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Ego strength
Posted on Nov 10th, 2006
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martha
martha
This week I've been learning about ego strength.
As a communication teacher, so much of what I work with in myself and others is the ability to be assertive--that is, to express one's feelings, thoughts and opinions, one's boundaires, wants and needs, one's love and outrage--in ways that are effective and creative, respectful and impactful. It is a beautiful dance, it is a midwifery practice. I cherish and let grow those who are timid to speak and those who hurt others with their aggresive woundedness/incompleteness.
Last week I shared my workshop on finding the female face of god. It is called, "Finding the Hidden Feminine." The workshop creates psychological circumstances wherein people feel permission to say "what they know is right and true, down to their very bones." I feel it is a good thing to create a space where people can communicate this way, be this way. The feedback was good, and I hope there will be more opportunities to create along these lines.
Ken Wilber talks about how psychological development takes place along with spiritual development. One needs a strong, well-developed ego in order to chose to meditate and to gain the benefits of meditation. As a student of Jung, I agree with him also that psychological development entails so much more than the ability to obtain the type of consciousness that is our societal norm.
Feminist/womanist approaches are, for me, a path that helps me learn to strengthen my ego enough to feel my connection with the Divine, and with others. It is through the courage to find what is True and what is right that I reach out toward God, or feel God within me. I'm going to create a pod here at Zaadz to be a center for energy of the Feminine. I wonder what will happen with that?
As a communication teacher, so much of what I work with in myself and others is the ability to be assertive--that is, to express one's feelings, thoughts and opinions, one's boundaires, wants and needs, one's love and outrage--in ways that are effective and creative, respectful and impactful. It is a beautiful dance, it is a midwifery practice. I cherish and let grow those who are timid to speak and those who hurt others with their aggresive woundedness/incompleteness.
Last week I shared my workshop on finding the female face of god. It is called, "Finding the Hidden Feminine." The workshop creates psychological circumstances wherein people feel permission to say "what they know is right and true, down to their very bones." I feel it is a good thing to create a space where people can communicate this way, be this way. The feedback was good, and I hope there will be more opportunities to create along these lines.
Ken Wilber talks about how psychological development takes place along with spiritual development. One needs a strong, well-developed ego in order to chose to meditate and to gain the benefits of meditation. As a student of Jung, I agree with him also that psychological development entails so much more than the ability to obtain the type of consciousness that is our societal norm.
Feminist/womanist approaches are, for me, a path that helps me learn to strengthen my ego enough to feel my connection with the Divine, and with others. It is through the courage to find what is True and what is right that I reach out toward God, or feel God within me. I'm going to create a pod here at Zaadz to be a center for energy of the Feminine. I wonder what will happen with that?
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