Digital Jung

The Work of Inner Work


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In this episode:
We confront the difficulties of the inner life and consider the hard work of learning to live creative and authentic lives.


Sources for quotes and more:

  1. "Everything good is costly and the development of the personality is one of the most costly of all things." ~ C.G. Jung from 'Collected Works, Vol. 13.'
  2. "It's easy to do what is not good, and things that harm oneself..." from 'The Dhammapada' translated by Gil Fronsdal.
  3. "Creative work requires a loyalty as complete as the loyalty of water to the force of gravity." ~ Mary Oliver from 'Upstream.'
  4. We either accept the spiritual life with all our heart..."~ Raimon Panikkar from 'A Dwelling Place for Wisdom.'
  5. "Only the most absolute sincerity under heaven can effect any change." from 'Chung Yung,' translated by Ezra Pound.
  6. "The way is ineffable. One cannot, one must not, betray it... One needs faith, courage, and no end of honesty and patience." ~ C.G. Jung from 'C.G. Jung Speaking.'
  7. "Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters." ~ Matthew 12:30
  8. "If you are here unfaithfully with us, you're causing terrible damage." ~ Rumi from 'Say Yes Quickly,' poem translated by Coleman Barks.
  9. "If someone has a creative gift and out of laziness, or some other reason, doesn't use it, the psychic energy turns to sheer poison." ~ Marie-Louise von Franz from 'Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales.'
  10. 'The Marriage of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle' ~ adapted from the prose translation by Louis B. Hall in 'The Knightly Tales of Sir Gawain.'
  11. "The mask of the unconscious is not rigid — it reflects the face we turn towards it. Hostility lends it a threatening aspect, friendliness softens its features." ~ C.G. Jung from 'Collected Works,' Vol. 12.


Music:
"Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0


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For more on living a symbolic life:
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