The Unconscious Mind!

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Sorry, it’s me again! I intended to share a brief message on Facebook, and I thought, why not just do it on my site, too? So here it is: We must look deeply around us and think twice. I send you all immense gratitude and wish you a lovely weekend.😁🤗💖🙏🦋🌹

Title image; Art by Andrew Ferez

From Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 7: Two Essays in Analytical Psychology,

via Carl Jung Depth Psychology and Craig Nelson

I must recall at this point a serious misunderstanding to which my readers often succumb, and doctors most commonly.
They invariably assume, for reasons unknown, that I never write about anything except my method of treatment.
This is far from being the case. I write about psychology.
I must, therefore, expressly emphasize that my method of treatment does not consist in causing my patients to indulge in strange fantasies for
the purpose of changing their personality and other nonsense of that kind.
I merely put it on record that there are certain cases where such a development occurs, not because I force anyone to it, but because it springs from inner necessity.
For many of my patients, these things are and must remain double Dutch.
Indeed, even if it were possible for them to tread this path, it
would be a disastrously wrong turning, and I would be the first to hold them back.
The way of the transcendent function is an individual destiny.
But on no account should one imagine that this way is equivalent to the life of a psychic anchorite, to alienation from the world.
Quite the contrary, for such a way is possible and profitable only when the specific worldly tasks which these individuals set themselves are carried out in reality.
Fantasies are no substitute for living; they are fruits of the spirit which fall to him who pays his tribute to life.

By Craig Nelson


The shirker experiences nothing but his own morbid fear, and it yields him no meaning.
Nor will this way ever be known to the man who has found his way back to Mother Church.
There is no doubt that the mysterium magnum is hidden in her forms, and in these, he can live his life sensibly.
Finally, the normal man will never be burdened, either, with this knowledge, for he is everlastingly content with the little that lies within his reach.
Wherefore I entreat my reader to understand that I write about things which actually happen and am not propounding methods of treatment.
~Carl Jung, CW 7, Pages 223-224

35 thoughts on “The Unconscious Mind!”

  1. Jean Raffa's avatar Jean Raffa

    So wise. The psyche has a message and destiny of its own, and makes itself known to us in its own ways. We cannot make it happen except by staying open, listening, and following the insights we receive, however they may come. Hope you’re feeling better. Jeaie

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    • Listening is key, and I notice how much it is lacking these days. Thank you for those excellent words, my lovely teacher. I hope you are doing well.
      I have been scheduled for surgery at the end of April to get rid of my swollen prostate; I hope it goes well!

      🙏🤗💖🌹

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  2. Wise words from Jung – awareness, listening to our Selves and the messages in their many forms that we receive is the way. I hope you’re feeling as well as is possible at the moment Aladin – have a restful weekend, sending much healing love and light, Lin ❤️😊

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    • You are correct, dear Lin; that is indeed the way! Thank you for your thoughtful words and kind visit. I also value your empathy with my condition as I continue to manage it with my three babies: catheters!
      Sending love. 🤗🙏❤️

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  5. “Fantasies are no substitute for living; they are fruits of the spirit which fall to him who pays his tribute to life.” Yes I can see this as true. The unconscious is not fantasy, nor is it random. Instead it is fueled by conscious [lived] experience. Art is also fueled by life experience. The most prolific artists are the ones who live life to the fullest. They always meet new people, travel, take risks, etc. Their unconscious is very active because they are processing so many new experiences. From my observation at least. Love and well wishes❤️🖖

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    • You’ve earned a WOW, brother! I truly appreciate your worthy and insightful comment. Thank you!
      I hear Jung say:
      “It is my mind, with its store of images, that gives the world colour and sound, and that supremely real and rational certainty which I can “experience” is, in its simple form, an exceedingly complicated structure of mental images. Thus, there is, in a certain sense, nothing that is directly experienced except the mind itself. Everything is mediated through the mind, translated, filtered, allegorized, twisted, and even falsified by it. We are . . . enveloped in a cloud of changing and endlessly shifting images.”
      🙏🖖👍❤️

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  6. This, I get! I like the simpleness of explanation here.

    Thank you, Aladin!

    You know, sometimes if Jung could put his words in regular people’s language, his words would reach more.

    It’s like when talking to a lawyer, he uses all these terms and big words. When he’s finished I ask, “Now, say it in plain english” or “Tell me in words I understand.

    Just a thought!

    Hope you are well as can be under the circumstance.

    xo💖✨🌸💖

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    • You are absolutely right, my wise friend. The strange thing is that Jung always tried to write his works in simple language, as I’ve read them in German (his mother tongue), I wonder how they sometimes appear translated at such a high level in English. However, when I read and translate his works, I always strive to remain faithful in the same way he did.
      Thank you, Resa. I always appreciate your “just (open-minded) thoughts.”
      🤗❤️🙏😘
      By the way, on Wednesday, I must go to the hospital to have all three catheters replaced. I hope it goes well!🤪🙃

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  9. I am going to admit something now that I feel pressured to do given your adherence to Mr. Jung. After all, the need to confess is second only to the need to procreate. So here it is: I have never read any Jung, despite having “Man and His Symbols” on my book shelf for a couple decades. So tell me, Aladin, where does this novice begin?

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    • Oh, my dear Pam, where should I begin? If you are asking in general, he represents both the beginning and possibly the end for me! “Man and His Symbols” is one of his best works, although I don’t own a copy; I read segments of it here and there. Nevertheless, he emphasised the significance of symbols in human life, particularly in understanding dreams.Honestly, I don’t own many of his books because they are quite expensive! However, I do have some in his native language (German), which I find much more enjoyable to read.By the way, I must apologise for my delayed response; I recently visited the hospital twice because the doctors incorrectly installed my catheters, which drained all my energy!

      Take care, lovely friend. ❤️🤗🙏🌹😘

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