Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961)

[The Red Book, Page 163], (1928)
Foundation of the Works of C. G. Jung, Zurich

"To find out what is truly individual in ourselves, profound reflection is needed; and suddenly we realize how uncommonly difficult the discovery of individuality is."
C.G. Jung

THE INNER WORLD

http://youtu.be/OsMgeVZ1Qbg

“It is always important to have something to bring into a relationship, and solitude is often the means by which you acquire it.”

Letters
Vol. II
Page 610

from "Seven Sermons for the Dead" (1918)

~ C.G. Jung

"One does not become enlightened
by imagining light,
but by making the darkness conscious."

- C.G. Jung

"We meet
ourselves
time and
again in
a thousand
disguises
on the path
of life."

Carl Gustav Jung

Nos encontramos una y otra vez, de mil maneras diferentes, en el sendero de la vida. 

Feliz 2016 !!! Besos

Freud was kind to people and gave them his interest, that was what cured and that is what always cures – the human contact.

~ Carl Jung, Meetings with Jung, Page 48

Köszönöm szépen a kedves meghivást

Köszönjük, hogy csatlakozott a csoporthoz, Jutka!

This image caught my eye...If you do not mind,  I am going to share it. Thank you. 

Ana

With pleasure Ana, but which photo do you mean?

Luna, I mean the photo of the old lady peeling potatoes. It is very touching...

“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.”

~ Carl Jung

If we need to cure, fight, defeat, or overcome a symptom or some attitude or characteristic, we have made our complex into an enemy and are losing the teleological value of it—the potentials to which the complex can guide us. Of course, this perspective is counter-cultural. It negates our ideas of control, rationality, and curing as well as, to some extent, the notion of alleviating human misery... The 43rd hexagram in the I Ching, “Breakthrough or Resoluteness” notes, “If evil is branded, it thinks of weapons, and if we do it the favor of fighting against it, blow for blow, we lose in the end, because then we ourselves get entangled in the hatred and passion.” Or, in other words, we develop a war within ourselves, against ourselves.

- from Becoming Whole: A Jungian Guide to Individuation by Bud Harris, Ph.D.

"The Wounded Sea Gull"

Art by Jules Breton

Yes, I agree with Bud Harris, Eva. If you fight against evil, you will have to do it in the same field, but if you ignore it," the black cloud," will disappear. Your enemy always become bigger if you fight against it. Maybe I did not explain right. Sorry... 

Carl Jung Said These 5 Factors Are Crucial For Living A Happy Life!

1. Good physical and mental health.

Maintaining a health body and mind is Jung’s #1 recommendation for living a happy life. Eating healthy, exercising on a regular basis, getting enough sleep, and doing everything possible to relax and reduce stress are sure to bring balance and happiness with it.

When we exercise, our bodies release endorphins that can lead to general feelings of happiness. We also become healthier when spending a bit of time on our physical bodies, so it’s a win-win.

2. Good personal and intimate relationships, such as those of marriage, the family, and friendships.

Dozens of studies have shown that people who have satisfying relationships with family, friends, and their community are generally happier, have fewer health problems, and live longer.

Spend time learning valuable and healthy ways to communicate with your loved ones, such as Nonviolent Communication where we express observations, feelings, needs and requests, all without judgment and criticism, and where both people feel heard and happier after understanding each other.

Each person we encounter has the potential to make our lives happier. Remember to be kind to those you meet each day, and you’re on your way to living a happy life.

3. The faculty for perceiving beauty in art and nature.

If you’ve taken a walk or a hike in a beautiful place and stopped for a minute to just enjoy how beautiful everything is, then you understand this point by Jung. Nature has a wonderful effect on our minds and bodies, as we take in fresh oxygen, see fresh vegetation that likely signals deep instincts of having found a good place to stay for eating and survival, and as we are able to consciously enjoy the beauty of flowers, trees, animals, the sky, everything.

Art can have a similar effect that brings us happiness, as we engage the creative side of our minds and find beauty in the expression of others.

Take a minute today and just appreciate something beautiful, no matter how small it may be.

4. Reasonable standards of living and satisfactory work.

Studies have shown that living in poverty dramatically increases stress levels and leads to unhappiness, while having our basic needs met decreases stress and provides a foundation for happiness. It’s important to earn enough to get by, and it’s also important to love what you do.

If we go to a job we don’t like each day, chances are it will be difficult to be happy during the time there. Listen to your heart and ask what it is you would truly love to be doing, then make a step in that direction. It may seem scary at first, but once you start taking little steps towards a career you love, you’re on your way to happiness, and yes, you CAN do it.

5. A philosophic or religious point of view capable of coping successfully with the vicissitudes of life.

The universe is a big place, one can see this simply by going out at night and looking at the seemingly infinite space above. Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, so why would life end after the body passes away?

Spending time thinking about the deep meaning of life, and searching our hearts for the truth can help us to figure out our own ideas as to what is going on in the universe, and what the meaning is of our lives. It’s important to reflect on these things if we want to be happy according to Jung, as having a sense of it can help us cope with the many struggles and changes in life.

Synchronicity: The Meaning and Quantum Origins of Seven Types of Synchronicities!

https://youtu.be/x-FhR7cGgYo

"One who looks outside, dreams. One who looks inside, awakens."
―  C. G. Jung

Art | Christian Schloe

There is no sense talking about "being true to yourself" until you are sure what voice you are being true to. It takes hard work to differentiate the voices of the unconscious.

Marion Woodman

“ 'There is no death, daughter. People die only when we forget them', my mother explained shortly before she left me. 'If you can remember me, I will be with you always' . . .”

— Isabel Allende

(Photo: Sarah Good)

We also live in our dreams, we do not live only by day. Sometimes we accomplish our greatest deeds in dreams.

~ Carl G. Jung, The Red Book, Page 306

I exist on a foundation of something I do not know. In spite of all uncertainties, I feel a solidity underlying all existence and a continuity in my mode of being.

~ C.G. Jung, MDR, p. 358

In every adult there lurks a child--an eternal child, something that is always becoming, is never completed, and calls for unceasing care, attention, and education.
That is the part of the personality which wants to develop and become whole.

Carl G. Jung CW 17, Page 286

For what is the body?

The body is merely the visibility of the soul, the psyche; and the soul is the psychological experience of the body.

So it is really one and the same thing.

~ C. G. Jung, Zarathustra Seminar, Page 355

“The ‘squaring of the circle’ is one of the many archetypal motifs which form the basic patterns of our dreams and fantasies.

But it is distinguished by the fact that it is one of the most important of them from the functional point of view. Indeed, it could even be called the archetype of wholeness.”

- C.G.Jung;

Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious,¶ 715

“Modern man does not understand how much his ‘rationalism’ (which has destroyed his capacity to respond to numinous symbols and ideas) has put him at the mercy of the psychic ‘underworld’. He has freed himself from ‘superstition’ (or so he believes), but in the process he has lost his spiritual values to a positively dangerous degree. His moral and spiritual tradition has disintegrated, and he is now paying the price for this break-up in worldwide disorientation and dissociation.”

C. G. Jung

Most men are erotically blinded—they commit the unpardonable mistake of confusing Eros with sex.

~ C. G. Jung, CW 10, Para 255

It is a fact that cannot be denied the wickedness of others becomes our own wickedness because it kindles something evil in our own hearts.

~ Carl G. Jung, CW 10, Para 408

If only people could realize what an enrichment it is to find one's own guilt, what a sense of honour and spiritual dignity!

~ Carl G. Jung, CW 10, Para 416

Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.

C.G. Jung

Where your fear is, there is your task.

C.G. Jung

(Photo: “The old roman bridge at Penmachno / North Wales” by Stephen Elliott)

"I had learned in the meanwhile that the greatest and most important problems of life are all in a certain sense insoluble. They can never be solved, but only outgrown."

~ C. G. Jung, 'The Secret of the Golden Flower'

Happy birthday, Sıgmund Freud!

Sigismund Schlomo Freud was born May 6th 1856 in Freiberg, Mähren (Tschechien). Here with his chows.

"It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement — that they seek power, success and wealth for themselves and admire them in others, and that they underestimate what is of true value in life."

~ Sigmund Freud, 'Civilization and Its Discontents'.

You cannot apply kindness and understanding to others if you have not applied it to yourself.

~ Carl G. Jung, Letters Vol. II, Page 515

Happy Birthday, C.G. Jung!

AS FAR AS WE CAN DISCERN, THE SOLE PURPOSE OF HUMAN EXISTENCE IS TO KINDLE A LIGHT IN DARKNESS OF MERE BEING.

"People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid Facing their own soul."

- C.G. Jung

"Filling the conscious mind with ideal conceptions is a characteristic of Western [thinking], but not the confrontation with the shadow and the world of darkness. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious."

~ Carl G. Jung

"The shadow is simply the dark side of someone's personality. And what is dark is always known only indirectly through projection. That is, one discovers his dark side as something belonging to others: friends, relatives, fictitious characters, etc."

"A man who is unconscious of himself acts in a blind, instinctive way."

C.G. Jung

Source: Jung, C.G. (1959b), Letter to M. Leonard in C.G. Jung Letters, Volume 2, 1951-1961

"Many people cannot refrain from picking up stones of a slightly unusual color or shape and keeping them, without knowing why they do this.

It is as if the stones held a living mystery that fascinates them.

Men have collected stones since the beginning of time and have apparently assumed that certain ones were the containers of the life-force with all its mystery..

In this sense the stone symbolizes what is perhaps the simplest and deepest experience —the experience of something eternal that man can have in those moments when he feels immortal and unalterable."

Carl G. Jung, Man and His Symbols, Page 206.

"It is in playing and only in playing that the individual child or adult is able to be creative and to use the whole personality, and it is only in being creative that the individual discovers the self."

- D.W. Winnicott