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The bloggers: Ashok Bedi and BJ Jakala presently are on an annual study tour to India under the auspices of the New York Jung Foundation and the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago. They will post a daily blog for the next few days. BJ who is an avid photographer shares an image that captures his imagination in a deeper way and Ashok Bedi amplifies the image with analytical context.

About the Presenter

Robert “BJ” Jakala, PhD is a Depth Psychologist, Educator, Writer, and Photographer. He is a graduate of Pacifica Graduate Institute in Carpinteria, CA. He is also a Registered Nurse who worked at Linda and Stewart Neuropsychiatric Hospital for thirty-three years. He was a Nursing Supervisor for seventeen years and lead Group Psychotherapy on the Adult Service for ten years. He has taught the First Year Nurse Residents Self-Care and Stress Management at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center for over twelve years. He is the former Assistant Director of the Men’s Center of Los Angeles for 5 years. He retired from thirty years of Private Practice in Woodland Hills, CA in November. 2017.

Dr. Jakala promotes the idea of transformation and change as a function of image and language in patients, as well as clinicians. He teaches the rewards of deep listening to the images created by language and the value of an image’s experience before words emerge. He aligns with Carl Jung’s ideas regarding a universal consciousness that is often hidden beneath the surface of our ego consciousness. He encourages clinicians to appreciate the collective in order to assist clients become more of themselves.

Ashok Bedi, M.D. is a Jungian psychoanalyst and a board-certified psychiatrist. He is a member of the Royal College of psychiatrists […]

The gigantic sculpture of Durga in her temple leaves me awe-stuck. She stands armed and asserting her power to slay the demon. Her self confidence is palpable in her posture. She sees his threat and knows he will not win. The priest performed several blessings that deepened the encounter with Durga. I feel it resonate like rain that gently saturates the ground after a long drought. I feel my foundational soul/soil has been nourished in a much needed way. 
The bloggers: Ashok Bedi and BJ Jakala presently are on an annual study tour to India under the auspices of the New York Jung Foundation and the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago. They will post a daily blog for the next few days. BJ who is an avid photographer shares an image that captures his imagination in a deeper way and Ashok Bedi amplifies the image with analytical context.
About the Presenter
Robert “BJ” Jakala, PhD is a Depth Psychologist, Educator, Writer, and Photographer. He is a graduate of Pacifica Graduate Institute in Carpinteria, CA. He is also a Registered Nurse who worked at Linda and Stewart Neuropsychiatric Hospital for thirty-three years. He was a Nursing Supervisor for seventeen years and lead Group Psychotherapy on the Adult Service for ten years. He has taught the First Year Nurse Residents Self-Care and Stress Management at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center for over twelve years. He is the former Assistant Director of the Men’s Center of Los Angeles for 5 years. He retired from thirty years of Private Practice in Woodland Hills, CA in November. 2017.
Dr. Jakala promotes the idea of transformation and change as a function of image and language in patients, as well as clinicians. He teaches […]

We cruised on a river boat up and down the Hooghly River in West Bengal. Carved and painted artwork on the ceiling of the river boat display themes and myths of India. To the boats who pass by us, we looked like a nice tour boat taking tourists to see the sites. However, the images and carvings inside the boat displays stories of the gods and goddesses. They are carried along with us as our tour guide tells the history of Kolkata. Our experience in enriched with these internal images on the boat as we hear how the river life has influenced contemporary and ancient times.
The bloggers: Ashok Bedi and BJ Jakala presently are on an annual study tour to India under the auspices of the New York Jung Foundation and the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago. They will post a daily blog for the next few days. BJ who is an avid photographer shares an image that captures his imagination in a deeper way and Ashok Bedi amplifies the image with analytical context.
About the Presenter
Robert “BJ” Jakala, PhD is a Depth Psychologist, Educator, Writer, and Photographer. He is a graduate of Pacifica Graduate Institute in Carpinteria, CA. He is also a Registered Nurse who worked at Linda and Stewart Neuropsychiatric Hospital for thirty-three years. He was a Nursing Supervisor for seventeen years and lead Group Psychotherapy on the Adult Service for ten years. He has taught the First Year Nurse Residents Self-Care and Stress Management at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center for over twelve years. He is the former Assistant Director of the Men’s Center of Los Angeles for 5 years. He retired from thirty years of Private Practice in Woodland Hills, […]

In the small village of Nayakpatna near Puri, there is a school that teaches palm leaf engraving. The photograph depicts the intricate detailed artwork that is being engraved and painted with soot and water. The artist decides the content of the entire panel then etches scenes depicting the god or goddess in various situations. The panel can take one to three months to complete, working daily from sunrise to sunset. Time moved out of my awareness as I watched this man engrave. In the room with him, I lost access to language to describe my experience. Now, in this moment hours after being with him, I can only say that I was touched so deeply  that words cannot do justice to what I felt. There was only that present moment where nothing else existed nor mattered.  There seemed no separation between what he was doing and who he was. The engraving was making him as much as he was making it.I believe I witnessed divine inspiration and a life dedicated to living in the place of no place; a life carried by inner images that must be shown to the world in an ancient art form. He gently awakened something very deep inside me: a place where only image lives; a place where language is inadequate; an experience of the eternal present. 
The bloggers: Ashok Bedi and BJ Jakala presently are on an annual study tour to India under the auspices of the New York Jung Foundation and the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago. They will post a daily blog for the next few days. BJ who is an avid photographer shares an image that captures his imagination in a deeper way and Ashok Bedi amplifies […]

A wedding celebration travels through the streets of Puri. The joy is contagious as they dance to drummers and DJ music on a huge cart (not in the photo). The local craft is displayed on the giant umbrellas local craft of embroidery. The artistic floral decorations on the car are breathtaking. The wedding party wants everyone know how happy they are this couple has made a lifetime commitment to each other. The union celebration brings a smile inside my heart much like the smile of a baby-new life, a new beginning, the foundation of facing life together.
The bloggers: Ashok Bedi and BJ Jakala presently are on an annual study tour to India under the auspices of the New York Jung Foundation and the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago. They will post a daily blog for the next few days. BJ who is an avid photographer shares an image that captures his imagination in a deeper way and Ashok Bedi amplifies the image with analytical context.
About the Presenter
Robert “BJ” Jakala, PhD is a Depth Psychologist, Educator, Writer, and Photographer. He is a graduate of Pacifica Graduate Institute in Carpinteria, CA. He is also a Registered Nurse who worked at Linda and Stewart Neuropsychiatric Hospital for thirty-three years. He was a Nursing Supervisor for seventeen years and lead Group Psychotherapy on the Adult Service for ten years. He has taught the First Year Nurse Residents Self-Care and Stress Management at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center for over twelve years. He is the former Assistant Director of the Men’s Center of Los Angeles for 5 years. He retired from thirty years of Private Practice in Woodland Hills, CA in November. 2017.
Dr. Jakala promotes the […]