we will not evolve as a society. Moreover to usher in any new beginning has a simple equation.

1. I take total responsibility for my thoughts, feelings, speech, actions and behaviors despite the person or the situation.

Moreover as a species we are projective. We project our own internal reality. This is made up of in the unconscious our cognitive schemas based on our own values, norms, mores.

These stem from parental, peer and societal expectations we received as a child. We then project all this unfairly unto others and all in an unconscious manner.

2. Secondly I will not repay negative energy with negative energy. How another person reacts is a reflection of them. How you react is a reflection of you.

3. This applies to adults. Nobody can make us feel bad. They can only trigger what is already inside. It is a mad cycle. We are a projective species. We become triggered.

Now either one can take responsibility for themselves or else blame others and reality for how we feel. At all times a person who has achieved peace of the mind and has a good healthy internal locus of control and self concept, they will not react outwardly with negativity against others and reality.

These individuals who take personal responsibility will grown emotionally, spiritually and psychologically.

Those who blame others and are negative are as pollution to the human species. They are holding society back with their unknown ignorance.

They get triggered and out comes their own emotional baggage, unresolved issues, unconscious conflicts and they react from an unhealed psychic wound on their part.

Until we break this cycle there will be no Awakening. You can have people waiting for someone outside ourselves to come and bring salvation.

As long as we do not learn to think for ourselves, take responsibility for ourselves and learn to develop wisdom from within, we will never evolve.

To begin with society must put in the time, money, resources, and manpower in certain areas. This should begin in early childhood.

1. Mindfulness of our own subconscious dynamics in the thought process. Being aware of what are cognitive distortions that are in our unconscious. We need to develop our mental discipline and have the tools to eradicate these thought distortions and for us to react more rationally.

2. Empathy skills training.

3. Active Listening Skills.

These are just the basics. Until if and when I see the time and resources put in these areas, I believe it is a Pollyanna belief that we can usher in a new awakening.” LightSun