Hi Carol,
I though I was going on vacation this morning, but now I'm delayed,
hopefully only a short time.....
As so much dreamwork uses the theoretical perspective of projection, I
don't think its a big deal to leave it in, or take it out as it will be
intertwined with all the aspects of dreamwork, apparently.
But to me, making projection as a universal principle rather than
contemporary perspective puts the principles document out as a religious
document revolving around the deification of Projection, an unquestionalble
king-pin that stands outside the system, and cannot be questioned.
I'm fine with the principles document be a spiritual document, but I
think we should then explicity say this is so. This would also be a kind of
break in trends with ASD in that before we have tried to treat all
perspectives with some kind of nod. Dreamwork may be quite different that
dreaming in general.
I've pulled out a few of your statements. While I agree *personally* with
them as beliefs, I see them *all* a religious statement, or at least,
unverifiable fictions and perspectives:
__projection process as the way the world comes into
>being and continues to roll along.
__Projection, even where it may not be
>called such, is such an essential process of how we exist, create and
>experience the world, that I know of no way that it can be separated out
from
>the other principles.
__ projection is a major principle, perhaps
>the quintessential principle, rather than a subtopic
__Dreaming as we all know is at its heart
>and soul a creative process
just thinking,
-Richard
>As a student and soon-to-be teacher of the Course in Miracles, and a
>long-term student of Buddhism and esoteric religions of all kinds, I come
>into this discussion with a perspective that I would at least like to put
>onto the table. The Course, as well as many religious traditions, including
>Buddhism, speaks of the projection process as the way the world comes into
>being and continues to roll along. Projection, even where it may not be
>called such, is such an essential process of how we exist, create and
>experience the world, that I know of no way that it can be separated out
from
>the other principles. The Course might even be paraphrased to say that
>projection is the creation process. Dreaming as we all know is at its
heart
>and soul a creative process, as is the dreamwork. With all respect to
>Richard, I do agree with Jeremy that projection is a major principle,
perhaps
>the quintessential principle, rather than a subtopic, and needs to be kept
as
>a principle in this endeavor.
>Also respectfully submitted,
>Carol
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