Franklin Merrell-Wolff responds to one of his students concerning the difference between Jung’s meaning of the “collective unconscious” and his own notion of “introceptual knowledge.” He considers Jung’s use of the term ‘collective unconscious’ to be a blanket term covering all psychical possibilities above and below the level of our relative subject-object consciousness. He continues his exposition by outlining Sri Aurobindo’s analysis of the different levels of consciousness whereby a movement into the “subconscient” would be a descent in consciousness, a movement into the “subliminal” would be a movement on the same level of consciousness, and a movement into the “superconscious” would be an ascent in consciousness. He points out that this relativity, which is valid in the process of evolution, is irrelevant when one has reached a state of Realization. Wolff then emphasizes the importance of the evolution in the process of establishing conscious Buddhahood. He concludes by issuing a stern warning about the use of drugs and the dangers of the “intermediate zone.”
Recording Location
Lone Pine, Calif.
Recording Date
23 June 1970
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Recording Duration
47 min
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