“He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at.” ~Epictetus After the reckoning, after the revelations, after the uninitiated ego has been dragged through the abyss of its own Dark Night (ego death) and into the wholeness of the initiated soul, after the human umbilicus has been strongarmed across the bridge by the Overman, there is an even deeper abyss disguised as a summit. To the prideful eye, hung up on its power and hope and only seeing what it wants
“The person who renounces the world and refuses to pay life’s dues does not achieve individuation, because the dark God would find no place in him. In someone who seeks only light, the dark God would find no room.” ~Carl Jung (written May 16, 1961 just days before his death on June 6, 1961) True individuation is not fluffy enlightenment; it is painful integration. Loving light will not guide you out of existential darkness. Only facing the darkness itself will ever give y
