Have you spend any time with Carl Jung?
In my twenties I spend a far bit of effort into reading about the great thinkers and their lives, and Carl Jung resonated with me more than any other I can think of.
He had clay feet like the rest of us, but the clarity of his understanding fit with what was happening inside of me, so I imagine he influenced me more than I appreciate. I was also impressed with his life and home and values - I remember the monuments he erected had an effect on me, that I don’t understand, nor need to, suffice it to say it was with great satisfaction that I was able to emulate him in my own old age.
Key details about the stone monument:
- Symbolic inscriptions The stone is a cube carved with various symbolic inscriptions in Greek and Latin, as well as a mandala of alchemical significance.
- Jung’s explanation Jung explained in his memoir Memories, Dreams, Reflectionsthat the stone itself was meant to speak, and its inscriptions express esoteric themes of alchemy and the “individuation process”.
- A memorial to his wife In addition to the monument at the tower, Jung carved a separate memorial stone to his wife, Emma, after her death in 1955. (ironically year of my birth)
This video gives a decent summary. Seems to me it speaks to some of your issues. Maybe give it a gander. Yes it’s fluffed up for the audience, still there’s some understanding to be found in there.
About Carl Jung’s Psychology.
Carl Jung revealed a truth so profound that once it sinks in, your entire perception of life changes forever. You’ve never experienced reality directly — only your own psyche reflected back through it. Every person you meet, every conflict, every loss, is your unconscious trying to become conscious. Life isn’t happening to you. It’s happening through you. In this video, we explore Jung’s most powerful insight — projection — and how recognizing it can dissolve lifelong suffering by turning every problem into revelation.
What you’ll learn:
How Jung’s theory of projection explains every repeating life pattern
Why your unconscious creates your external “reality”
The difference between reacting to mirrors and integrating what they show
How projection transforms relationships, identity, and self-understanding
The one root problem behind all psychological pain: unconsciousness
How shifting from ego to awareness changes everything you experience
Conclusion:
When you finally see that life is not a random sequence of events but a living reflection of your psyche, something irreversible happens — consciousness awakens. Jung’s greatest discovery was not just that we project our unconscious onto the world, but that by recognizing it, we reclaim our power. Every person, every challenge, every emotion becomes a message from the Self, calling you to awareness. You stop searching for meaning outside because you realize: the entire universe of meaning lives within you.
Good luck
Gotta put a little fun into your life.
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Oct. 28th
Lausten, regarding the following quotes
Mind you those are Jung quotes. And I was a young man when his words first enamored me. But, there was more to, it was Jung life and how he behaved, and the way he spoke, that compared to the druggy sex obsessed genius, it was no contest for me. He offered interesting thoughts that seemed worth rolling around and wrestling with. So, okay like most of what we were lead to believe turned out to be nonsense. Still Jung made a good example, like I pointed out at the beginning he also had clay feet like the rest of us. Still there’s something at the core of archetypes, no matter how much weirdness has been written about it and injected into it, at least from my junior college level understand and experiencing a good deal of variety along the way.
Although that said, I also seem to have been able to pull a little more magic out of my day to day journey than others, and that’s worth something, and Jung was among many who helped point me in the correct direction. That’s why I brought him up. An alternative reading suggestion for itd. No offense intended.
