In this episode:
We look at two different kinds of thinking and explore how each influences our experience of ourselves and the world around us.
Sources for quotes and more:
- "Do we ever understand what we think? We only understand that kind of thinking which is a mere equation, from which nothing comes out but what we have put in..." ~ C.G. Jung from 'The Stages of Life' in Collected Works, vol. 8
- "Directed thinking is the working of the intellect in which one takes a quantity of information and operates on it..." ~ Jason Smith from 'Religious but Not Religious.'
- Episode 5: The Living Symbol
- "The meaning of life is not exhaustively explained by one's business life, nor is the deep desire of the human heart answered by a bank account." ~ C.G. Jung from 'Man and His Symbols.'
- "I know that this is a world of imagination and vision. I see everything I paint in this world, but everybody does not see alike." ~ William Blake, quoted in 'Mysticism' by Evelyn Underhill.
- “To think of me is sweeter than honey, to possess me sweeter than the honeycomb. Whoever feeds on me will hunger for more, whoever drinks from me will thirst for more.” ~ Sirach 24:20-21 (Revised English Bible)
Music:
"Dreaming Days" and "Slow Vibing" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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