“The thread by which our fate hangs is wearing thin. Not nature, but the “genius of mankind,” has knotted the hangman’s noose with which it can execute itself at any moment. This is simply another façon de parler for what John called the “wrath of God.” 735”
― C.G. Jung, quote from Answer to Job
“«Es necesario acostumbrarse a la idea de que 'tiempo' es un concepto relativo, y que propiamente tiene que ser completado por el concepto de una pleromática existencia 'simultánea' o 'bárdica' de todos los acontecimientos históricos. Lo que existe en el pléroma como 'acontecimiento' eterno, aparece en el tiempo como secuencia aperiódica, es decir, se repite varias veces de modo irregular.»”
― C.G. Jung, quote from Answer to Job
“Is it worth the lion’s while to terrify a mouse? 592”
― C.G. Jung, quote from Answer to Job
“«El que algo sea una realidad 'física' no es el único criterio de verdad. También existen verdades 'anímicas', las cuales no pueden ni probarse ni explicarse, pero tampoco negarse físicamente. [...] Los milagros son únicamente una apelación al entendimiento de aquellos hombres que no son capaces de entender el 'sentido'; los milagros son en realidad un simple sustituto de la realidad no comprendida del 'espíritu'.»”
― C.G. Jung, quote from Answer to Job
C.G. Jung
Born place: in Kesswil, Thurgau, Switzerland
Born date July 26, 1875
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“..седнах на земята и видях сам себе си, наобиколен от гълъби, които се галят в мен, за тях аз бях живителен бог, вглеждах се назад в живота си и виждах себе си сега, заобиколен от божи пратеници, гълъби и гълъбици, сякаш бях някакъв светец, сякаш бяха избраник на небесата, и докато другите ми се смееха, чувах смях, викове и подмятания, аз бях обдарен с гълъбово послание и вярвах, че невероятното отново е станало реалност, и че дори да имах десет милиона и три хотела, това галене и тези целуващи човчици на гълъби и гълъбици, те са ми изпратени от самите небеса, които навярно са харесали нещо в мен, всичко изглеждаше така, както го бях виждал на картините по олтарите и върху изобразяващите пътя на Христос към Голгота стенописи, покрай които се прибирахме в килиите си.Аз обаче нищо не виждах и нищо не чувах, исках само да бъда това, което никога не можах да стана, милионер, и въпреки че притежавах два милиона, многократен милионер станах едва сега, когато за първи път видях, че тези гълъбици са мои приятели, че са, като в някоя притча, послание, което тепърва ме очаква...”
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