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The unconscious no sooner touches us than we are it―we become unconscious of ourselves. That is the age-old danger, instinctively known and feared by primitive man, who himself stands so very close to this pleroma. His consciousness is still uncertain, wobbling on its feet. It is still childish, having just emerged from the primal waters. A wave of the unconscious may easily roll over it, and then he forgets who he was and does things that are strange to him. Hence primitives are afraid of uncontrolled emotions, because consciousness breaks down under them and gives way to possession. All man's strivings have therefore been directed towards the consolidation of consciousness. This was the purpose of rite and dogma; they were dams and walls to keep back the dangers of the unconscious, the perils of the soul. Primitive rites consist accordingly in the exorcising of spirits, the lifting of spells, the averting of the evil omen, propitiation, purification, and the production by sympathetic magic of helpful occurrences.―from_Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious_

~ Carl G. Jung

Carl G. Jung Psychology Spirituality The Unconscious

The unconscious always tries to produce an impossible situation in order to force the individual to bring out his very best. Otherwise one stops short of one's best, one is not complete, one does not realize oneself. What is needed is an impossible situation where one has to renounce one's own will and one's own wit and do nothing but wait and trust to the impersonal power of growth and development.

~ C.g. Jung

C.g. Jung Development Growth Impossible Situations Renunciation The Unconscious Trust

So much of a novelist’s writing … takes place in the unconscious: in those depths the last word is written before the word appears on paper. We remember the details of our story, we do not invent them.

~ Graham Greene

Graham Greene Memory Novelist The Unconscious Writing Process

A friend asked, If increased awareness means less happiness, why bother? No answer.Three or four nights later I had a dream. I was driving. To my right I sawbaby cranes — blue-green, all legs, beak, and wings — standing in a field. They took off and crashed, took off and crashed. I stopped the car and got out. That looks like it hurts. Why do you do it? One of the cranes looked me square in the eye. We may not fly very well yet, but at least we aren't walking.I awoke, happy. From that moment, there has been no turning back.

~ Derrick Jensen

Derrick Jensen Awareness Dreams Happiness The Unconscious

Never mind the stillness -the deep sleeps to

~ Nâzım Hikmet

Nâzım Hikmet Revolution Sea The Unconscious
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