“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious" -Carl Jung
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“The unconscious wants to flow into consciousness in order to reach the light, but at the same time it continually thwarts itself, because it would rather remain unconscious. That is to say, God wants to become man, but not quite.” -Carl Jung
“I find that all my thoughts circle around God like the planets around the sun, and are as irresistibly attracted by Him. I would feel it to be the grossest sin if I were to oppose any resistance to this force.” -Carl Jung
“Out of evil, much good has come to me.” -Carl Jung
“No one has my God, but my God has everyone.” - Carl Jung
“I am the egg that surrounds and nurtures the seed of the God in me.” -Carl Jung
"Truth is like water; it passes all barriers.” -Carl Jung
"How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow?" -Carl Jung
“Whatever man’s wholeness, or the self, may mean per se, empirically it is an image of the goal of life spontaneously produced by the unconscious, irrespective of the wishes and fears of the conscious mind.” -Carl Jung
“The longing for the past is nothing other than the wish to be freed from the demands of the future.” -Carl Jung
“The secret is that only that which can destroy itself is truly alive.” -Carl Jung
“People who have lived too much upon spiritual ideals should bring their attention back to their bodies.” -Carl Jung
"Love has more than one thing in common with religious faith. It demands unconditional surrender." -Carl Jung
"Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other." -Carl Jung
"The way to the goal seems chaotic and interminable at first, and only gradually do the signs increase that it is leading anywhere. The way is not straight but appears to go in circles." -Carl Jung
"I must find what my soul needs, for no one else can give it to me. I must shape it myself, for no one else knows what my soul is." -Carl Jung
“The spirit of the depths opened my eyes and I caught a glimpse of the inner things, the world of my soul, the many-formed and changing." -Carl Jung
"My soul, where are you? Do you hear me? I speak, I call you—are you there? I have returned, I am here again. I have shaken the dust of all the lands from my feet, and I have come to you, I am with you." -Carl Jung
“Knowledge does not enrich us; it removes us more and more from the mythic world in which we were once at home by right of birth.” -Carl Jung Modern Man in Search of a Soul, Page 252
“Fanaticism is always a compensation for hidden doubt.” - Carl Jung
"Healing may be called a religious problem.” -Carl Jung
“Intellectualism is a common cover-up for fear of direct experience.” -Carl Jung
“What did you do as a child that made the hours pass like minutes? Herein lies the key to your earthly pursuits.“ - Carl Jung
"Synchronicity is an ever present reality for those who have eyes to see.” -Carl Jung
“A marriage is more likely to succeed if the woman follows her own star and remains conscious of her wholeness than if she constantly concerns herself with her husband’s star and his wholeness.” -Carl Jung Conversations with C.G. Jung, Page 51
“Not the power of the flesh, but of love, should be broken for the sake of life, since life stands above love.” -Carl Jung The Red Book, Page 327.
“Individuation and a new level of consciousness are possible through integration of the erotic complexes.” -Carl Jung