tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1068776255852378073.post4829657681618282992..comments2013-07-08T23:54:12.484-07:00Comments on Ponderings of a Jungian in the First Half of Life: Healing the World by Slowing DownSatya Doyle Byock, M.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10585609094274500921noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1068776255852378073.post-42792639515459169942011-04-17T22:45:19.308-07:002011-04-17T22:45:19.308-07:00I enjoyed reading this post ; )
It reminds me of ...I enjoyed reading this post ; )<br /><br />It reminds me of many of the things I've read from Jung's writings that have inspired me. One that I loved was on a similar topic, discussing our modern world and the disconnection with nature and the unconscious. I'll paste it in this comment for you to read, no doubt you would have read it before : )<br /><br />---<br /><br />As scientific understanding has grown, so our world has become dehumanised. Man feels himself isolated in the cosmos, because he is no longer involved in nature and has lost his emotional "unconscious identity" with natural phenomena. These have slowly lost their symbolic implications. Thunder is no longer the voice of an angry god, nor is lightning his avenging missile. No river contains a spirit, no tree is the life principle of a man, no snake the embodiment of wisdom, no mountain cave the home of a great demon. No voices now speak to man from stones, plants, and animals, nor does he speak to them believing they can hear. His contact with nature has gone, and with it has gone the profound emotional energy that this symbolic connection supplied.<br /><br />---<br /><br />The thing I liked so much about it was (it seemed to me anyway) that it pointed out the importance of a connection with nature. Perhaps that's just because I feel moved by nature myself, but I certainly think its true regardless - a great way to slow down the modern life is to leave the modern life and be immersed in simplicity and nature for a time. I think I've never felt more inner peace than my trips down remote rivers, away from technology and hustle and bustle. It's almost as if, you become part of the other life around you again, instead of isolated. The memories of some of my trips away are so, emotionally satisfying and always leave me with a longing for more.<br /><br />So, I think, time away from the idea of modern life, and simple time with nature can also do a lot for inner peace... slowing down.. and possibly healing the world?Rollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08101008396166469404noreply@blogger.com