I have now read the book 2-3 times through. I do not approve of Jung's 'psycho commentary' at all! He has a bad attitude to Yoga in general, especially styles that I have much respect for, if not personally practicing.
I much prefer the Lama Gavinda's foreword. “bring sub conc into conc” are wonderful words.
(It is what I was doing for decades...)
Listening, reflecting, meditating... to me is reading into the unconc, regurgitating into conc, and settling into sub conc...
As the deities are specific to one lineage of Buddhism, and based upon symbolics, it would be wiser to recognize the symbolism than the precise identities. For example - clear light followed by brightly shining good gods followed by wrathful aspects of goodness, rather than specific characters. (As I started out my life a non-Buddhist, and follow 2 separate schools of teaching, that seems to be the best bet, for me personally.)
Therefore - firstly to aim at recognition and retention of pure clear light, secondly to aim at positive, bright, good, rightnesses as opposed to easy-lazy, dull, badnesses, and finally to look out for the goodness within the seemingly bad.
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