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Salome & Elijah, Pleasure & Thinking - Ep. 5

Carl Jung's Red Book + Astrology

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To Live Oneself Means to Be One's Own Task

It is not only stupid to exchange your own life for an alien one, but also a hypocritical game because you can never really live the life of others. He's saying no life happens if everyone is just mirroring and mimicking each other. The image of the hero was set up for all in every age through the appetite of imitation. Therefore, the hero was murdered since we have all been ape-ing him. Do you know why you cannot abandon apishness? It's for fear of loneliness and defeat. It's very scary to live your own life. Never say that it is a pleasure to live oneself. It will be no joy but a long suffering since you must become your

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