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Maybe the only thing each of us can see is our own shadow.
Carl Jung called this his shadow work. He said we never see others. Instead we see only aspects of ourselves that fall over them. Shadows. Projections. Our associations.
The same way old painters would sit in a tiny dark room and trace the image of what stood outside a tiny window, in the bright sunlight.
The camera obscura.
Not the exact image, but everything reversed or upside down.
”“In this overpoweringly humdrum existence, alas, there is little out of the ordinary that is healthy, and not much room for conspicuous heroism. Not that heroic demands are never put to us: on the contrary—and this is just what is so irritating and irksome—the banal everyday makes banal demands upon our patience, our devotion, our perseverance, self-sacrifice; and for us to fulfill these demands (as we must) humbly and without courting applause through heroic gestures, a heroism is needed that cannot be seen from the outside. It does not glitter, is not belauded, and it always seeks concealment in everyday attire.”
“No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.”
(via which-witch)
“I feel it is the duty of one who goes his own way to inform society of what he finds on his voyage of discovery. Not the criticism of individual contemporaries will decide the truth or falsity of these discoveries, but future generations. There are things that are not yet true today, perhaps we dare not find them true, but tomorrow, they may be. So every man whose fate it is to go his individual way must proceed with hopefulness and watchfulness, ever conscious of his loneliness and its dangers.”
Psychopomp
Psychopomps (from the Greek word ψυχοπομπός (psychopompos), literally meaning the “guide of souls”) are creatures, spirits, angels, or deities in many religions whose responsibility is to escort newly deceased souls to theafterlife. Their role is not to judge the deceased, but simply provide safe passage. Frequently depicted on funerary art, psychopomps have been associated at different times and in different cultures with horses, Whip-poor-wills,ravens, dogs, crows, owls, sparrows, cuckoos, and harts.
In Jungian psychology, the psychopomp is a mediator between the unconscious and conscious realms. It is symbolically personified in dreams as a wise man or woman, or sometimes as a helpful animal. In many cultures, the shaman also fulfills the role of the psychopomp. This may include not only accompanying the soul of the dead, but also vice versa: to help at birth, to introduce the newborn child’s soul to the world. This also accounts for the contemporary title of “midwife to the dying,” which is another form of psychopomp work.
“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.”
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”
(via neuropsionics)
“What is the meaning of life, to you?”
Asked by spacepandabman
Jung once said, “The sole purpose of existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of being.” The kindling of one’s spark is our defining element, the foundation upon which all understanding blossoms. We are sentient beings floating through space in an indifferent universe. We must create our own meaning, and do our best to be mindful of the fact that we live in a world full of 7 billion other individuals searching for theirs. Transcend your mortal coil with as much grace and compassion as you can find. You are not alone.
“My life often seemed to me like a story that has no beginning and no end. I had the feeling that I was a historical fragment, an excerpt for which the preceding and succeeding text was missing. I could well imagine that I might have lived in former centuries and there encountered questions I was not yet able to answer; that I had been born again because I had not fulfilled the task given to me.”
“The meaning of my existence is that life has addressed a question to me. Or, conversely, I myself am a question addressed to the world, and I must communicate my answer, for otherwise I am dependent upon the world’s answer.”
(via crashinglybeautiful)
“I shall learn that my soul finally lies behind everything.”
“The longing for light is the longing for consciousness.”
Jung
via @JoyceSu
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