Tidbits of Jung’s Wisdom

Sue Mehrtens is the author of this and all the other blog essays on this site. The opinions expressed in these essays are her own and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of other Jungian Center faculty or Board members.     Tidbits of Jung’s...

Jung on the Provisional Life

“… in the course of the centuries, man has repeatedly experienced that the life which is not lived here, the life which is lived as something provisional, is utterly unsatisfactory, that it leads to neurosis…. As long as it is a case of provisional life your...

Jung on the Value of Humor

A monk once asked the Master: “Has a dog a Buddha nature too?” Whereupon the Master replied, “Woof!” Jung (1939)[1] I was once the guest of a pretty stiff and solemn New England family of a rather terrifying respectability. It felt almost like home. (There are very...

Jung on Paradox

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Outgrowing the Important Problems of Life

Sue Mehrtens is the author of this and all the other blog essays on this site. The opinions expressed in these essays are her own and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of other Jungian Center faculty or Board members.     Outgrowing the...