Speaking Being
Detachment from the uroboros, entry into the world, and the encounter with the universal principle of opposites are the essential tasks of human and individual development. The process of coming to terms with the objects of the outer and inner worlds, of adapting to the collective life of mankind both within and without, governs with varying degree
... See moreErich Neumann • The Origins and History of Consciousness (Princeton Classics Book 9)
Every adult, whether he is a follower or a leader, a member of a mass or of an elite, was once a child. He was once small. A sense of smallness forms a substratum in his mind, ineradicably. His triumphs will be measured against this smallness, his defeats will substantiate it. The questions as to who is bigger and who can do or not do this or that,
... See moreErik H. Erikson • Childhood and Society
Without self-awareness, we depend on our primitive thinking to function. Which means we stay stuck in a prey mentality. We stay stuck on the hamster wheel.
Tripp Lanier • This Book Will Make You Dangerous: The Irreverent Guide For Men Who Refuse to Settle
...I have almost invariably found that the very feeling which has seemed to me most private, most personal, and hence most incomprehensible by others, has turned out to be an expression for which there is a resonance in many other people.
-Carl Rogers On Becoming a Person (1961)