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Just as Christ said that he did not come to make peace but brought the sword,207 so he in whom Christ becomes complete will not give himself peace, but a sword. He will rebel against himself and one will be turned against the other in him. He will also hate that which he loves in himself. He will be castigated in himself, mocked, and given over to
... See moreC. G. Jung • The Red Book
the negativity bias can keep us so blind to the positive that we may start to take it for granted or not catch it when it enters our lives.
James Doty • Mind Magic
What happens in liminal spaces? Doubt, discomfort, unfamiliarity, anxiety. But also growth, change, and discovery. Liminal spaces offer all of the ingredients for creativity.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • Liminal Creativity
liminal and dark night
In psychology, the Ovsiankina effect describes the innate human urge to finish tasks we've initiated. This tendency to resume an interrupted action is especially prevalent when the action hasn't yet been achieved.[1] The effect is named after Maria Ovsiankina, who conducted research on this behavior.
Maria Ovsiankina • Ovsiankina effect
Ovsiankina effect
When the supernatural and irrational are banished from consciousness, they are not destroyed, rather, they become exceedingly dangerous.
George P. Hansen • The Trickster and the Paranormal
When for instance I am faced with the fact that my tram ticket bears the same number as the theatre ticket which I buy immediately afterwards, and I receive that same evening a telephone call during which the same number is mentioned again as a telephone number, then a causal connection between these events seems to me improbable in the extreme,
... See moreC. G. Jung • Synchronicity
In speaking of la noche oscura, the dark night of the soul, John is addressing something mysterious and unknown, but by no means sinister or evil. It is instead profoundly sacred and precious beyond all imagining. John says the dark night of the soul is “happy,” “glad,” “guiding,” and full of “absolute grace.” It is the secret way in which God not
... See moreGerald G. May • The Dark Night of the Soul
I call it my adolescent romantic New Age days, like a little kid who thinks they know everything, or the romantic wishful thinking phase with all the positive projections, when you have a crush and don’t see the shadow in the other person because it is all overlaid with your own soul/anima projections.