Born in 1875, Jung became a Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology. Jung proposed and developed some of the best known & most profound concepts — including extraversion & introversion, the complex, synchronicity, innate archetypal understanding, and the collective unconscious. His work has proven to be quite influential in the fields of psychiatry, religion, philosophy, archeology, anthropology and literature.

Jung’s work on himself and his patients convinced him that life has a “spiritual” purpose — or a design that transcends mere material goals. Our main task, he believed, is to discover and then fulfill our innate potential. Based on his study of Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Gnosticism, Taoism, and other traditions, Jung believed that this journey of transformation, which he called “individuation”, is at the mystical heart of all religions. It is a journey to rediscover — and then reanimate — one’s real Self, thereby simultaneously encountering an essence that many have named “God” or “the Divine”.

“Where real Love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, Love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other … As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of our existence is to rekindle a light in the darkness of our being … Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to a fuller understanding of ourselves … It all depends on how we choose to look at things, not on how they objectively are … [Indeed], we cannot change anything unless we first accept it as it is. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.” ~ Carl G. Jung

 

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