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 Awaken The Slumbering Goddess Oct 23, 2008
Asok Bedi, MD, is a special soul who beautifully integrates his ancient Eastern Hindu background with his modern Western Jungian psychiatry experience. His book represents the true nature of inner spiritual work to connect the personality/ego with the soul and higher spiritual self. His Jungian training gives voice to the importance of balancing the opposites that represent the blueprint for a achieving a soul directed life. He accurately describes how the use of spiritual tools, that incorporate ancient latent codes, can provide access to the primordial scripts that form the pattern for Divine Consciousness that is inherent in the consciousness of the human soul and mind/body.
His courage to reveale the self-exploration precipitated by his clinical work and life experiences, powerfully reflect his personal transformation and "awakening of the Divine Feminine" within himself.
This book is a mandatory read for those who practice in the field of psychology who have a desire to evolve their own soul, and anyone who has an interest in understanding the importance of connecting the lower human mind consciousness with psyche/soul consciousness of the true spiritual self.
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A good bridge- east and west Jul 01, 2008
To the western mind everything about India with the manifold display of gods and goddesses seems distant and foreign to the monotheistic one directional way that has dominated our part of the world. Personally, Kali, the dark goddess has been of particular interest to me possibly because She seems to be the emerging feminine archetypal force waiting to unfold the tightness of our western world view. Dr. Bedi has helped to bring greater clarity to not only Her but to the other goddesses of India in such a manner that, now, they are not so distant but quite relevant to the western mind. Their archetypal nature manifesting in clinical examplels and deep respect for the spiritual ground that unites us all is strongly felt throughout this book. I am grateful that Dr. Bedi has made his contribution here to bring about a deeper and more intimate respect between the differences of religion,-in this case between Hinduism and the Judeo/Christian influences of the west.
Fred R. Gustafson, D.Min.
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Brilliant discussion Mar 22, 2008
Awaken the Slumbering Goddess is a refreshing discussion of how to understand the complicated pantheon of Hindu gods and goddesses. Dr. Bedi brings his expertise as a psychiatrist, Jungian analyst, and Hindu to the subject. Archetypal energies are alive in all of our psyches and Dr. Bedi explains how these energies might be understood and accepted. Once brought to consciousness they can be used in forming healthy relationships. Whether Hindu or not reading this book can enlarge one's understanding of psychological dynamics. Dr. Bedi is a master at bridging Eastern and Western traditions of psychology and spiritual traditions. Ellen Macfarland, PhD Author of "The Sacred Path Beyond Trauma.
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A physicist's view Mar 10, 2008
My interest in Dr. Ashok Bedi's literary work began with his first book Path to Soul, published in the year 2000. From then on, I have carefully followed his writings that include Accidents & Synchronicity, and Retire Your Family Karma. In his latest book Awaken the Slumbering Goddess, Dr. Bedi has accomplished a seamless integration of Indian existentialist thought, traditions, and practices with the Western Jungian psychoanalysis. Lest I be misunderstood, let me state that, I am not a psychologist, nor a psychiatrist, nor a psychoanalyst. I am a theoretical physicist. And as such, what struck me as the unique in Awaken the Slumbering Goddess is the parallel between psychoanalysis and existentialist constructs of Hindu Goddesses on one hand, and physics and mathematics on the other. In physics, the seemingly disparate phenomenological universe is made sense of and comprehended through a process that we can call concretization. What this means is that reality is expressed as mathematical relations that follow logical patterns. Thus, the abstract becomes concrete (or comprehensible), and then concrete is either objectively validated or refuted by experience or experiment. I believe Dr. Bedi has subtly grasped this scientific methodology. Dr. Bedi clearly understands that the Hindu Goddesses and Gods are the archetypes of human condition governed by an existentialist logic, and that these Goddesses and Gods represent a distillation and "concretization" of eons of human experiences, struggles, thoughts, and reflections of a vast, hoary, and living civilization. Dr. Bedi's psychoanalytic descriptions of Goddesses are accurate, correct, and authentic. A great amount of unbiased and objective research has gone into characterization of the Goddesses as archetypes of existential transitions, travails, and struggles of human race surpassing the bounds of time, space, and race. Since human experience is not mathematically quantifiable, it is only through the existentialist paradigm that we can grasp it, and apply it to ameliorate human crises; and thus the necessity and universality of the archetypes represented by the Goddesses. Dr. Bedi has brought about this essential indivisibility of Jungian with Goddesses with the ease and comfort of a quantum physicist - who is at once comfortable in the world of particle and wave. No doubt, Dr. Bedi's innate knowledge and experience with Indian thought and traditions, and his long experience as a working physician-psychiatrist, and classical training in Western medical, psychiatric and Jungian psychoanalytic sciences in England, USA, and India have clearly helped him. Also, Dr. Bedi's deep insight and vast experience in expertly applying Jungian psychoanalytic approaches to problems of mental and psychological health have also stood him in good stead. Dr. Bedi's seamless integration of the existentialist world of Hindu Goddesses and Jungian psychoanalysis is a unique and valuable scholarly, practical contribution. His approach is unbiased and objective, yet holistic and empathetic. It is scholarly, yet rooted in practice as a working physician. I think Dr. Bedi's work will set a canon that will guide future scholars and professionals in the essential integration of the European Jungian and the Eastern worlds.
Alkesh Punjabi, PhD
Professor of Physics and Mathematics
Director, Center for Nuclear Fusion Research
Hampton University
Hampton VA 23668
USA
March 7, 2008
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Awakening the Slumbering Goddess: The Latent Code of The Hindu Goddess Feb 27, 2008
Dr. Bedi invites us to use the archetypes of the Hindu Goddesses as a template to awaken the potential that is innate in all of us. Dr. Bedi weaves Jungian Analysis with the ancient wisdom of the Hindu Faith. The result is his recent book "Awakening the Slumbering Goddess: The Latent Code of The Hindu Goddess". As in his previous book "The Path To The Soul", Dr. Bedi uses his unique approach to assist people in finding the meaning of the experience of life. The result is taking a reflective and compassionate look at who we are. Dr. Bedi proposes using the "Latent Code of The Hindu Goddess" to inform and re-educate ourselves about the essence of who we are "our soul". The "soul" is one of the most powerful and refreshing aspects Dr. Bedi puts forth. He broadens the meaning of "soul". In the Christian tradition "soul", at times, seems to signify the rightness or wrongness of who we are as human beings. The popular venacular proposes that the "soul" needs to be saved or cleansed. In certain religious traditions the "soul" is viewed as flawed, even at birth. Dr. Bedi concept of "soul" is more encompassing. The "soul" is who we are, that innate essence that is distinctly and uniquely us. By understanding and listening to the "soul" we have available a more honest and authentic life.
One of the other aspects put forth by Dr. Bedi, is taking what are considered the negative or challenging attributes, present in all of us, and using these as a way to lead a more informed and authentic life. One that is based on conscious decisions made by and for ourselves. Others have proposed these negative and challenging attributes need to be minimized or even eliminated. Through the "Latent Code of the Hindu Goddess" we can use those "shadow or dark sides" to enhance and fulfill who we are.
It is, for all of us, to decide how rich our life experience is or can be. Awakening the Slumbering Goddess: The Latent Code of The Hindu Goddess is one way we can attain the richness we seek for ourselves.
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