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“Either we have no dreams or our dreams are interesting. We should learn to arrange our waking life the same way: nothing or interesting.” Nietzsche, The Gay Science The chance of living a good life is increased by attaining success in two main areas. Firstly, we need to make money, as poverty is limiting and […] The post How to Quit Your Boring Job – Turn a Passion into a Career first appeared on Academy of Ideas.

“…if inflation is not eliminated very soon, all our technological and scientific improvements will not prevent us from a tremendous financial catastrophe that will destroy practically all that civilization has created in the last several hundred years.”   Ludwig von Mises, Ludwig von Mises on Money and Inflation The philosopher George Santayana stated that “Those […] The post How Inflation Precipitates Societal Collapse first appeared on Academy of Ideas.

“I see in you all the characteristic stigma of decay. I can prove to you that… your atheism and your pessimism and your cynicism, your immorality, your broken-down marriages…were characteristic marks of the dying ages of ancient States.”  Oswald Spengler, The Decline of the West Are we living in an age of civilizational collapse? In […] The post Will Civilization Collapse? first appeared on Academy of Ideas.

“This is precisely the risk modern man runs: he may wake up one day to find that he has missed half his life.”   Carl Jung, Practice of Psychotherapy Psychotropic drugs have become one of the most common forms of treatment for anxiety disorders and depression. But these drugs are not very good at curing […] The post How to Stop Wasting Your Life – Carl Jung as Therapist first appeared on Academy of Ideas.

“Humanity is arming itself, in dread and fascinated horror, for a stupendous crime.” Carl Jung, Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious While we cannot create a heaven on earth, we can create a hell and history is full of examples. Many of these man-made hells are the result of war and conquest, but many others are […] The post Scapegoating and the Road to Political Persecution first appeared on Academy of Ideas.

“The discipline of suffering, of great suffering – do you not know that only this discipline has created all enhancements of man so far?”   Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil Suffering is inevitable. It is an essential component of the human condition, and the sources of suffering are many. Some have gone as far […] The post Why Suffering can Promote Strength and Health first appeared on Academy of Ideas.

“The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.”   Carl Jung, Practice of Psychotherapy We live in a world consumed by an endless series of crises. But of all the crises we face the one that may be of the greatest concern, is one […] The post Why the Lack of Religion Breeds Mental Illness first appeared on Academy of Ideas.

“Attention is not just another cognitive function. Attention is how our world comes into being for us. The altered nature of attention can appear to abolish parts of the world, collapse time and space [and] eviscerate emotion. . .It is a profoundly moral act.”   Iain McGilchrist, The Matter With Things As was explored in […] The post Anxiety and Depression – A Retreat into a Constricted World first appeared on Academy of Ideas.

Is the modern world caught in the grip of a fear psychosis and has a cult of safety entrenched itself the West? In this video, we are going to explore these questions. “Quite an experience, to live in fear, isn’t it? That’s what it is to be a slave.” Blade Runner Today we live longer […] The post Fear Psychosis and the Cult of Safety – Why are People so Afraid? first appeared on Academy of Ideas.

“Anxiously we look round for collective measures, thereby reinforcing the very mass-mindedness we want to fight against. There’s only one remedy for the leveling effect of all collective measures, and this is to emphasize and increase the value of the individual.”   Carl Jung, Civilization in Transition We live in an age where two visions […] The post Is Humanity Doomed? – Carl Jung on Healing a Sick Society first appeared on Academy of Ideas.