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Not all unfortunate situations are the result of the machinations of the unconscious mind. Some are due to lack of experience and some we remain in because we don't have the emotional force we need to see through the smoke and make a clear cut between the past and the present. When the ties are direct and involve one's family, that is even more difficult. One is dealing directly with a family member who is mad, for instance, and it is unclear whether one has the strength for this (this was my situation). I think some people thought that I enjoyed this difficulty, but I didn't. My unconscious and my conscious mind were not divided on that matter.
I suspect that in a case where the unconscious mind is not the operational force one feels a generalized anxiety, but in a case where the opposite is true, the anxiety one feels would probably be much more localized and acute.
Bataille said, "Humanity invented a hell for itself and thereupon it was in heaven."
Bataille was a crazy person who liked being mad, because he felt that being in touch with the unconscious minds of others and himself was a form of power. It was like having his fingers on electric power lines all the time. It made him feel extremely alive. He certainly invented a hell for himself, but he gained pleasure from it, including a certain freedom from subservience to established social mores.
I think the person who is mad, but wants to be mad, because there is much to be gained by accessing this forbidden knowledge -- the secret recesses of human minds -- is a shaman.
Most people would not choose to have so much direct awareness of what is going on in the depths of their minds, but shamans revel in this inner experience, even though it is extremely painful. They feel the benefits they gain from knowledge of their inner worlds outweigh the painful aspects of their vocation.
Not all unfortunate situations are the result of the machinations of the unconscious mind. Some are due to lack of experience and some we remain in because we don't have the emotional force we need to see through the smoke and make a clear cut between the past and the present. When the ties are direct and involve one's family, that is even more difficult. One is dealing directly with a family member who is mad, for instance, and it is unclear whether one has the strength for this (this was my situation). I think some people thought that I enjoyed this difficulty, but I didn't. My unconscious and my conscious mind were not divided on that matter.
I suspect that in a case where the unconscious mind is not the operational force one feels a generalized anxiety, but in a case where the opposite is true, the anxiety one feels would probably be much more localized and acute.
Bataille said, "Humanity invented a hell for itself and thereupon it was in heaven."
Bataille was a crazy person who liked being mad, because he felt that being in touch with the unconscious minds of others and himself was a form of power. It was like having his fingers on electric power lines all the time. It made him feel extremely alive. He certainly invented a hell for himself, but he gained pleasure from it, including a certain freedom from subservience to established social mores.
I think the person who is mad, but wants to be mad, because there is much to be gained by accessing this forbidden knowledge -- the secret recesses of human minds -- is a shaman.
Most people would not choose to have so much direct awareness of what is going on in the depths of their minds, but shamans revel in this inner experience, even though it is extremely painful. They feel the benefits they gain from knowledge of their inner worlds outweigh the painful aspects of their vocation.
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