Sink or Swim - 19th Sunday

(79) Our question: What are my associations with storms or being in deep water?Thomas Keating's thoughts on silence. Thomas Merton's thoughts on silence.A mystery that we chew on - From Sean J. McGrath on Psychology and the Cross podcast. McGrath explores the common idea of Jesus as one of the symbols of the Self that Jung explored. I'm still capitalizing the word to show that it is different than our regular conception of the ego/self . "...I think that what we see in the Christian revelation of the Christ is that Christ is not primarily a symbol of the Self; he’s a symbol of God. He’s a symbol of God, and the God is not the Self. The Self, then, we’d have to say, from a Christian perspective, that unconscious center of the soul, the Self is an image of God. And Jung says as much, he says, it’s imago dei, it’s an image of God. We have that in Genesis. And so it points toward God. But Christ doesn’t simply express the human reality; he does that, of course, but he also expresses the divine reality. We get both."Sunday ReadingsThank you for listening! You're invited to join our FB community at ⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/laughingmystics/⁠⁠Need more poetry in your life? ⁠⁠Visit Marci's blog ⁠⁠and/or ⁠⁠subscribe to Laura's new substack ⁠⁠and receive one of her fresh poems delivered to you periodically. Questions? Comments? Bring your voice to the conversation. We'd like to SHARE THE MIC with you! Send an audio or video from your phone with a question, reflection, or comment to ⁠⁠ [email protected]⁠⁠We now have an easier way for you to leave a review or rating, using this link! ⁠⁠RateThisPodcast.com/thelaughingmystics⁠⁠Please follow us to be alerted for new episodes. We hope you'll share this passion project with others, write a review, or rate/like our podcast on your favorite platform!⁠⁠pod.link/1799776273⁠⁠New episodes now released on Thursday mornings!For more on Marci Madary visit ⁠⁠https://www.insideoutspirituality.com/⁠⁠For more on Laura Lewis-Barr visit ⁠⁠https://psychescinema.com/⁠⁠(0ur show notes are always filled with many links. If your platform doesn't show them, visit the "episode webpage" or our Spotify page.)Music licensed from Artlist#jungianpsychology #depthpsychology #richardrohr #progressivechristianity #jungianwisdom #mysticalchristianity #religioustext #transpersonalpsychology