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:
"Noise protects us from painful reflection..." ~ C.G. Jung from 'Selected Letters,' p. 163
"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?'
"So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.” ~ Psalm 90 from 'Book of Common Prayer'
"The five colors blind the eye..." ~ Lao Tsu from 'Tao Te Ching' (Chapter 12)
“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
"Aesthetic Arrest" ~ 'The Joseph Campbell Companion'
“The art of living consists in being completely sensitive to each moment..." ~ Alan Watts in 'The Wisdom of Insecurity'
