In this two hour course Dr. Ashok Bedi brings his enthusiasm, experience and multi-cultural roots to the topic of new beginnings.<\/p>\n
A veteran Jungian analyst, Bedi assures us we can find support from the soul when we face emptiness. He relates clinical cases that show how archetypal forces step in when we\u2019re lost. He joyfully shares personal anecdotes about finding guidance from the imaginal realm.<\/p>\n
Bedi affirms that something must end for something else to begin. He describes the goddess Kali as an archetype of when we\u2019re in darkness. She executes a pruning of the ego, a cleaning out of what\u2019s no longer useful or alive. Bedi describes Jung\u2019s crisis with Freud and the Red Book that grew as a result.\u00a0 We see that times of mental breakdown can be precious times to trim the tree of our psyche.<\/p>\n
With a symbolic approach to images and events, we seed our soul with new ways to engage the world. Ashok leads us through an exercise with a few photographs in which we play with evocative images to discover our habits of perception. We can take that as a clue about how to move in a new way.<\/p>\n
Dr. Bedi illustrates his perspective on new beginnings and change, and tells tales of Aditi, the goddess of the void, the realm of the Mothers where new life is gestated. Void means you\u2019ve emptied your ego adaptations. This makes room for the soul to step in.<\/p>\n
Bedi talks about the rules of engagement with the threshold to the unconscious. We learn that when the relationship between ego and soul is that of equals, growth rather than stress can be an outcome of trauma.<\/p>\n
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Class 1.<\/b><\/p>\n
In this hour Dr. Bedi talks about the difference between change, crisis and trauma. He describes how the psyche finds a correspondence between something that\u2019s cooking inside and an external image or event. We learn that beyond visual images, many things can mirror the fantasy realm: relationships, symptoms, synchronistic events, music, art and elements of nature.\u00a0 He presents 5 criteria for knowing when an image is a bridge to your deeper psyche. We learn about the importance of a symbolic attitude to events.<\/p>\n
Class 2.<\/b><\/p>\n
In this hour Dr. Bedi talks about the Goddess Kali as clearing out what\u2019s dysfunctional. He tells us about Aditi, Goddess of the Void, and the womb of the collective Mothers. We learn that the suspension of ego consciousness in trauma or chaos is a window into the void. This is not the same as depression, in which you cannot function. A void experience activates healing images which have specific advice for the individual\u2019s life. Bedi discusses Goethe\u2019s Faust in this context.<\/p>\n
Bedi concludes with a look at the missing Fourth element, perhaps the Devil, perhaps the feminine, perhaps the inferior function. He encourages us to balance the four sectors in our life; love, work, play and creativity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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