“The dream is a little hidden door in the innermost and most secret recesses of the soul, opening into that cosmic night which was psyche long before there was any ego consciousness, and which will remain psyche no matter how far our ego-consciousness extends.” — Carl Jung
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“Everything that the modern mind cannot define it regards as insane.” — Carl Jung
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“The self is not only the center but also the whole circumference which embraces both conscious and unconscious; it is the center of this totality, just as the ego is the center of consciousness.” — Carl Jung
Do you ever wonder about the importance of an ‘essence’? What about the essence of you? What is your intrinsic nature?
It’s the essence of our experience with consciousness that prevents me from becoming a materialist. However, I always remind myself that although science presumes a naturalistic-based materialism, it does not conclude it.
Our experience of consciousness is the very essence of who we are. It prov…
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