Guest guest Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 Dears all, As yr silent "Motherator", I think we need to move on from the stalking and get back to Jung and those wonderful quotes about the collective unconscious. Given the tense political situations, the world over, I am reminded of something very wise that the historian Arnold Toynbee observed: It is not what happens to a civilization but how it reacts to it that counts! This, I am sure Jung would apply to individuals, and something I have tried to apply in my personal life: It's not what happens to us but how we react to it that determines the outcome! 14 yrs ago I had a stroke which has to this day robbed me, a writer! of the use of my right hand and paresthesia - bzzzzzzzzing rt side everytime I move. When this happened, I had to decide whether I had the stroke or the stroke had me! Toynbee came to my rescue n I guess by now u all know what my decision was! Given the times at present so many of us are being tested, let these wise words of Toynbee sink in and be a helpful guide! Jung certainly applied the same idea to individuals: think Helen Keller, as extreme example or Mandela......... Toynbee, btw was one of the Oxford "Inklings", which included C.S. , Dorothy L. Sayers, as theologian, Louis MacNiece n others. Would that I could have been a fly on the wall at their meetings! In haste but always lovingly, ao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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