Back to the past....riffing on THE PRESERVED

Humberto Torofuerte strongbool at gmail.com
Mon Jan 25 17:29:50 CST 2010


I like it....the tetragrammaton has been reduced to the Id?

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 8:04 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 10:17 PM, Keith <keithsz at mac.com> wrote:
>>Personally, I think the concept of "the unconscious" due to it being defined as all that is outside awareness, becomes a catch-all for whatever one wants to make up about it, and is uroboric anyway. If it is outside awareness, how can we be aware of anything it contains or not.
>
> Exodus 33:20-23
> Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
> And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt
> stand upon a rock: And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth
> by, that I will put theein a clift of the rock, and will cover thee
> with my hand while I pass by: And I will take away mine hand, and thou
> shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
>
> One cannot see the entirety of "the unconscious," only small bits at a
> time, as it reveals itself to the extent one is able to see it, in the
> course of an entire life's journey.
>



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