Author: Jan Höglund
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Book Review: Consciousness in Jung and Patañjali
Introduction Leanne Whitney spent a decade and a half studying the work of Carl Jung and Patañjali. Whitney shares her research findings in Consciousness in Jung and Patañjali. It’s an interesting book. Comparing the work of Jung and Patañjali “offers a rich source of deep discussion in relation to the nature of consciousness, the reality…
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Retrospective 2024-06
This is a retrospective of week 6, 2024 (2024-02-05–2024-02-11). I started reading Max De Pree this week: He fostered the idea of an inclusive corporation, one in which all voices are heard. … He encouraged open communication in the organization. He was often heard to say “Err on the side of over-communication.”1 I also started…
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Retrospective 2024-05
This is a retrospective of week 5, 2024 (2024-01-29–2024-02-04). Here is the retrospective of the previous week. I finished reading Consciousness in Jung and Patañjali by Leanne Whitney this week. I found the book very interesting and will write a book review in the coming weeks. Whitney writes, Classical Yoga methodology, through the total involution…
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Wholeness
We are already whole There’s nothing to do Wholeness is embodied Wholeness is ambiguous Wholeness is not static Wholeness lies behind the parts Wholeness cannot be pinned down Wholeness is not breakable into parts
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Moving Beyond
I wrote this while reading Consciousness in Jung and Patañjali by Leanne Whitney. Some-thing No-thing Know-ing Be-ing Seen Seer Moving beyond, beneath, within, and through, mental constructs, allows us to hear, perceive, how they can box us in. Objectification, conceptualization, can fuel confusion. Superimposing words, meanings, and ideas on experiencing distorts perception.
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Retrospective 2024-04
This is a retrospective of week 4 2024 (2024-01-22–2024-01-28). Here is the retrospective of week 3 2024. I have been reading Consciousness in Jung and Patañjali by Leanne Whitney this week. Jung believed that God, or the Self, could never be known directly, that comprehension comes about through ‘objects’ of experience. But Whitney writes, “it…
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Leanne Whitney on wholeness and attention
The following quotes are from Hannelie Venucia’s interview with Leanne Whitney on Oct 22, 2018. Whitney speaks about the embodied feeling of wholeness and attention, among other things. Wholeness The embodied feeling of wholeness is a peace, a calm with a joy. It’s not a joy like a happiness that sort of comes and goes.…
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Retrospective 2024-03
This is a retrospective of week 3 2024 (2024-01-15–2024-01-21). Here is the retrospective of week 2 2024. I’ve been reading Consciousness In Jung and Patañjali by Leanne Whitney. I have also listened to the following podcasts with Leanne Whitney. I started reading the following book: I added the following books to my reading list:
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Retrospective 2024-02
This is a retrospective of week 2 2024 (2024-01-08–2024-01-14). Here is the retrospective of the previous week. I’m currently reading the following books: I’ve started reading: Notes:1. See Attention as a moral Act: Iain McGilchrist and Jonathan Rowson in Conversation, YouTube, https://youtu.be/YHUGuUhB1c4. Accessed: 2024-01-14. Published: 2023-03-06.2. David Ellerman makes principled arguments against the rental of…
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Retrospective 2024-01
This is a retrospective of the first week 2024 (2024-01-01–2024-01-07). I will write in both English and Swedish because I write for myself. Newborn thoughts are easier to express in my native language (Swedish). However, most of what I read is in English and then I will stick to English. For the most part, I…