The Healing Factor

In this episode:In this episode, we look at a factor that Carl Jung felt was a central need for psychological healing. We discuss what it is, the circumstances that constellate this need in our lives, and the attitude necessary to cultivate it.Sources for quotes and more:"Among all my patients in the second half of life..." ~ C.G. Jung from 'Psychotherapists or the Clergy,' Collected Works, vol. 11."We cannot live the afternoon of life according to the program of life's morning, for what was great in the morning will be little at evening, and what in the morning was true will at evening have become a lie." ~ C.G. Jung from 'Stages of Life,' Collected Works, vol. 8."Meaninglessness inhibits fullness of life and is therefore equivalent to illness. Meaning makes a great many things endurable — perhaps everything." ~ C.G. Jung from 'Memories, Dreams, Reflections,' p. 340Jacob and the Angel from Genesis 32:25 - 29, Sefaria.org "It is not wisdom until I have received it. It cannot be received by me ... as long as I am not wrestling with, absorbing, and somehow beginning an intimate interchange with it." ~ Raimon Panikkar, A Dwelling Place for Wisdom, pp. 24 - 25"Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually without even noticing it, leave your way into the answer." ~ Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young PoetMusic:"Dreaming Days" and "Slow Vibing" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0Like this podcast?Please consider leaving a review at one of the following sites:Apple PodcastsSpotifyOr, if you are able, support the show with a donation at Buy Me a Coffee:Support the showConnect with me:Instagram (@digital.jung)Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) Bluesky (@digitaljung.bsky.social)Subscribe to the Digital Jung Newsletter (https://digitaljung.substack.com/)For more on living a symbolic life:Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life.