We each have incredible potential! Jung calls this “individuation.” Part of the way God can help make weaknesses strengths is by humbling ourselves to see our weaknesses, to face pain or other unpleasant things - and with God/Logos, work through & transform them.Thinker wrote: ↑January 23rd, 2020, 4:02 pm Scriptures, that suggest avoiding truth and necessary growing pains, are not right, despite this being foundational to the Christianity inherited from Catholicism.
- ”In this respect fundamentalism (dogma/unquestioned religious ideas) has demonic traits. It destroys the humble honesty of the search for truth...” -Paul Tillich
Some dogmatic scripture that demands strict obedience to that dogma & more modern cultish shaming of anyone who questions immoral actions of authority can contribute to depression, anxiety and other problems. To those who feel the burden of this shame, loss of sense of identity, and loneliness, these Jung quotes may help:
- ”The foundation of all mental illness is the unwillingness to experience legitimate suffering...
God enters through the wound.” - Carl Jung
- ”Do not compare, do not measure. No other way is like yours. All other ways deceive & tempt you. You must fulfill the way that is in you.”
- ”The world will ask you who you are, & if you don’t know, the world will tell you.”
- ”Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.”
- ”Be grateful for your difficulties & challenges, for they hold blessings. In fact... man needs difficulties. They are necessary for health, personal growth, individualism & self-actualization.”
I haven’t read all he’s written, but much of what I have read from Carl Jung is incredibly inspiring. Of course there may be a few points of disagreement, as with all. But generally, Carl Jung has so much to offer!
This interview of Jung highlights a few things that stood out to me:
:03 When he recognized his own consciousness “I AM that I AM.”
:30 As we advance technologically, we desperately need more self awareness, psych-ology
:34 Live fully by looking forward, even when old.
https://youtu.be/xK2Uv-82z_M