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During these early periods, late bloomers try and then quit so many jobs that the people around them might conclude that they lack resilience. But these are exactly the years when the late bloomers are developing what psychologists call “diversive curiosity”—the ability to wander into a broad range of interests in a manner that seems to have no... See more
David Brooks • You Might Be a Late Bloomer
positive and negative projections,
seeing true self in other,
call from unconscious urging to uncover g
hidden aspects of ourselves
jung believed that our mind projects internal qualities either recognised or hidden onto the people
when we are drawn to someone what it is that acually fascinates us - what they reflect back to us about our inner world
positive projecion - when we see in others what yearn to cultivate in ourselves
negative projection - shows us qualities we wish to ignore or repress (shadow)
synchronicity suggests that there is hidden order at work (13:44) when synchronicity happens honor it pause an reflect on what those concidences my happen, we are part of grander design
the person can play a crucial role in your individuation process; they can reveal the parts of yourself that you have kept hidden and need to be acknowledged, explored
it is not about being the best version of youself it is about being more authentic version of yourselves encompasing both light and darkness
There is a pattern, and generally the phenomena either provoke or accompany some kind of destructuring—a concept discussed at length in this book. For instance, the phenomena do not flourish within stable institutions, and endless examples illustrate this. Fortunately, two theoretical perspectives are already developed that connect the supernatural
... See moreGeorge P. Hansen • The Trickster and the Paranormal
Our rejection of our pain does not allow us to recognize it as anything but an unfortunate necessity
Healing yourself doesn’t need to be so painful.
The dark night is a profoundly good thing. It is an ongoing spiritual process in which we are liberated from attachments and compulsions and empowered to live and love more freely.
Gerald G. May • The Dark Night of the Soul
The antidote to burnout and the existential inquiry it brings seems to be doing things that don’t scale in pursuit of things that can’t scale. It becomes exciting not to see what you can do without limits, but to see what you can do with them.