
Ep 26 - Man and His Symbols (Carl Jung)
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Man and His Symbols
As scientific understanding has grown, so our world has become dehumanised. When was the last time you went for a swim in a mounting spring? Have you ever done that? There's another quote from Man and his symbols: 'Man feels himself isolated in the cosmos because he is no longer involved in nature' With it has gone the profound emotional energy, that his symbolic connection supplied. Nature cannot be explained on the level of the conscious mind. To feel, and this is a meatball gun again, to feel a sense of wonder and connection,. You must relinquish your over-reliance on rational thought. I learnt this from Wim Hof. He's big into cold water, immersion therapy
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