Jung, Maslow & The Mechanics of Meaning ~ Gary Lachman

[Soul_of_Shu]

In this talk delving into 'meaning', Gary Lachman is as engaging as ever in bringing his subjects to life ...

[AshvinP]

In this talk delving into 'meaning', Gary Lachman is as engaging as ever in bringing his subjects to life ...

Great talk, Dana. Thanks.

Have you read Lachman's new book on Time? I have not had a chance to look at it yet.

He is completely correct that "meaning" in the world can become very abstract if we are ourselves are not always imbuing it with new life. It is the topic that deserves our most serious attention to and participation with right now. We cannot only consume meaning for ourselves, but also need to radiate meaning out into the world. I think it goes without saying at this point the ways in which we can do that.

All optimism and pessimism are thereby refuted. Optimism assumes that the world is perfect, that it must be a source of the greatest satisfaction for man. But if this is to be the case, man would first have to develop within himself those needs through which to arrive at this satisfaction. He would have to gain from the objects what it is he demands. Pessimism believes that the world is constituted in such a way that it leaves man eternally dissatisfied, that he can never be happy. What a pitiful creature man would be if nature offered him satisfaction from outside! All lamentations about an existence that does not satisfy us, about this hard world, must disappear before the thought that no power in the world could satisfy us if we ourselves did not first lend it that magical power by which it uplifts and gladdens us. Satisfaction must come to us out of what we make of things, out of our own creations. Only that is worthy of free beings.

[Lou Gold]

In this talk delving into 'meaning', Gary Lachman is as engaging as ever in bringing his subjects to life ...

This is WONDERFUL. For me, another synchronous curation. Thank you Dana.

I got a good chuckle at around 51:15 where Gary starts talking about "active imagination" and says, "If I think too much about it, I'll stop."

[Soul_of_Shu]

Great talk, Dana. Thanks.

Have you read Lachman's new book on Time? I have not had a chance to look at it yet.

Glad I finally found a talk that isn't painful for you No I've not read his new book. I hadn't heard of it until now, so will look into that.

[Soul_of_Shu]

Great talk, Dana. Thanks.

Have you read Lachman's new book on Time? I have not had a chance to look at it yet.

Glad I finally found a talk that isn't painful for you No I've not read his new book. I hadn't heard of it until now, so will look into that.

Just realized that GL has done a recent interview with Mishlove related to his book Dreaming Ahead of Time for those interested.

[Soul_of_Shu]

Also, given current events, GL may be in for hitting pay dirt with his 2020 book The Return of Holy Russia, which surely sets the scene for how that 'return' is playing out now. There are a few interviews available on Youtube delving into it.

[Lou Gold]

[Lou Gold]

Marc Chagall, who was born and raised in the Jewish community in Vitebsk, Belarus and later lived in Paris and New York, painted "The White Crucifixion" in 1938 as the Nazii menace spread across Europe. The painting has a permanent home at the Chicago Art Institute where I first saw it as a child. Sadly, it's also symbolizing our present times.

[Lou Gold]