Noise Protects Us From Painful Reflection

Send us a text

In this episode:
We look at one of the major barriers in the practice of the symbolic life today — the problem of noise. How does this problem change our experience of the inner life? And what, if anything, can we do about it?

Sources for quotes and more:

1. "Noise protects us from painful reflection..." ~ C.G. Jung from 'Selected Letters,' p. 163
2. "In the deepest heart of all of us there is a corner in which the ultimate mystery of things work sadly" ~ William James from 'Is Life Worth Living?'
3. "So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.” ~ Psalm 90 from 'Book of Common Prayer'
4. "The five colors blind the eye..." ~ Lao Tsu from 'Tao Te Ching' (Chapter 12)
5. “We have our own room, of course, but there is a telephone that can ring us up at any time, and we must always be ready.” ~ C.G. Jung from 'The Symbolic Life'  in Collected Works vol. 18 
6. "Aesthetic Arrest" ~ 'The Joseph Campbell Companion'
7. “The art of living consists in being completely sensitive to each moment..." ~ Alan Watts in 'The Wisdom of Insecurity'

Music:
"Dreaming Days" and "Slow Vibing" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0


Like this podcast?
Please consider leaving a review at one of the following sites:
Apple Podcasts
Spotify

Or, if you are able, support the show with a donation at Buy Me a Coffee:

Support the show

Connect 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.