Personal growth: C. G. Jung at his rustic retreat January 9, 2018
Posted by Dennis Mellersh in Leaders in Personal Development.Tags: Bollingen, C. G. Jung, insipration, philosophy, psychology, self-actualization, spirituality, writing
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At Bollingen did Doktor Jung
A cozy lakeside home foresee
Where voices came in ancient tongue
And chiseled myths from rocks were sprung
Carl feeling young and free…
Carl Gustav Jung said he felt “most himself” at his self-constructed Bollingen stone cottage. Cherishing the life at Bollingen on Lake Zurich, Jung would chop wood for the fire, read by oil lamps, and cook simple food on an open stone stove/fireplace.
It was a place where he felt he could nurture his spirit.
Although he occasionally described himself as a pagan, Jung stressed humanity’s need for some form of spiritual life; above the doorway to his home in Kusnacht, for example, Jung had these words inscribed:
Vocatus Atque Non Vocatus Deus Aderit
Summoned or not summoned, God is present
— Dennis Mellersh
Personal growth: Too much thinking and not enough doing January 8, 2018
Posted by Dennis Mellersh in Goal Setting and Realization.Tags: achieving goals, inspiration, life, personal development planning, philosophy, psychology, self-actualization, setting goals, writing
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Although it’s generally a good idea not to jump into projects without giving them careful thought, it can be equally damaging to our self-development to over-study and miss opportunities for greater self-actualization by not taking timely action.
A similar, but slightly different variation of this problem can also occur in our efforts to develop our key long-term goals if we over-plan and under-act, thereby postponing doing the necessary goal-directed tasks.
As Shakespeare wrote in his play Julius Caesar:
“There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.”
Sometimes planning can be more enjoyable and appealing to us than the harder work of doing.
— Dennis Mellersh
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