C.G. Jung Society, Seattle C.G. Jung Society, Seattle
Lecture: Friday, May 10, 2002, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Good Shepherd Center, Room 202, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle
$10 members, $15 nonmembers
Workshop: Saturday, May 11, 2002, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Good Shepherd Center, Room 202, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle
$30 members, $40 nonmembers, $25 student/senior members, $35 student/senior nonmembers
To learn about preregistering for the workshop, see Preregistration Policy and Form.
Jung spoke of the individuation process as circumambulating an empty center, which he called the Self. Buddhism offers a direct encounter with emptiness, referred to as "no-self." Can we reconcile this paradox of self and no-self? An isolated, constricted ego is the cause of suffering in both systems. Can our existential experiences of feeling empty be related to an experience of Emptiness or the Self? Perhaps these are potential places of creation that touch a formless reality, to use Neumann's terms.
While Jung's interest in Buddhism had an immense impact on the development of his thinking, he feared the Eastern meditation practices would become a "poison" used to suppress the unconscious. In fact, meditation can be an avoidance of psychological, relational and shadow work. Conversely, Jungian emphasis on opposites and stress on image might prevent a more direct experience of the Self.
Through lecture, discussion and experiential exercises, we will explore the convergence and divergence of the Jungian path of analysis and Tibetan Buddhist practice. In the workshop we will go into more depth and include more clinical discussion.
Georgette Kelley, Ed.D., is a Jungian analyst, a graduate of the C. G Jung Institute of New York, and a licensed psychologist in New Jersey. She is a faculty member and a former Board member of the New York Institute. She also teaches at the Philadelphia Jung Institute. For 15 years Dr. Kelley was the Director of the Office of Psychological Services at Douglass College, Rutgers University. In this capacity she taught and supervised clinical internships for therapists in training. Currently her areas of interest in teaching include dream interpretations, shadow work, transference and counter-transference, and spiritual aspects of the individuation process. She has studied Tibetan Buddhism for over 20 years.
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