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carl jung

calinet · 2026-06-23T10:42:28.438040-07:00

carl jung: "everything we cannot bring up into our consciousness comes to meet us in life as fate." the other day i came across an interview with jung. in his elegant suit, pipe in hand, he was explaining this saying of his; "the most dangerous psychological sign is not panic. neither anger nor grief. the real danger is an unnatural calm. the moment you don't feel what you ought to feel. if a person looks at their wound and feels nothing, don't be quick to call this 'strength.' most of the time this is the mind's last line of defense. the soul numbs itself so the ego can stay standing. this moment is the moment life quietly becomes mechanical. you talk, you work, you laugh. but a part of you has withdrawn into the darkness. i've seen this calm many times before collapses, before ruptures, before sudden disappearances from life. because when emotion dies, conscience most often follows after it. when conscience goes silent, the mind begins to bargain with you in secret. it says 'there's no problem,' it says 'nothing matters.' it presents cold solutions with a warm logic. this is exactly why you have to stay on guard. the unconscious speaks in symbols. a dream with empty rooms inside the house, a face that feels familiar yet foreign, a mirror that reflects nothing behind the eyes, these are not poetic coincidences. these are wounds. a healthy mind feels the pain and can stay there. a dangerous mind, on the other hand, feels nothing and gives this the name 'peace.' so don't sanctify this calm, sit with it. that is, if you're noticing this calm, this numbed, deadened inner climate, ask yourself this question; 'what did i bury alive?'. because the thing you refuse to feel does not disappear, it waits. and it comes back, but this time not as emotion, but as fate."

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