The Tension Between Individuality and Happiness

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In this episode:
We talk about happiness, and discover why Jung believed it was better for us not to pursue it. 

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For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. Except where otherwise noted, all quotes from Jung are taken from The Art of Living in 'C.G. Jung Speaking.'
2. 'Tao Te Ching,' Translated by Red Pine.
3. 'A Wrinkle in Time' by Madeleine L’Engle.
4. 'A Room of One's Own' by Virginia Woolf.
5.  “The challenge I face is how to actualize the quiet eminence of our being.” ~ Abraham Joshua Heschel, 'I Asked For Wonder.'
6. Letter to Harriet Hardy from C.G. Jung ("Carl Jung on Happiness")
7. “...a civilization that has forgotten that man’s life should be sacrificial, that is, offered up to an idea greater than himself.” ~ C.G. Jung, in 'Collected Works, vol. 11.'
8. “Again and again I therefore admonish my students both in Europe and in America: ‘Don't aim at success..." ~ Viktor Frankl in 'Man's Search For Meaning.'

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For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life.