10th January 2002, 05:43
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who knows what the truth may be? Everyone discusses things.I do,,It may be useful.I am most often guided by looking in my rearview mirror.counting the dents in my fenders.jogging down mental notes on how to avoid more dents in the future.most events that arrive is beyond my control anyway.unpredictable.
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10th January 2002, 06:13
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Searching For Truth
MEMORIES, DREAMS, REFLECTIONS
by Carl G. Jung One can take a lesson from Carl Jung..... This is Jung’s autobiography, an essential reference for anyone who wishes to understand Jungian perspectives. Jung did not originally wish to write an autobiography and resisted doing so for many years. However, he was more or less forced into the work by a sequence of dreams he had that indicated there was unresolved material in his psyche which had to be addressed. This book is a very good example of the kind of authenticity of self that Jung demanded of himself and others. Seeded in the unconscious and created in the external world, Memories, Dreams, Reflections is an intimate and feeling picture of one of the great thinkers of the 20th century. One of the key elements necessary for understanding the book lies in Jung’s lifelong focus on the inner reality of his consciousness. For Jung, the outer events that most people would naturally refer to when chronicling or commenting upon their life experience were entirely secondary to his inner, numinous experience of his life’s events. Therefore, although certain external events are clearly referred to in the book, the most important thing for Jung was to capture and integrate the underlying psychic meaning of his experience. This makes for a different kind of autobiography than is usually seen. The result is a book quite unique in Jung’s works, one that gives the reader an intimate portrait of the author on both a feeling and descriptive level. There are many interesting chapters throughout, in fact none could be called uninteresting or dull. The book is arranged more or less in a chronological order, beginning with Jung’s childhood years in the home of his minister father in Switzerland and continuing through his early explorations of the unconscious and his momentous association with Sigmund Freud. The chapter that reveals the circumstances leading up to his break with Freud is most interesting. It reveals not only the underlying rational for their disagreement but also presents a fascinating picture of the struggle within Jung’s psyche to strike a balance between respect and appreciation for Freud’s genius on the one hand and his own deeply held beliefs and ideas on the other, many of which were in direct conflict with Freud’s stated positions. This was particularly true concerning the relationship of dreams to the inner psyche and the psychological causes of various patterns of psychological behavior. Since these differences between them were basically irreconcilable, a split was inevitable, although it did not surface fully until a lecture tour to the United States undertaken by both men in 1909. As was often the case with Jung, the catalyst for this significant event in Jung’s life was a dream. It was the insistence of Freud that the dream be interpreted in a particular way which Jung knew to be incorrect that ultimately led to the final, public rupture in their relationship. This is a rich and provocative book. There are chapters that describe the events and psychic discoveries that led to Jung’s formulation of his religious beliefs, an expression that is only now beginning to be appreciated for the potential impact it has on Western religious thinking. There is a wonderful chapter about the tower Jung built from stone as a kind of 16th century retreat and psychic expression of his inner self. There are intriguing stories about his travels in Africa, India and elsewhere. Jung uses these travel events as a stage for profound and stimulating observations about the nature of mankind and human consciousness. As a “white” man traveling in very remote and dangerous places during an earlier time, he strikes us as one of the last of the great, classic travelers of the early twentieth century, in a realm uniquely his own but in the company of many before him who set out to discover life from an unfamiliar perspective. This book nears completion with Jung’s reflections on life after death, one of the most thought provoking chapters in the entire book. Jung knew his own death was approaching, revealed to him in his dreams, and much of his viewpoint about death and a possible afterlife was anchored in his understanding of dreams. Finally, there is a last chapter with some reflections that Jung wished to convey as a kind of afterthought to his autobiography. Well worth the reading, Memories, Dreams, Reflections is a memorable book.
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10th January 2002, 06:17
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carl jung?
i will read it all later.here is a question for the one who knows all truth.>> what are the six Texas lottery numbers for tonight? does Bill Gates know? Stephen Hawkings?
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