It takes years for a tree to grow and bear fruit. It takes only a moment to cut that tree down. If wisdom, compassion, and peace are the trees we grow, anger is the ax that cuts them down.
All posts tagged Carl Jung
Become Your True Self: Ken Wilber’s Integral Map For Self-Actualization
Becoming your true self might sound like a paradox, but it is the greatest achievement we can aspire to. Despite our potential, most of us never fully experience the true possibilities of human life. There’s much confusion around what it means to become or discover your true self. Different traditions, thinkers, and schools of thought…
Buddhist Karma & Rebirth Explained
The law of karma and rebirth is one of the bedrock teachings of the Buddha. It is also one of the most problematic ones.
Jung vs Buddha – Self vs Non-Self
Jung’s Self archetype and Buddha’s non-self teaching are two of the most profound formulations of our true nature. But can they work together?
Carl Jung & Buddhism On The Unconscious
Jungian psychology and the Yogācāra school of Buddhism both investigated the depths of the human psyche. Both proposed the existence of a hidden layer beneath our everyday conscious mind…
Psychology Of Evil | Shadow Projection
Becker points out all political scapegoating is essentially a religious ritual. It is the act of embodying all the evil in the world and all the injustice in the state onto one easily discernible object. An object that then must be destroyed to destroy the evil it symbolizes.
Carl Jung on The Shadow and Self-Acceptance
What if I discover that I myself am the enemy who must be loved – what then?