Stephen Ainzenstat Let’s begin with the psychology of Carl Jung. He taught that wisdom of what he called the “Self” arises from within our “collective unconscious” which he characterized as a “second psychic system,” a connection with all humanity, with spirit as well as a synchronistic union with our environment. He considered it to be the organizing center of our personality, acting independent of the ego, with a primary aim of restoring us to the “whole” person we are meant to be, by encountering and re-integrating parts of ourselves that we have rejected or denied.
We are multidimensional beings. To inquire into the depths of each
dimension, creative methodologies are required to touch the vastness of
existence. The individual is never separate from the ecology of the inner
or outer milieu. We contribute to and are impacted by the complex
energetic arrangement we call life. The “implicit” and “explicit” order, the
visible and the invisible, are part and parcel of this complex network,
vibrating at all times.
Consciousness is a continuum flowing to and from waking and dreaming.
Lucidity enhances the subtle levels and layers of consciousness.
Awareness helps to deconstruct and transform the rigidity of
assumptions that anchor core beliefs. The movement of oscillating
between dreaming and waking has the potential to deliver one into a
sublime space of Presence.
Our inner universe is as vast as the outer universe. Cultivation and
lucidity of the “in-spaces” and awareness of inner and outer ecology
reveals that there is correspondence between the two worlds.
Similar to the word “spiritual,” the word “art” is laden with
presuppositions, assuming there is a general consensus as to what art is.
There are works of art that are timeless and constantly challenge
perceptual reality. These works of art remain inspirational throughout the
history of ideas. Often, such art touches the depths of human existence
and capabilities.
By Jane Carleton
Similar to the word “spiritual,” the word “art” is laden with
presuppositions, assuming there is a general consensus as to what art is.
There are works of art that are timeless and constantly challenge
perceptual reality. These works of art remain inspirational throughout the
history of ideas. Often, such art touches the depths of human existence
and capabilities.
There is a correspondence between archetypal abstract imagery in
transpersonal experiences in lucid dreams and a certain type of art,
which I call Lucid Art.